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a change that has shortened lead times. Since attending the lean seminar, Envirobrite has hired its own lean instruc-
tor to set up internal training courses.
Wilson Tool: 800/328-9646;
www.wilsontool.com
Logopress3 Blank Available for Autodesk Inventor
A new Logopress3 Blank software module allows manufacturers to use the finite-element-analysis flattening software during 3D modeling in Autodesk Inven- tor 2010 and 2011. The new module, from Logopress Corp., Besancon, France (represented in North America by Accu- rate Die Design, New Berlin, WI) can be used to determine the theoretical blank of a 3D formed part. It includes automatic meshing, and shows stress and strain and thinning and thickening.
Accurate Die Design, Inc.: 262/938- 9316; www.accuratediedesign.com
Long-Distance Inductive Sensing
Contrinex, Old Saybrook, CT, has increased the operating distance of its Series 500 miniature inductive 4-mm-dia. and M5 devices to 2.5 mm, by incorpo- rating advanced ASIC technology. By increasing the operating distance to more than three times the standard dis- tance, the sensors can be mounted safe- ly away from moving parts.
Contrinex: 860/388-3573; contrinex.com
Victory Tool Rides 3D Design Software to Victory
At stamping-die designer and builder Victory Tool, Anoka, MN, the move to SolidWorks and 3D QuickPress “has made the process of designing much smoother. It’s faster and more complete than what we’d get in a 2D world,” according to tool designer Dean Hoffman.
“Before we implemented 3DQuickPress (supplied by Strategic Technology Solu- tions, Buffalo Grove, IL),” Hoffman adds, “everything was hard to see. What you saw was not what you got.”
In 3DQuickPress, Hoffman finds that “you can move a component with an X-Y- Z move, or from one point to another. And, unlike some other 3D add-on die-design programs, 3DQuickPress provides more in terms of tools for designing a die.
“For example,” he continues, “the software has its own Production Ready Library (PRL) that we customized, cre- ating libraries for each of our different die assemblies. The assemblies have bolts and dowels already in them, so with a few quick moves, they’re complete. The PRLs cut all the clearance in the die from top to bottom and have material type with hardness properties. I’ve finished a bill of materials for a die with 80 components in as little as 15 min.,” Hoffman states. Strategic Technology Solutions, LLC: 888-207-1096; www.callsts.com
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