Pro/ENGINEER NC Sheetmetal

Punch and bend metal

Inefficient sheetmetal manufacturing entails high levels of scrap, and manually-conducted repetitive operations. Eliminating these problems is the domain of Pro/ENGINEER NC Sheetmetal. You gain productivity by automatically creating and optimizing toolpaths using standard and form tools. And, with its smart auto-nesting, you utilize maximum sheet area, reduce scrap and material costs and shorten lead times. Pro/ENGINEER NC Sheetmetal improves manufacturing tooling and factory equipment design processes.

Benefits

• NC programming for turret punch presses, contouring laser/flame machines, nibbling and shearing
• Automatic tool selection (standard and custom forms) for punching, forming, and nibbling
• Full postprocessor generation capabilities to integrate seamlessly with all CNC machine tools
• Able to machine imported 2D/3D models as well as native Pro/ENGINEER sheetmetal designs
• Reduces scrap via intelligent nesting, which decreases product cost