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T echnology Update
Industry Partner:
Düsseldorf, Germany
International Tube
and Pipe Trade Fair
26 – 30 March 2012
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Tube 2012: Focus on Innovations
Welcome to the world’s leading trade fair
for the tube industry!
This is where you meet international experts, specialists,
innovators and world market leaders of the industry.
And find out about all the latest developments and ground-
breaking trends in everything to do with machinery and
plant for tube manufacturing and processing, and tube
accessories and trading. At Tube 2012, the focus is especially
on: Profile technology, the latest OCTG developments,
plastic pipes and flexible pipes.
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3D design and
manipulation
LANTEK has enhanced its Flex3d software for the design,
folding/unfolding and 3D cutting of tubes, profiles and
sheet metal parts, as part of the latest 2011 version of its
software.
The new features incorporated into Flex3d represent
an advance for the sheet metal industry, providing it with
a more flexible solution with comprehensive functionality,
capable of being tailored to meet the needs of individual
users.
Lantek Flex3d has the power to manage large-scale
projects and incorporates advanced 3D design technologies
in its architecture. Lantek has also improved the software’s
CAD data exchange capabilities, with claimed speed
improvements of 300%.
Flex3d V2011, like previous versions, is fully integrated
with all of the company’s other applications, simplifying and
easing the management and coordination of manufacturing
processes.
The new developments introduced by Lantek are a
response to the demands of companies within the industry,
enabling them to increase productivity and keep ahead in
the market.
Lantek Flex3d comprises eight specific modules,
enabling the user to: perform folding and unfolding tasks;
work with tubes or profiles; carry out integrated design and
manufacture with SolidWorks®, Autodesk Inventor®, Solid
Edge®, CATIA®, Creo Elements/Pro® and Siemens NX®;
automate the programming of laser and waterjet five-axis
sheet metal cutting machines; and design and cut standard
profiles using the Lantek Flex3d Steelwork module.
In the 2011 version of Lantek’s software, all the modules
incorporate new intuitive functionality that makes 3D design
and manufacture faster and easier for the user. Within the
Flex3d product family the company has focused on three
modules in particular.
Flex3d 5x, aimed at programming 3D sheet metal
cutting machines with five-axis heads, benefits from some
important improvements.
Totally compatible with the main 3D design systems used
in the sheet metal industry, the software enables users to
import parts in virtually any format ready for five-axis cutting.
Intuitive commands lead the user through the programming
phase, greatly simplifying the process. Other innovations
include new workbench positioning methodology, automatic
machining algorithms, and fast and flexible verification
and simulation, all designed to improve productivity and
reliability.
Lantek Sheet Metal Solutions – Spain
Fax: +34 945 298 714
Email:
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