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44 July 2016
T E CHNOLOG Y
Easier bending production with new software
AICON 3D Systems has launched a
new version of the software platform
BendingStudio.
BendingStudio 3.0 offers many
features to facilitate daily work in bending
production. The software platform
connects all data and processes around
production of bent parts, from production
and process planning to manufacturing
and quality control. It is claimed to
be the only tool to meet and combine
these requirements with emphasis on
metrological processes.
The revised control concept is in
response to customer requirements.
The software is more clearly structured
and easier to handle, and the set-up of
inspection plans is separated from the
measurements, with the advantage that
users see only the information relevant
for their tasks.
The new CAD-Wizard enables the
user to create bending elements for a
bending machine from a component’s
CAD data in IGES or STEP. Even
complex data files can be processed,
and bending data is easily and reliably
extracted. The wizard guides the user
through the process step by step. The
set-up of new parts is integrated into
the application ‘part editor’, to optimise
measurement and analysis.
BendingStudio 3.0 also offers
extended measurement options. The
connected measuring device, such as
Aicon’s TubeInspect or MoveInspect,
provides the measurement data, and
BendingStudio carries out the analysis
of the measured pipe. A wizard guides
the user through the single steps of
the bending point model. The analysis
is usually automated. However, the
user can step in when needed. Manual
intervention is more transparent and
graphically supported. In Reverse
Engineering, different bending radii can
easily be taken account of.
The software offers new options
for very long and complex pipes with
many bending points (eg long brake
pipes). These can be measured
with TubeInspect by overlapping
repositioning section by section.
The partial measurements are then
combined. The user can either
delete measurements or change the
parameters of the analysis afterwards.
If the overall measurement is not
successful, new single measurements
can be added, defective measurements
deleted or single measurements re-
evaluated with changed parameters.
This is especially useful if the part cannot
be measured in a single step.
Aicon 3D Systems GmbH – Germany
Fax: +49 531 58 00 60
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