Lantek Sheet Metal Solutions Announces Innovations in Expert Punch

November 2009 – Lantek, the world’s largest provider of integrated CAD, CAM, Nesting, ERP and Automation solutions, announces innovations to Lantek Expert Punch. Lantek Expert Punch, part of Lantek Expert II product suite, is the product of more than 20 years of research and development by Lantek in CAD/CAM Punching technology for sheet metal. Version 28 offers breakthrough improvements that allow users to maximize their manufacturing processes while managing operations effectively.

Research Based Improvements Lantek completed extensive, international analysis of the punching sector, as well as overall sheet metal manufacturing, to determine the greatest needs of the industry. The data collected guided the development of Version 28 to meet those needs with powerful, state of the art, technologies. The result is a more flexible and easy to use software solution.

Some of the innovations in Lantek Expert Punch Version 28 are:

• External Technology for Edges and Inclined Segments
• Grouping of Parameters for External Punching
• Ability to Maintain Tooling after Importing an existing part
• Improvements in Corner Micro-joints and Corner Punching
• Ability to modify the Drop Door Usage
• Automatic Detection of Parts and Holes in Semi-Automatic Extractions
• Automatic Modification of Sheet Tooling after a Part Change
• Improvements in Punching Order by Window
• New Rolling Configurations

Lantek Expert Integrated Technology Improvements In addition to specific punching innovations, the entire line of Lantek Expert software products saw remarkable improvements to meet sector demand. Lantek’s integration of CAD/CAM, Nesting, ERP and Automation within a single software solution is unique to the industry and in high-demand. Overall innovations to the integrated solution for Version 28 include:

• More Modern and Friendly Interface: With Lantek software, a single explorer window guides users through their customized software solution: from CAD to ERP, Nesting, Punching, Laser Cutting, CAM and more. Version 28 takes advantage of the latest software development technology to provide users simple access to all of their manufacturing processes.
• Speed Improvements: Speed improvements were made in every aspect of Lantek Expert products from 2D CAD drawing and 3D CAD import to automatic Nesting and automatic Machining. Parallel processors were also optimized.
• Improvements in Nesting: In Version 28 of Lantek Expert Punch the ability to export and import Nests by area, save a part with different tooling, change the space between parts without re-nesting and conserve time and material overall were improved.

About Lantek Lantek Sheet Metal Solutions is the world’s largest provider of integrated CAD, CAM, Nesting, ERP and Automation solutions. Lantek is chosen by more customers and machine manufacturers worldwide than any other product, to conserve time and material in manufacturing. Founded in 1986, Lantek has more than 9,000 customers in 90 countries worldwide.

Lantek is headquartered in Vitoria-Gasteiz Spain with branch offices in the USA, Germany, Argentina, Italy, Great Britain, China, South Korea, France, Japan, India, Poland, Mexico, Turkey and Czech Republic. Lantek is supported by a wide distribution network all over the world.

For more information, please contact: www.lantek.com | marketing@lantek.es