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Tech Update
Machine Control and Plant Automation Solutions
Helm-Pak® Features Include:
• PLC based redundant clutch brake control
• Meet or exceed ANSI and OSHA safety requirements
• PLS, die monitoring, brake stop time monitoring and servo feed interface
• Parts, batch and maintenance timers
• Job recipe storage
• Ethernet communication
• Helm browser based WebviewTM networking software
• Downtime and Signature Analysis
Backplane connected tonnage monitoring using Helm strain gage input modules licensed by Rockwell Automation®
Various PLC platforms and operator interfaces available
Keeping Your Process On Course Since 1962
Helm Instrument Co., Inc.
361 West Dussel Drive • Maumee, OH 43537
Phone: 419-893-4356 • Fax: 419-893-1371
email: sales@helminstrument.com • www.helminstrument.com
Press president. “In other words, any- sized part, from the smallest to the largest the model can accept, can be formed in any-sized deep-draw Triform.” www.beckwoodpress.com
New Nesting
Software Embedded
in SolidWorks
Logopress Corp., Besancon, France, along with its North American distributor and technical center, Accurate Die Design, New Berlin, WI, has released Logopress3
2015 that now includes Logopress3 Nest- ing. Use the nesting module to develop the required sheet size for a nest, or to set the width, control part angle or flip parts upside down. Users also gain flexibility in setting clearances between parts, can establish individual part quantities, can opt to nest into openings and can generate reports.
Nesting starts with either a multibody part file (created with SolidWorks or import- ed from a different CAD system) or with individual part files from an assembly. After setting some logical parameters that optimize flexibility, the module will quickly nest the parts per the options that the user sets. No formal training is necessary.
For a die designer, this module can prove useful when building wire-EDM burn blocks or for nesting various-shaped sharp- ening shims for under-die inserts. www.accuratediedesign.com
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