JETCAM International s.a.r.l. today announced the release of version 1.04 of its JETCAM Orders Controller (JOC) Premium II. Originally launched at the JEC Composites show in Paris in March 2013 the latest version includes features aimed at both profiling and punching users, and makes the ideal companion to an existing JETCAM Expert CADCAM system.

JOC Premium II's core functionality is as a remote ordering system, allowing production staff to queue CAD files for automatic component geometry entry and tooling, and to also build unlimited worksheets of either components or complex assemblies to be sent to JETCAM Expert for automatic nesting.

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JETCAM International s.a.r.l. today announced the signing of Lazerist Makina as a reseller for its range of sheet metal software products in Turkey and surrounding markets.

The company, based in Istanbul is also the official dealer for EUROMAC punching machines, ZWG Industries Holding AG and CETooling, and also works closely with other machine tool manufacturers in the region. As the company already has staff experienced with JETCAM products they will offer the complete range of JETCAM CADCAM, nesting and ancillary applications including JETTerm DNC and JETCAM Orders Controller to both new and existing users.

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JETCAM today announced that it has joined the AutoDesk Developer Network (ADN). The move follows JETCAM's release of a free CAD interface for AutoDesk Inventor users.

Said Martin Bailey, General Manager for JETCAM International s.a.r.l.; 'We are seeing a growing trend of mutual customers where there is a strong desire to automate. We've already put solutions in place to deliver this but wanted to formally strengthen our relationship with AutoDesk. Joining the ADN is the first stage of this, and we will be placing further efforts into integration between our products.'

'Autodesk is excited about this new partnership with JETCAM that brings cutting edge sheet metal fabrication technologies to our manufacturing customers through close integration with Autodesk Inventor', said Jim Quanci, Director, Autodesk Developer Network. 'Through this partnership, we look forward to tighter integration between JETCAM and other Autodesk products including Vault, PLM 360 and Fusion 360.'

Existing users of JETCAM Expert with a current maintenance contract can log into JETCAM's download wizard and download the CAD interface.

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Interroll Automation LLC, based in Jeffersonville, IN, manufactures engineered to order material handling systems. Until 2007 the company outsourced all of their sheet metal lasered components, but decided to purchase a CNC laser machine to bring the operations in-house. Stephen Book, Production Controller commented; 'The increasing volume of work, our ability to improve lead times and desire to improve the quality of the finished part to our customers were all driving factors to bringing the manufacturing in-house.'

The company purchased a Hankwang 3015 CNC laser, which was supplied with JETCAM Expert 1 as standard. This allowed them to automatically import and apply tooling to CAD files using JETCAM's Single Component Automatic Processing (SCAP) facility.

As the company developed their in-house manufacturing they decided to automate their nesting processes and purchased JETCAM's Free-From High Performance nesting (FFHPN) module in April 2011 to produce highly optimized dynamically generated nests. They also updated to the latest version of JETCAM Expert, supplied by US distributor NestOne Solutions.

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JETCAM International today announced the launch of a new version of its popular JETCAM Orders Controller (JOC) Premium product at the JEC Composites trade fair in Paris from 12th to 14th March.

JOC Premium II, which can be seen at stand U94, employs the companyandrsquo;s CrossTrack-style interface and builds upon the success of the JOC Lite II, released late 2012. The product provides a quick way to remotely build unlimited worksheets of components for nesting, either manually or automatically. It supports multiple JETCAM Expert systems, so can send CAD files for tooling to one Expert system while sending orders for nesting to another.

JOC Premium II has been completely re-written from the ground up and takes full advantage of todayandrsquo;s powerful PCs and operating systems. The new CAD import interface not only provides background processing, but also supports CSV import. This allows MRP systems to automatically send lists of CAD files with full part programming information (PPI) for importing to JETCAM Expert system(s). Native component files are then created and tooled for any given machine automatically and within seconds. JOC Premium II works with all native CAD files supported by JETCAM Expert, including DXF, DWG, IGES, SolidEdge, SolidWorks and AutoPOL formats.

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The Walter Goetz Company was founded over one hundred years ago. With over 100 employees, the company provides subcontract services producing all types of semi or fully finished metal products for prototypes or small/medium sized production runs. To deliver this the company has continually purchased and upgraded a wide range of CNC cutting machines, employing a mix of laser, waterjet, punching and combination punch/laser technologies spanning several manufacturer brands.

In the mid 1990's, Mr. Stefan Burghard, Managing Director, discovered that programming the machines was becoming a bottleneck within the business; 'We had three different CAD/CAM systems in use programming the machines. It was a significant effort when, for example, a new job had to be re-programmed for another machine if a machine was unavailable due to workload or maintenance. In addition, it took a long time for staff to learn to use all three systems. If a programmer was away due to illness or holiday some production areas would stagnate because other programmers would, again, need training time on the respective software - this was time that we did not always have.'

In the attempt to commit to a single CAD/CAM system it quickly became clear that from a technical point alone it was simply not possible to use the software supplied with each machine brand to program other machines from different manufacturers, so the company researched the market for software that could drive a wider range of brands and technologies.

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JETCAM has today launched a new end user version of its popular JETCAM Orders Controller software (JOC). JOC Lite II benefits from a complete ground-up rework that delivers a user-installable product requiring less than 30 minutes training.

JOC Lite II allows users to remotely create order lists of either components or complex assembly structures for sending to JETCAM Expert for nesting. The software ships with over 20 tutorial videos which walk the user through all stages of setup and usage, and only requires paths to be set up to point to the user's JETCAM installation and geometry files.

Once installed, users can create unlimited worksheets, perhaps for different operators, machines or even by day of the week. These can be populated by dragging and dropping components or complete assemblies onto the worksheet, or by using CSV import to create and populate worksheets automatically.

Complex assembly structures can be easily created. Users start by creating their assembly and sub-assembly names and arranging them in their depth order. They then drag and drop components into any level of the assembly, specify quantities and the assembly is then ready to order. Complex assemblies multiple levels deep can be created automatically using files in directory structures - the user can right-click over a folder, select 'Create Assembly' and it is immediately available to order.

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Liebert Corporation, a division of Emerson Electric of St Louis manufactures air and power conditioning for computers and server rooms. They purchased their first Finn-Power Shear Genius in 1997, which was offered with JETCAM Expert by the vendor. Alan Mauerman, Senior Manufacturing Engineer, explained; 'The previous CAM software was simply not designed to support right angle shearing and was barely acceptable for creating basic X and Y g-code for machines like our standalone Amada turret punch press. It was slow to use, often displaying unexplained errors and suffered from problems importing DXF files. The JETCAM and Finn-Power machines being supplied together was a great combination as it greatly reduced our training time - we could make a nest and see our results quickly'

Since moving to JETCAM the company has aggressively expanded and upgraded its CNC machinery across several plants. Columbus OH has six Shear Genius' - mainly CNC punch with one punch/laser combination machine. All have material loading robots, with most also benefiting from right angle shear and one tied to an Express Bender machine. JETCAM drives all of the turret machines in Liebert's other facilities in Delaware, Ohio, Ironton, Ohio and Mexicali, Mexico.

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JETCAM today unveiled its new corporate identity, along with new versions of two key product lines. A new website with updated product literature has also been released.JETCAM's flagship nesting product, JETCAM Expert received several major updates, including a new 'material alias' feature to simplify the storage and categorisation of materials. Martin Bailey, General Manager of JETCAM International s.a.r.l. commented; 'JETCAM has come a long way since its foundation 26 years ago. We now have customers in over 80 countries, with products spanning several industries. We have been investing heavily in development, particularly with sheet metal punching technologies, and the fruits of this are now becoming visible. The reboot of the brand coincides well with this.'

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JETCAM International s.a.r.l. today announced that it would be showcasing a range of new and updated products at this year's Fabtech International trade fair, held in Las Vegas between 11th and 13th November 2012.

To compliment CrossTrack for composites JETCAM will also release a sheet metal specific version, providing complete visibility of orders/material stock/nests/machine workloads and full traceability, delivering reduction of errors and massive time savings. Paper can be massively reduced or in many cases eliminated. All information is updated in real time across the network, so all staff are working from the same live data. Barcode scanning removes the possibility of error, and the need to enter data across different systems is eradicated. CrossTrack works in conjunction with JETCAM Expert nesting software to provide true dynamic high performance nesting, which alone can often pay for the system within months.

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JETCAM International s.a.r.l. today announced that it would be showcasing a range of new and updated products at this year's Aero Engineering Show, held at the NEC Birmingham, UK, on 7th and 8th November 2012.

To compliment CrossTrack for composites, which will be the main focus for the show, JETCAM will also release a sheet metal specific version. CrossTrack provides complete visibility of orders/material stock/plies/kits/nests/machine workloads and full traceability, delivering reduction of errors and massive time savings. Paper can be massively reduced or in many cases eliminated. All information is updated in real time across the network, so all staff are working from the same live data. Barcode scanning removes the possibility of error, and the need to enter data across different systems is eradicated. CrossTrack works in conjunction with JETCAM Expert nesting software to provide true dynamic high performance nesting, which alone can often pay for the system within months.

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JETCAM International today announced the availability of a new application that allows customers to quickly cost sheet metal components based on material and machine runtime costs.

QuickCost, available free for all existing JETCAM Expert users with a current maintenance contract, is user installable and automatically detects configured machines and materials from the JETCAM system. The user specifies their hourly machining rate and material cost per kilo, and setup is complete. JETCAM geometry files can either be dragged/dropped from Windows Explorer into the app or the user can browse and add files through the app itself. As soon as files are added their unit cost is immediately displayed. Quantities can be changed to show a total cost, and a cumulative total of parts and cost is detailed at the bottom. Where a part contains tooling for multiple machines the user can quickly select another machine to display the part's cost.

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JETCAM International s.a.r.l. today announced the signing of Carbo-Soft as a reseller for its range of software products to the German, Austrian and Swiss composite manufacturing markets.

Carbo-Soft will offer both JETCAM Expert nesting software and the new CrossTrack manufacturing management suite to companies that are looking to streamline their composite material nesting, cutting and tracking. CrossTrack also provides tracking of orders, nests, plies, kits, material and material life, and provides connectivity to other systems such as MRP/ERP and part unloading systems.

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JETCAM International s.a.r.l (Monaco) today announced the immediate availability of new CAD interfaces to AutoPOL for Windows and AutoPOL G2 3D CAD and unfolding software packages. The interface allows users the ability to easily unfold and import CAD files from within JETCAM Expert nesting software. They can choose which CAD files are used with the interface, which is useful for customers running multiple CAD systems, and can also specify whether to import or discard additional information stored in separate layers such as bend information. Within two clicks the component is unfolded, exported and created within JETCAM Expert, ready for tooling and nesting.

JETCAM International s.a.r.l (Monaco) today announced the immediate availability of new CAD interfaces to AutoPOL for Windows and AutoPOL G2 3D CAD and unfolding software packages. The interface allows users the ability to easily unfold and import CAD files from within JETCAM Expert nesting software. They can choose which CAD files are used with the interface, which is useful for customers running multiple CAD systems, and can also specify whether to import or discard additional information stored in separate layers such as bend information. Within two clicks the component is unfolded, exported and created within JETCAM Expert, ready for tooling and nesting.

JETCAM International s.a.r.l's (Monaco) master distributor in China, Beijing Luheng Sheet Metal Technology Ltd, has expanded its territorial coverage to include Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea due to exponential growth in the regions.

JETCAM International today announced a major update to its PP11050 Prima Power (formerly Finn-Power) XML based postprocessor, supporting all Tulus software-based CNC controllers. The postprocessor, in conjunction with JETCAM's other Prima-Power and Finn-Power postprocessors ensures that JETCAM Expert is able to drive the entire range of Prima Power machines and associated automation covering punch, laser, right angle shear and combination machines.

JETCAM International s.a.r.l. today announced the signing of Softprod Tecnologia as a reseller for its aerospace range of products to the Brazilian market.

Softprod, located in São José dos Campos city, one of the most important industrial and research centers in Latin America, develops process engineering services and manufacturing software solutions with a high degree of competitiveness for aerospace customers, mainly in composites and machining areas.

JETCAM today announced the immediate release of its Expert CADCAM and nesting software for all punching and profiling machines. The new release contains hundreds of new features as well as significant performance enhancements.