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The Most Accurate Tool for Optimal Coil Utilization (Nest) of Blank Shapes for Estimators and Tool Engineers
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Drastic reduction of risk related to inaccurate material cost calculations; reduces supplier variation between estimate and actual costs from 25% to within 1-2% |
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Full associativity and regeneration enable a 70% productivity improvement in Engineering Efficiency to manage complex variations, as compared to non-CAAV5 products that suffer from process discontinuities |
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Process 50 times more quotes than manual calculations |
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More accurate scrap estimates for material rebates |
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The cheapest layout, and hence cost, based on manufacturing constraints as well as tooling costs |
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The CAA enabled CATNEST reduces Collaboration Lag (time to communicate a change and obtain feedback), and hence results in 50% less engineering changes, since the analysis is current with the geometry |
FEATURES:
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Capitalizes on the seamless integration with native geometry in CATIA V5 |
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Flexible setup - Optional pitch, coil width, and blank angle constraints to match available equipment and product requirements |
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Multiple Nesting layouts - Fully optimized one up, two up, and standard blank shape nesting layouts |
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Multi-Part Nesting - Two different parts that are manufactured together |
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Cost analysis - Accurate blank cost is calculated, accounting for the tooling costs |
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Interactive results - Sort results in an interactive spread sheet by material utilization, coil width, pitch, rotation angle and translation, including related nesting preview |
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All results are stored in the standard CATPart file for ease of PLM integration |
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User can edit nest layout with standard CATIA V5 tools |
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Analyses are fully associated with CATIA model |
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Analysis results automatically update to reflect current design whenever results are viewed |
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Zero risk of downstream misuse of out-of date analysis results |
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"This solution provides optimized nesting layouts
for all possible scenarios, calculates the cost of each blank, and the results are stored in the CATIA environment."
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