Lantek, a worldwide leader in the development and marketing of software solutions for the sheet metal and structural steel industry, has launched its new 2013 portfolio with significant innovations. These include ground breaking developments which result in more efficient nesting, punching, machining, and tube profile cutting. In addition, the new version provides solutions for controlling the simplest to the most sophisticated data in a manufacturing plant.

Lantek's products and services can be adapted to all types of sheet metal cutting and punching applications. One of the company's distinguishing characteristics is that its solutions are universal and compatible with all makes of machine. Furthermore, they can be integrated into any company's management system.

The two main innovations that stand out in Lantek's 2013 portfolio are its nesting solutions and intelligent integration mechanisms.

The 2013 version of its CAD/CAM software provides revolutionary advances in the calculation of nests. The new system, based on state-of-the-art artificial intelligence 'ThinkingMetal' technology, incorporates powerful algorithms and mathematical morphology strategies which enable sheets to be optimised very easily, avoiding errors in the machining process and producing a significant reduction in wasted material as well as shorter production times.

Industry specific features include nesting by areas, sheet turning, the ability to modify the cutting order, reordering of contours following hole destruction, cutting the line of remnant at the beginning of an area, and the rectangular cutting of the skeleton of the metal sheet. Furthermore, the software incorporates new logic for five-axis machines.

Lantek is a leading global multinational in the development and commercialisation of software solutions for the sheet metal and structural steel industry.

Lantek Automation Pvt Ltd, Bangalore. Tel: 080-41325771. Email: sales@lantek.co.in