ADAM Integrated Industries Inc, based in British Columbia, Canada, was formed in 2006 and provides contract manufacturing services using a Trumpf L2503e laser and FastCut Plasma. The plasma was supplied with a CAM system that could generate NC code for both machines, although it was slow to use and proved problematic, so in 2007 they decided to research the market.
Said Colin McMaster, President; “We had a number of problems with the old software. You had to individually nest parts and then point and click as to where each stop and start would be. Also, the automation did not work, with the head jumping all over the table. On large nests it was easy to double cut holes or miss them altogether. In the end we had to double-check each nest by comparing it to the original CAD file.”
Machines in use: