Hearth & Home Technologies, based in Lakeville, Minnesota are the world’s leading producer and installer of hearth products. The company uses a combination of fourteen punching and laser machines across several brands, however their previous CAM system did not generate efficient nests, was slow to operate and was unreliable.
Dustin Rassier, Manufacturing Engineer said; "We wanted a system that would integrate into our MRP and Pro-E CAD systems. Also, many of our parts are not rectangular, so we were looking to optimize material efficiency. We decided to look at alternative systems because of the problem. We evaluated six system in total and JETCAM generated up to 10% more efficient nests with the benchmarks we set up than other systems, including our previous one. It could also be configured to work well with our existing data systems, thereby eliminating waste of dual data entry."
Machines in use:
- 3 x Amada Vipros 358 King
- 1 x Amada Vipros 255 King
- 2 x Mazak X-510 Champion
- 4 x Mazak X-48 Champion
- 2 x Mazak Mark-II X48 Super Turbo
- 2 x Strippit 1000XP