H&M Metals

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Precision Sheet Metal Manufacturers

H&M Metals is a leading manufacturer of precision sheet metal assemblies and piece parts. For years, company programmers have used ProFab Sheet Metal CAM software. According to project engineer Gerry Trubey, H&M Metals uses ProFab because of its overall simplicity, which translates into ease of use.

“We have trained a few individuals who had no prior programming experience,” Trubey recalls. “They were able to make the transition rather nicely. The tool bars and icons are logical, the process is straightforward, and the graphical feed back is very helpful.”

Reduce Programming Time

Trubey explained that numerous ProFab features have proved invaluable to the programming process. “The Edit Shaker Tabs function enables us to change global shaker tab sizes quickly and easily as the need arises,” Trubey notes.

“Another favorite feature is the Machine Operation Info button,” he adds. The Machine Operation Info function allows the user to recall a machine operation to see the current settings for that operation as well as to edit or change that information, providing a powerful tool for viewing and fine tuning each operation. “Machine Operation Info,” according to Trubey, “gives important tool information and allows you to replace one tool with another on the fly.”

SolidWorks Direct Interface

H&M Metals is committed to providing its customers with cost effective, innovative design solutions, combined with an effective manufacturing process. Using ProFab along with SolidWorks, H&M Metals is able to deliver a quality product in a timely manner. Most of the design work involves cost saving modifications to the designs of H&M Metals’ customers.

H&M Metals uses the ProFab direct interface in SolidWorks, eliminating the need to export and import data. “The ability to easily edit ProFab programs by bringing in new geometry greatly facilitates this process,” Trubey points out. “A recent project I worked on was adding rivet holes to a large complex frame. I did the work in the customer's SolidWorks files and then transferred the changes into ProFab.”

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