Subtitle: Tool-designing software boosts productivity at production job shop
Mike Schmit, CAD/CAM manager and one of the tool designers at Oldenburg Metal Tech describes how the company has increased productivity by almost 30%. Oldenburg is a tool and die company whose main focus is the design and build of progressive, compound and draw dies.
2) Estimating and Die Design Technology (PDF)
Subtitle: Getting Ready to Compete in This New Decade
It's time to throw away the old decade and start with the new. Companies are evaluating where they are and where they need to be in regards to technology in order to survive and thrive in the new decade. It is absolutely vital that American companies not fall behind other countries in taking advantage of technology and automation in order to increase productivity.
Subtitle: Logopress3 boasts user-friendly features for increased efficiency
This is a nice one page article that recognizes Logopress' 20th anniversary and is packed with an excellent summarization of some important Logopress3 features, including the automatic creation of drawings. It also contains a very nice customer comment from a customer who, 8 months earlier was a 2D user.
4) 3-D die design for a 3-D world (PDF)
Subtitle: Third dimension enables faster, better builds
We were very honored to have an article we wrote featured on the cover of Stamping Journal magazine. We hope you find this article to be very clear and concise in explaining what you can expect from 3D die design software, both pros and cons. In the end, since the pros enable dramatically more efficient builds, they far outweigh the cons.
5) 3D Die Design Keys Die Shop’s Survival and Success (PDF)
This article features BesTech Tool Corporation’s successful use of Logopress3 and Solidworks for 3D Die Design, after having used a couple of other 3D packages over the years. Mike Korneli, president of BesTech said “You have to stay as current as possible… to survive.”
This article also contains a separate sidebar article entitled: 3D Die Design in the Classroom
6) Regional METALFORM Shines Brightly in Birmingham (PDF)
Both Forming Technologies Incorporated (FTI) and Logopress3 were highlighted in this article along with 12 other companies out of the 300 that exhibited at this show. The writers said “... the potential impact of the new technology showcased is huge.”
7) Benefits of 3D Die-Design Add-On Software (PDF)
The article describes several of the many distinct benefits that a 3D Die Design software package brings to an otherwise generic CAD system.
8) Die Design Goes Full Bore into Another Dimension (PDF)
Since this article was written in 2005, computers and software have made huge strides in regards to performance and functionality. But much of what is found in this article still applies today.