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Streator saves hours per day programming with P.E.P.

Dave Summers, the programmer at Streator says that the automation of the P.E.P. software allows him to create punch programs like the one in the picture in less than 5 minutes.

Total programming time start to finish…5 minutes

P.E.P. AUTOMATION vs. METALSOFT

The rest of the story…

Dave has been using P.E.P. for 10 years to program their CL-707 Cincinnati laser.  In  March of 2006 he saw the P.E.P. punch software and instantly understood how much programming time he could save by programming both the punch and laser with P.E.P.  Today he generates 4 to 6 times as many punch jobs as it took to create a single punch job in Metalsoft.

An Interview with Dale Summers at Streator Dependable.

1. What is your title?  Laser / Punch Programmer

2. What are you responsible for?  Fabrication Department

3. How long has Streator been operating cutting machines?  12 years

4. How many lasers / punches are you responsible for?  1 laser / 1 punch

5. How many years of experience does the most experienced programmer have programming lasers?  15 years.

6. How many years of CAD experience does the most experienced programmer have? 5 years

7. How long would it have taken for you to program this part in Metalsoft?  The approximate programming time is 30 minutes through Metalsoft.

8. How has this feature affected business?  We can easily program and change existing programs with P.E.P.    When using Metalsoft, we could not even import the DXF file.  Every engineering change had to be re-drawn through a cumbersome Metalsoft interface.  Using P.E.P. we just import the new DXF, nest and tool the plate.  I forsee less scrap, and parts being correct the first time resulting in more on time deliveries and more up time at the punch. 

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