Profile Tooling and Nesting Software

Profile Cutting Machine software is an integral part of the manufacturing process where the ability to have databases of machine cutting data along with the ability to set your own tooling rules all help play an important part of the process.

Metamation Enterprise Flexible CAD CAM Automation Software

About Us: At Metamation our goal is simple to continue bringing innovative and open minded solutions to our global customers though the continued development of our OWN core products for sheet metal CAD / CAM users. Our Automation: MetaCAM Enterprise is a front end for the existing Meta* based products which brings all the power […]

Offline Press Brake Programming

One of the most skilled operations in the sheet metal manufacturing industry is the operating and setting of press brakes, which if you are a low batch manufacturer could increase your non value added time significantly. Skill shortages for this operation don’t help and when you consider that you could easily have 2-3 press brakes […]

Metamation Punch CAM Software for Tooling and Nesting

Metamation’s PunchCAM module is a powerful and configurable software designed to help make optimal use of your time and machine with intuitive and easy to use features all designed to support your CNC Punch Machines.

FF Journal MetaCAM Punch CAM Software in Action

Metamation’s PunchCAM module is a powerful and configurable software designed to help make optimal use of your time and machine with intuitive and easy to use features all designed to support your CNC Punch Machines. Read the FF Journal article on how PunchCAM is helping drive the machines and improvements at B&J  

Offline Bending 4.0 – FLUX

If you’re thinking about offline bending software or you are an existing offline bend software user then the new FLUX engine may be of interest to you, featuring a brand new extremely easy to use interface along with advanced CAD file processing and sophisticated bending algorithms FLUX not only performs the function of offline bending but […]

Putting the R in ROI

 In today’s manufacturing facilities when investment is being made we usually look for he ability to meet and exceed the immediate software requirements along with the magic Return on Investment (ROI). The sheet metal CAD CAM Arena has always had a large focus in this area, but what really generates the ROI? Is it all […]

Lean Mean Manufacturing Machine

The business cost for profile cutting on machines has been and still is primarily driven by Front End Time, Material Utilisation and Sequence Optimisation. The industry has been and still is adopting leaner manufacturing practices by reducing batch size in favor of more frequent delivery dates which in turn places higher demands on suppliers to […]

CEL UK Upgrade to MetaCAM Enterprise

Contracts Engineering Ltd is a privately owned precision engineering manufacturer based in Sittingbourne, Kent, UK. They have been providing high quality, cost effective precision subcontract manufacturing services since 1989 from their dedicated 11,500 sq. ft. facility. They manufacture sheet metal and related products for a broad mix of customers in the consumer and office, general […]