Piping Software Cuts Precision Shapes and Bevels, Eliminates Operator Calculation
Part program specialists that typically create five drawings a day can now do as many as 30 or 40.
Posted: June 21, 2016
HGG Pipe-Cutting Machines (Medina, OH), combined with new Acorn Piping Software from Acorn Pipe Systems, Inc. (Stoney Plain, AB), deliver precision shape cutting and beveling while eliminating the time-consuming and costly need for operator calculation. Part programming and precision hole cutting for branches or with shaped ends (for nozzles and dummy legs) is just as easy as part programming and then making straight pipe cuts with beveled ends. Acorn Software connectivity is currently available as an option with all HGG pipe-cutting machinery.
Acorn Piping Software is extremely easy to use, especially for operators who understand piping. It offers numerous advantages. Each drawing is specification driven so that a bill of material can be a direct result of each part program. Programmers can calculate fitting lengths, material lists for any number of drawings produced, as well as create complete production lists for each job that details all labor, material, inventory and fabrication that will be required. It also saves time and money. Part program specialists used to creating about five drawings a day should be able to multiply that number to as many as 30 or 40. The software also provides all information needed to fabricate pipe spools.
HGG, headquartered in Wieringerwerf, Netherlands, is a leading supplier of pipe-cutting machines, robotic profile cutting lines and associated cutting equipment solutions around the world that maintains subsidiaries in the Philippines, China, India, the Middle East, and most recently in the United States. HGG Profiling Equipment is an HGG subsidiary located in Medina that provides comprehensive sales and service support for their growing customer base in North America, Central America and South America. They serve an array of industry sectors, including steel construction, piping process industries, offshore/onshore, crane building, shipbuilding and more.
HGG Profiling Equipment, 3977 Rivendale Drive, Medina, OH 44256, 330-461-6855, jt@hgg-group.com, www.hgg-group.com.
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