METALfx provides extensive engineering support capabilities to our customers. Our Engineering CAD Network is configured to provide a direct upload and download capability with participating customers, utilizing multiple formats, as well as uploading and downloading to our FTP site or from your FTP site. Our programmers then utilize this system for unfolding your 3D CAD files and developing programs for our direct-linked CNC manufacturing equipment. This system helps us to provide rapid response for engineering changes and prototype projects for our customers, as well as providing support to our daily production requirements.

Our Engineering Staff Includes:

• Manufacturing/Sustaining Engineers
• Design Engineers
• CAD Detailers
• CNC Programmers

CAD and CAM:

• CADKEY-19 with 3D wireframe and solid modeling
• HP SolidDesigner
• HP ME10
• AutoCAD
• PRO/E
• SolidWorks
• Amada Amnest
• Amada Unfold
• AP 100 punch and laser software
• Geometool laser software
• Post processor for nesting, time study, tool sort machine to machine conversion, and multiple part generation
• CAM Works 3-axis machining software
• Back plotting (the ability to view a program in CAD/CAM Post format)

Graphics:

• Corel Draw
• Adobe Illustrator
• Autovue

Compression Formats:

• Zip
• Tar
• Z (Unix compress)

Engineering Equipment:

• (24) CAD (Computer Aided Drafting) Workstations on Windows NT network.
• Sun Microsystems Workstations with Line Controls as nesting systems to optimize sheet yields and minimize punching time on our Amada Punching Cells.
• Hewlett-Packard C100 Visualize-8 computer with Hewlett-Packard SolidDesigner with Sheet Metal Advisor and ME-10.
• Hewlett Packard Model 750C Plus Design Jet Ink Jet Color Plotter ('A' through 'E' size drawings).
• Xerox 2510 Engineering Copying Machines ('E' Size and 36" wide roll drawing capacity

FTP Site:

• You can call our engineering department or email us for FTP instructions. Our FTP site requires passwords to send or receive files. Passwords are changed regularly on our five FTP directories to ensure customer confidentiality and security.