Cloud Computing: the advantages of being in the cloud for the metal industry The advantages of cloud computing are immense and, as the implementation of enablers associated with Industry 4.0 (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data, Internet of Things, Blockchain) ... plant management Dec 19, 2019
Lantek exhibits manufacturing technology expertise at FABTECH 2019 Lantek demonstrates their advanced manufacturing solutions for sheet metal, tube, pipe, and structural steel manufacturers. FABTECH is the marquee event of the year for our Lantek USA office and this ... plant management Dec 5, 2019
Lantek talks to Julian Adkins at C Brown and Sons about its use of Integra and Expert The company works with both heavy and light Strip Mill products from 0.8mm to 20 mm thick, uncoiling, levelling and cutting it to length, followed by plasma, flame or laser cutting. C Brown also offer... plant management Nov 28, 2019
Win-Win Cooperation between Han’s Laser and Lantek to embrace the future Initially, Han´s Laser mainly focused on laser marking machines and welding machines, but, starting from the 21 st century, Han´s Laser began its laser cutting business. At that time, CO2 lasers were ... plant management Nov 21, 2019
Smart pricing The majority of these processes, when monitored by Lantek 360, can be directly or indirectly tracked with data. Items such as material costs and miscellaneous direct costs can be directly tracked, whi... plant management Nov 18, 2019
Intelligent Collision Avoidance The latest developments for fiber laser cutting machines allow for fast cutting and cutting increasingly thick materials, thanks to the power they use. At the end of each hole or part cutting process,... plant management Nov 13, 2019
Advanced MES & Analytics: From Machinery to the brain of the Enterprise The advanced versions of these systems make factories that manufacture sheet metal parts, tubes, and metal profiles into smart factories by gathering data and analysing them. The program has not lost ... plant management Nov 11, 2019
Project Management Software: from Product to Solutions Why use project-based management? At Lantek, we´ve established a project-based methodology that is comprised of a specific set of operations designed to achieve a common goal with a defined scope, set... plant management Nov 6, 2019
An Advanced MES for Digital Factories Visibility and scheduling for smart production To respond to the challenges of the digital factory, Lantek has developed a solution that allows plant data to be made available and analyzed, thereby im... plant management Nov 4, 2019
10 Key Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Management Software for the Sheet Metal Industry Ideally, plants should have standardized environments that are connected to machines and processes. But how to standardize sheet metal factory management and planning? The answer arrived years ago in ... plant management Oct 31, 2019
Innovation in the production of tubes and piping parts A few years ago, a company would buy a laser cutting machine for sheet metal which had a divider that allowed tubes to be cut. The most probable load distribution would be 95% of the time cutting shee... plant management Oct 18, 2019
When automation opens the door to advanced manufacture And automation arrived And with it the long-awaited advanced manufacturing, which is only possible due to the process management systems already used in plants, such as ERPs and MES , and the resultin... plant management Oct 14, 2019