May 13 - 16, 2008
Gaylord Palms
Orlando, Florida USA

Extrusion Equipment

046 EE
Thursday, May 15 - 8:00am

Unique Tool Matching System

Georgi Marinov, Yavor Djonev, Krassimir Bozhkov -- EngView Systems Corp., Canada

EngView's ALEX Tool Matching system locates existing backers and bolsters that match the shape of a new die and can be reused. The easy-to-use ALEX Tool Matching computerized system inventories existing backer and bolster shapes, applying smart pattern matching technology to locate the right ones for reuse with each die. This results in substantial time savings and reduced backing tool manufacturing costs.