Enhancements to Radan 2021 include many to the Radbend module. For instance, a new option improves collision checking during automatic sequencing.

Product manager Olaf Körner explains this is particularly valuable when bending long, thin parts such as guttering. “If the channel is particularly deep and bent in the wrong sequence, it could become jammed in the press brake, clamped around the tools. This type of part can be sequenced in such a way as to guarantee that collisions won’t happen.”

Radbend also now reduces handling when calculating sequences automatically, by lessening the need for tool and part rotations.

“Every time operators have to turn a part around, either by themselves or with a colleague, it takes time,” says Körner. “This new piece of functionality calculates a better sequence, meaning it can be fed into the machine in little steps, improving the handling.”

And the tool editor now shows important additional information by default, making it more user-friendly.

A number of items of new and enhanced functionalities have also been added to the Designer module. For example, Designer now indicates bends where the design radius differs from the expected result radius when using V-width as the unfolding method. This factor is important for the unfolding process, and the finished look of the component.

Feedback is now provided on overlapping unfolds, as Körner explains: “Sometimes, when a 3D model is unfolded, it doesn’t work – faces clash on top of each other. The user is now notified of this and shown the issue graphically.”
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