What is a SmartFactory? It’s important to understand what a SmartFactory is and how important it is to your manufacturing business. In summary a Smartfactory is a highly automated and digitized manufacturing facility that uses advanced technologies. Technologies such...

ZOOMFAB LAUNCHES REAL-TIME LASER CUTTING GAS FLOW MONITORING Want to avoid “Volkswagen syndrome”? Know what your laser cutting machine REALLY consumes and how it compares to manufacturer’s specifications or other machines? You will be surprised. And if you are...

Yes, it can! How? Two ways. Long and expensive, or affordable and NOW. Do you have a mixture of new and older machinery, different brands and a substantial amount of labor-intensive operations? If you want to update to a Smart Factory, you will need heaps of money,...

INVESTING? BUYING A NEW MACHINE? HAVING SLEEPLESS NIGHTS? Spending 1 to 2 million on a new laser cutting system can certainly inject some anxiety into your life. What if your anxiety could be removed? Not by giving you the money, haha! But by giving you the cold hard...

UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT HOURLY RATES Majority of job-shops understand the importance of having correctly calculated hourly rates for their individual manufacturing operations. Surprisingly, large percentage of shops don’t calculate hourly rates...

CUTTING GAS MONITORING FOR LASERS ZOOMFAB® has developed a unique solution to precisely monitoring cutting gas flow rate and consumption.  As cost of cutting gas can be significant, especially Nitrogen, knowing the true flow rate will help user to: determine accurate...

NEW SHOP FLOOR DISPLAY DESIGNS ZOOMFAB® now features 3rd monitoring dashboard layout, which was created especially for shop floor screens. Option to select which machines will be shown on the screen and in which order, allows complete flexibility in screen...

CLOUD OR NO CLOUD? The way software tools are being sold today is shifting from one-time licensing to a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription, which brings up a number of important questions about benefits and security. When we look at benefits, there...

MONITORING PUNCH-LASER COMBINATION MACHINE Theoretically, ZOOMFAB® can be deployed in almost any manufacturing sector, but our true strength is in the knowledge of the sheetmetal fabrication industry and the flexible production machinery it uses. And when we talk...

CONNECTIVITY AND VISIBILITY ARE CRITICAL FOR YOUR BUSINESS In recent years, efforts have been made in the industrial world to promote the ideas of CONNECTIVITY and VISIBILITY. Japanese call it Tsunagaruka (making things connectable) and Mieruka (visualization, visual...

Why Battery Level varies in ZOOMFAB sensors ZOOMFAB sensors take a sample of the battery voltage to interpret battery level. The voltage of the battery in your sensor is sampled in 10-minute intervals. When the sensor's transmitter is active, the battery is under the...

MORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY, BETTER CONTROL, IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITYWhen I started my sheet metal job shop, I had no money (sounds familiar?), and I had to borrow it initially. So, I had to choose wisely what machinery I purchased. My initial focus was on functionality,...

IS THE SORTING DEVICE A BOOST FOR YOUR LASER CUTTING MACHINE?Depending on the material thickness and nesting technique, manual removal of parts from a processed sheet is hard, time-consuming work, often impacting not only the laser machine utilization but also causing...