Shipbuilding and offshore construction

Leverage the Leading CAM software in shipyards to optimize nesting and sheet metal cutting

Shipyard projects present unique challenges: complex engineering with a very large number of different parts to be assembled, specific machine control, tight schedules, rigorous safety standards. To ensure the success of a project while respecting deadlines, budgets and quality requirements, efficient management of raw materials and optimization of production are essential.

At Alma we do know these specificities and we can help. With an expertise of  40 years in shipyards and offshore platforms, we have become the reference. Thanks to our ability to adapt to the specific needs of a project and deliver an integrated automated solution,  several dozen naval construction sites around the world improved their way of working.

Among our esteemed clients

The leading CAM solution for a multi-site shipyard, thanks to our local presence, combined with technical back-up and high level expertise.

Powerful capabilities of Almacam for shipbuilding and offshore construction

A comprehensive business-oriented solution for programming plasma cutting and oxy-cutting machines.

Integration of all shipbuilding functions: management of beveled cutting, symmetrical “double-sheet” cutting, management of the different marking and sanding processes, marking of alphanumeric texts, etc.

Powerful built-in optimization tools : nesting, tool path computation.

A high-performance automatic nesting module, unrivalled on the market.

Complete management of off-cuts and pre-cut sheets.

Open, customizable system (import/export data, workshop documents, etc.) capable of operating automatically.

Integration into CAD systems, particularly solutions dedicated to shipbuilding (Tribon, Aveva, 3D Experience Catia, Intergraph Smart Marine, Cadmatics) to retrieve geometry files and prepare parts so they can be machined.

Integration into ERP to manage the parts to produce, complete sheets and sheets already cut, to automatically create start-up orders according to machine characteristics, and to supply management information about cutting operations.

Organization of the software based on that of the shop floor (working block by block, management of identical vessels, naming of CNC files, etc.).

Secure data management system and end-to-end traceability (e.g. to find the parts produced in a batch of sheets, identify the nesting layouts where the parts for a block are located, etc.

Pre-nesting option to optimize material orders based on nesting results.

Integration of other cutting or assembly processes (profile cutting, robotized welding, etc.).

Customer success stories

Frank Rauchenecker

MV Werften (Volkswerft Stralsund)

“Thanks to Alma’s in-depth knowledge of the specificities of shipyards, the software immediately met our our main requirements and suited our methodology, for example working in blocks, integration into our production management system, not forgetting the highly efficient nesting and optimization of tool trajectories.”