Almacam Tube, the CAD/CAM software for cutting tubes and profiles

Improve efficiency with an automated solution to program your tubes and profiles cutting machines

Subcontractors and sheet metal companies can face significant challenges in optimizing tube and profile cutting. Complex geometries, material waste, and manual inefficiencies hinder productivity, increasing costs and complicating tight production schedules.

Almacam Tube addresses these challenges by automating the cutting process, optimizing material usage with advanced nesting algorithms, and ensuring precise machining of complex geometries.

Streamline production with CAD import of single parts or assemblies, including automatic retrieval of quantities.

Save time with automatic unfolding, unbending of tubes and profiles assemblies and automatic recognition of the sectional areas.

Enhance assembly efficiency by adding connections (e.g., pins, hooks) between tubes and profiles.

Automate operations by generating cutting trajectories and programs for tubes and profiles effortlessly.

Ensure compatibility with any type or brand of tubes and profiles cutting systems, regardless of the number of machine you have.

Optimize machine use by managing specific functions, such as automatic programming of loading/unloading units or handling multi-axis constraints.

Expand capabilities with support for machines that combine tube laser cutting with mechanical processes like drilling, countersinking, and spot-facing.

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“Too often when we speak about laser cutting machines or their application we forget the software that runs and manages them. The partnership between TTM-Bystronic and Alma enables us to raise the performance of our tube-cutting machines to the highest level.”

TTM Lazer-Bystronic

Powerful 3D CAD/CAM features for designing, nesting and cutting tubes and pipes

Modeling and Import of tubes or assemblies

3D modeling of tubes and profiles, supporting any section type and customizable hole shapes, bevels, and end cuts (libraries available)
Import of 3D parts and assemblies in Parasolid, STEP, IGES and SAT/ACIS formats, Catia V4/V5, PTC Creo/ProENGINEER, Inventor, Solid Edge, SOLIDWORKS, Unigraphics, IFC, DSTV
Automatic recognition of tube sections during CAD import as well as geometrical properties of holes and chamfered
Capability to modify the geometry of imported CAD parts and add connections (e.g. pins, hooks) between parts of an assembly with Assembly2cam
Possibility to unfold an imported CAD part with the dedicated module

Automated preparation of cutting tasks

Automated preparation task with optimized cutting trajectories, sequencies and most appropriated cutting tools
Automated cutting features for complex extremity cuts
Adaptation of trajectories according to the cutting machine capabilities
Integration with machines combining laser cutting and mechanical processes (drilling, milling, filing, tapping, etc.) with automatic tool allocation for mechanical operations

Optimized Nesting of Tubes

For over 45 years, Alma has been a leader in developing advanced nesting algorithms, ensuring customers achieve the most optimized sheet metal part layouts available on the market.

Automatic nesting of all tube and profiles shapes
Nesting in offcuts
Management of common cuts
Batch mode operation

Real-world simulation of tube cutting machines

Automatic creation of the cutting program thanks to the realistic simulation and control functions using visual anomaly indicators
Automatic assessment of cutting ability by the machine and detection of potential collisions
Simulations of multi-mandrel machines
Management of sensing operations (e.g., hole centering, tube twisting, etc.)
Generation of NC programs using a postprocessor specific to the machine and generation of a workshop document

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Support all Tube cutting machines

Almacam Tube CAD/CAM software is able to interact with any kind of tubes and profiles cutting system (3, 4 or 5 axis machines with one or more rotative axes, robotized cells for cutting tubes).