Overview

BendingStudio XT is a comprehensive software platform developed by Hexagon for managing and analyzing data throughout the entire process of manufacturing bent parts, such as tubes and wires. It integrates various stages of production—from design and process planning to manufacturing and quality control—into a single, cohesive system. When combined with measurement systems like TubeInspect or Absolute Arm, BendingStudio XT provides efficient and user-oriented solutions that emphasize speed, accuracy, and flexibility in bending processes.

Features and Capabilities

• End-to-End Management: BendingStudio XT facilitates seamless communication and data handling across production, quality control, and design departments, covering the entire bending production process.
• Cross-Compatibility: The platform ensures complete compatibility between measurement inputs from devices like TubeInspect and Absolute Arm systems, allowing for easy integration within the same production framework.
• User-Friendly Interface: Designed with a clear and intuitive structure, BendingStudio XT offers straightforward handling of production data, including one-click functionalities for measurement results and data import/export.
• Comprehensive Interfaces: Built to integrate seamlessly with third-party products essential to bending production and control, BendingStudio XT includes an open tube bender interface and compatibility with statistical process control software such as qs-STAT.
• Advanced Measurement Functions: The software efficiently manages bending points, bend data, sheath deviation, deflection compensation, and diameter changes. It also supports the measurement of complex tube structures, including branched tubes, bevel-cut ends, and rectangular-section tubes.
• Measurement Jobs: BendingStudio XT enhances process reliability and optimizes series part inspection applications through the implementation of measurement jobs, streamlining repetitive tasks and ensuring consistency.
• Inspection Flexibility: The platform allows for the assignment of different inspection plans to a single part, enabling the display of drawing requirements and mounting conditions within the same measurement, thus accommodating various quality control criteria.
• CAD-Adaptors: High-definition input systems, such as TubeInspect HRC models or the Absolute Arm with Absolute Scanner AS1, support CAD-Adaptor functionality. This feature facilitates the position and orientation measurement of end holders, fittings, and fixtures without the need for mechanical adaptors, enhancing measurement accuracy and efficiency.
• Direct CNC Bender Integration: BendingStudio XT's open bender interface is configurable for direct data transfer to most CNC benders, allowing for immediate production corrections when deviations are identified, thereby reducing downtime and improving productivity.
• Support for Complex Geometries: The software is fully applicable to complex tube and wire formations, including bend-in-bend and freeform shapes, and can easily compensate for deflection in long and flexible tubes, ensuring precise measurements across diverse applications.
• Portable Measurement Solutions: When paired with devices like the Absolute Arm, BendingStudio XT offers high-speed manual collection of accurate data for tubes and wires in various environments, providing flexibility for on-site measurements and quality assurance.