{"id":77700,"date":"2025-05-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/?p=77700"},"modified":"2025-05-22T02:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T09:15:13","slug":"alutecta-autodesk-fusion-sheet-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/alutecta-autodesk-fusion-sheet-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"ALUTECTA Cuts Prep and Machine Setup Time in Half with Autodesk Fusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Managing Director Michael Oswald\u2019s father founded ALUTECTA in 1970, he was a mechanical engineer from a modest background who set out to build something of his own in rural Germany. Five decades later, ALUTECTA\u2014with a motto of \u201caluminum in form, color, and function\u201d\u2014has grown into a modern, family-run company with more than 130 employees.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As an expert in both processing and machining aluminum sheets and profiles in addition to surface treatments, the company delivers high precision, customized aluminum products for many industries, from construction to automotive, healthcare, and more. \u201cIf you name it and it\u2019s aluminum, we can do it,\u201d Oswald says.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, ALUTECTA<\/a> expanded to include more services and different types of projects. But they also collected many different pieces of software along the way. Up until November 2023, there were up to five programs, including two different CAD systems, plus three CAM solutions for the different machines. Then ALUTECTA was introduced to Autodesk Fusion<\/a>, and many inefficiencies were revealed. By adopting Fusion, the company replaced all the software with one platform and gained incredible new capabilities for optimization and time savings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSince we handle multiple projects every day from a single piece to the creation of complete sheet metal facades, Fusion constantly helps us solve our challenges,\u201d says Tom Stasek, production manager, ALUTECTA. \u201cThis is especially true for the combination of multiple functions and controlling the entire machining fleet within a single software package.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe support from the Autodesk team is incredible and a major contributor to our successful use of Fusion today,\u201d Oswald adds. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Since ALUTECTA serves many different markets, their customers also run the gamut of digitalization and varying file types. Previously, they had to run customer files through a complex chain of different software programs, each tailored to specific machines, making the process time-consuming and rigid. Now, with Fusion, they can handle all tasks\u2014from file import to milling setup\u2014in one workflow.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n