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Purchasing and Financing Nesting Software
Making the "money" decisions is often the hardest part of choosing nesting software. This report helps frame the conversation and explains several options.
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OptiNest® Features & Benefits
Waterjet nesting and programming features, and what they do for you
General Benefits
OptiNest® Features
Benefits
Cuts Run or Cycle Time
Ensures Part Quality
Automatic Collision Avoidance
Protecting your parts and machine are critical to successful laser cutting. See how our Collision Avoidance tool achieves smooth operation with intelligent tool path creation. Learn more.
Benefits
Cuts Run or Cycle Time
Automatic Common Edge Cutting
Automatic common edge cutting for lasers is the product of smart programming and settings that let you cut the way you want. Learn more.
Benefits
Reduce Programming Time
Ensures Part Quality
Automatic Feed Rates
Automatically sets feed rates and power setting based on geometry.
Benefits
Reduces programming Time
Ensures Cut Accuracy
Ensures Part Quality
Automatic Kerf Compensation
Applies feed rate and kerf compensation per material definition.
Benefits
Cuts Programming Time
Ensures Part Quality
Automatic Lead Generation
Automatically creates lead-in/lead-out based on a lead-in library.
Benefits
Cuts Programming Time
Ensures Part Quality
Feed Rate & Kerf Settings per Material
Applies feed rate and kerf compensation per material definition.
Benefits
Cuts Programming Time
Ensures Part Quality
Automatic or Interactive Tabbing
In all but unusual situations, our Automatic Tabbing works flawlessly. If interaction is desired we provide intelligent "Point and Shoot" tab placement after a nest is created.
Benefits
Cuts Programming Time
Ensures Cut Accuracy
Kerf Management
Automatically determines kerf side and direction.
Benefits
Cuts Programming Time
Ensures Part Quality
Manufacturing Specification Reading
Reads and applies key manufacturing information marks for bend lines, weld lines, grain direction, part numbers, order numbers, or anything you need with Geometric Marking and Text Etching. Works with your current CAD system to create a single database for both design and manufacturing data.
Benefits
Cuts Programming Time
Enforces Revision Control
Eliminates Double Database
Problems
Part Quality Control
Provides machine-independent quality control of parts (i.e. multiple, dissimilar machines can be run from the sample Part Library).
Benefits
Cuts Programming Time
Ensures Cut Accuracy
Provides Production
Flexibility
Eliminates Machine
Bottlenecks
Dynamically Balances
Machine Load
Per Part Feed Rate Settings
Automatically sets feed rates and power setting based on geometry.
Benefits
Reduces Programming Time
Reduces Run Time
Tool Path Modification
Allows for automatic and interactive tool path modification such as chain linking and edge-starting of parts, change in path direction.
Using your part design files, quantities, due dates and our software, you can put Optimation® to the test in a custom benchmark. You'll know exactly what you could be saving. Contact us now.