Nesting

Optimizing in the Cloud

  • By: Ed Huntress, Editor

Getting parts to lay out efficiently on a sheet is one thing. Producing an optimized layout that will also cut efficiently, while making the maximum use of every square inch, is a more difficult thing. And the difference can mean 10% to 20% savings in materials costs and total processing time.

User Evaluates Cloud Based Testing

  • By: Oliver Hurgt

AL-Cut AG’s two Managing Directors. His company supplies customers throughout Switzerland. Recently, he got this phone call: A customer needs metal struts for staircases: 800 parts, complex geometry, made of 10mm (3/8”) steel. “Can you manage that by tomorrow? I will send you the details by email.” An urgent job. Räber remains relaxed: “We will… Continued

Where Nesting is Headed

  • By: Larry Cherne, Information technology executive, Praxair

Standard strong-acid treatments are dangerous and messy. A new solution promises to make it much safer and trouble-free.

Nesting know-how

  • By: Robert Farrell, president, Farrell MarCom Services

To stay competitive, fabricators should take advantage of all their nesting software has to offer