FastCUT® Rectangular and Linear Optimizer

FastCUT Labels Add on program

FastCUT® cutting software produces optimized cutting plans for rectangular, linear & cut to length stock such as plate, wood/plywood panels and flat glass. Powerful nesting algorithms deliver substantial savings in seconds and the program also generates pick lists. Use for metal, wood, glass, marble, plastics and 'like' products for maximize yield. Handles multiple stock sizes and parts consolidation. Optimize on material or handling. Covers sheared and sawn processing with kerf width allowance for saw blade.

FastCUT® provides a means of nesting a set of rectangular shaped parts into a set of rectangular shaped sheets of stock material. The `grain' of any part may be preserved, preventing rotation of the part during nesting.

FastCUT® assumes use of a shear or guillotine for cutting the parts. The essential feature of such a machine is that it does not cut re-entrant corners; it cuts completely through a workpiece at every operation, and every offcut is itself a rectangle.

Machines having such features are common in light metal fabrication, joinery using saws, glass cutting and many other applications. Other machines may be simulated, however, the nesting technique is unchanged. Shears with programmable backstops can also be linked to FastCUT®.

Affects your bottom line in such an easy, instant and dramatic way!

There's not a lot of software in this price range that affects your bottom line in such an easy, instant and dramatic way. FastCUT® lets even small job shops incorporate powerful nesting efficiencies into their business whether they use manual or automatic cutting. It gives the operator the complete graphics of the cutting required on a particular job. And as the program allows for dates of jobs and materials used, it can also be used as a very simple and basic quoting system.

While shearing will still be a manual operation, the FastCUT® program will take the tedium out of nesting the patterns, and maximize the use of the material. The program begins with entering the list of required widths and lengths. It will then process the part variations within sheets. It can, in fact, test a whole range of processes over a different range of sheets and the operator can see the sheet layout on the screen. Nesting can be terminated after a specified time has elapsed, or after attaining a specified scrap factor (scrap mass expressed as a percentage of total mass of parts). Nesting can also be interrupted at any time for review of results to date. The program will break down the amount of material into that being used, that which needs to be returned to stock, and that which is scrap. Stock consumption can be prioritized by nominating some items as pre-existing remnant, which forces the use of non-remnant stock where possible. Remnant can be defined by mass and/or width and/or length. Alternatively, all offcut can be defined as scrap.

Works with Coil as well as Sheet and Bar! FastCUT® also provides a means of nesting a set of rectangular shaped parts or bars into a set of coils, rectangular shaped sheets or bars of stock material. Choices for stockfeed are: 1. Lengths as given, 2. Coil cut to mixed lengths, 3. Coil cut to same lengths.

Summary of Features:

• Maximize material utilization of plate and linear stock including:
• angles, beams, channels, pipe, etc.
• 1D and 2D nesting of linear and rectangular parts.
• Job costing calculator produces material cost and return to stock.
• Save and Update Stock lists based on results including Offcuts.
• Configurable multiple cutting machines.
• Import cut lists from excel.
• Cut and paste from windows applications.
• Works in Inch or Metric.
• Multi language support (English, Spanish; Chinese [simplified and traditional]; Dutch; Hungarian; Italian; Russian; Thai)
• Add FastCUT® Labels and you can print sticky labels with the cut list data for part identification.
• A multi user network version is available for corporates who wish to deploy FastCUT® in a hosted environment such as Citrix or Terminal Services.
• Multiuser network licenses available for corporate hosted environments.