Wintech's Profiler Software makes designing, nesting, saving, costing and cutting your shapes a fast and easy operation, described below.
The original design is drawn into the computer by digitising with a digitiser tablet or using a computer mouse. Alternatively, for certain shapes such as pipe sections, simply input the shapes' parameters and the shape is automatically generated by the program. Drawings made on other computer systems can be loaded directly using standard file formats.
STEP 2 - NEST THE SHAPE FOR MAXIMUM YIELD
When the drawing is generated, the Wintech Profiler software automatically "nests" the shape into the specified sized block. You can easily adjust this nesting configuration to utilisation. Controls allow you to change the row orientation and spacings. Your computer screen will depict a section of the block showing a series of 3 rows and 3 columns of the configuration. Nesting information is constantly updated on the screen, providing immediate operator feedback as to the best nesting arrangement.
With the click of a button, the shape can be saved on the disk for later retrieval on this computer or transfer to another computer or machine.
The computer's graphical user interface allows you to sort your drawings into groups (called "Folders") such as customer, job or product, simplifying drawing management and retrieval.
STEP 4 - CHECK THE COSTING INFORMATION
Costing information for this shape can be calculated on the screen. Material and labour costs can be entered to provide the total production costing. Alternatively, enter your charge-out rates to calculate the cost to the customer.
Hard copies can be printed out for customer approval or documentation purposes.
To cut the shape, select the Cutting Option to send the cutting commands to the machine. You can cut just one sample, a specific quantity of the shapes, or an entire block of the shapes.
Use the remote handset control to move the cutting head to the starting position and start the machine.
The machine will then run without operator attention to produce parts that are identical and to your specification.