PEP Automatically Saves 40% of the Material on Amada Laser

PEP Automatically Saves 40% of the Material on Amada Laser

PEP TECHNOLOGY vs. Dr Abe at Metalworking Solutions

PEP Savings    
40% Material savings PEP 3 plates, Dr Abe 5 plates!
7,787 Inches of cutting saved with automatic common cutting!  
25.6% Faster path  32% of cutting inches eliminated
4,464 head raises Head raises eliminated  4,464 rapids with head down
Cut quality Perfect part quality No scrapped parts!
50 minutes shop time 30 sec/part saved No tabs to grind!

1/4″ Plate – PEP Common Line Cutting Example

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With Dr Abe

  • 5 plates
  • 6 hours 34 min to cut at 100 IPM (394 minutes)
  • Used 6 tabs per part in order to deal with bowing
  • It is a repeat job they cut 5 times per year on .25 inch mild steel
  • Part spacing of 1” required for head crash safety because of Bowing
  • 20 parts per plate. The reason the spacing was so wide was because they had to tab each part with 6 tabs to keep it from tipping up due to the bowing.
  • Had to grind each tab= 30 seconds per part = 50 minutes time for grinding
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With PEP

  • 3 plates required, 2 plates saved = 40% material savings
  • 4 hours 53 min to cut at 100 IPM (293 minutes)
    • 101 minutes saved = 25.63% faster cutting!
    • Plate loads, common cutting and head raises included in the savings
  • PEP eliminated 32% of the cutting with automatic common cutting
  • 32% less heat and superior heat control with PEP’s cutter path = no material bowing
  • No tabs required = no grinding = 50 min grinding avoided after parts cut
  • 37 parts per plate  
  • 2 plate loads avoided
  • Head down cutting saves over 4400 head raises. 

At ½ second per HR= 36 minutes saved!