PEP Technology Achieves 20% Average Material Savings in Head-to-Head CAM Software Comparison

On-site Run Off – PEP vs. BYSOFT

PEP Performed Every Programming Task Automatically!

ONE CLICK is intelligent automation, there is no editing, no categorizing of the part, no nesting parameters to set and no renesting! Each nest took less than One Minute!

COMMON CUTTING OF PARTS WITH RADIUSED CORNERS AND NOTCHES

PEP analyzed and categorized the notched part as having significant common geometry
PEP nested the parts for common cutting producing Free Parts
PEP nested every other part rotated to maximize the common cutting and to reduce cutting time.
PEP nests the individual part without lead-ins and then develops an accurate and safe cutter path.

Run off #1
39%	Material Saved!
16%	Increase in Machine Productivity!
45	Free parts per plate

Part cut in run off #1

The enlarged view of the part shows the radiused corners and notched edges.

The PEP nest above has 160 parts, each part was common cut. The software automatically rotated the 10 parts on the right. Even though the PEP automatic tabbing was not used in this instance, the parts cut safely with no head crashes, because the PEP common cut path is safe!

Part #1 Breakdown

Bysoft does not create a satisfactory cutter path when common cutting, according to the programmers and laser operators. The only success they have had has been using AutoCad to manually create a group of common cut parts, but even then that has not been successful when the part has a notch and or radiused corner.

PEP’s fully automatic nest cuts perfect parts safely!

Nest	# Parts	Nest Cut Time (Seconds)	Time per Part (Seconds)
Bysoft	115	2,202	19.15
.PEP	160	2,573	16.08
PEP Savings	45 free parts	——>	3.07 seconds
PEP % savings	39.13%	——>	16.03%

Bysoft nest below – no common cutting

Run off #2
12.5%	Material Saved!
18.8%	Common cut geometry – Machine Productivity increase!
580	Head raises eliminated – Machine Productivity increase!
8	Free parts per plate