| # | Subject | P.E.P. | Bysoft | Comments | P.E.P. Savings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plates nested | 10.1 | 11.75 | P.E.P.’s results produced in one attempt | 14% of material! |
| 2 | Programs (unique nests) | 6 | 7 | Duplicated nests allow same plate to be cut | |
| 3 | Plates loaded | 11 | 12 | P.E.P. | 5min? plate load |
| 4 | Automatic nesting time | 5 min. | ? | P.E.P.’s total time, no re-nesting required | |
| 5 | Common cutting | 2,387 | 0 | Parts nested at kerf automatically | $39.75 |
| 6 | Head raises | 2008 | 4622 | Head stays down between cutouts SAFELY | $72.42 |
| 7 | Short line segments replaced | ALL | Some | SEE SECTION ON SHORT LINE SEGMENTS | 1 million plus |
The savings of 2,387 inches means $39.75 worth of laser time is saved to cut more billing.
P.E.P. safely keeps the laser head down from cutout to cutout and part to part an AVERAGE of 90% of the time. A typical Head Raise time of 1 second = hundreds of hours given back to cut more parts every year.
Similar savings achieved on the 12 GA nest.
Bubble piercing, coupled with the P.E.P. nesting engine, provides large savings in material and cutting.
This is true measured against conventional piercing and chain cut nests.
Bubble piercing is proprietary to P.E.P. The process of assigning lead-ins, sequencing parts and creating bubbles is completely automatic.
Bubble replaces pierces with edge starts, eliminating long leadins, time spent pre-heating, wear on consumables, heat put into the plate ,slag scraping flame tip cleaning, and wear on laser lenses.
These nests were created using the same spacing as the original chain cut nests, for an apples to apples comparison.
P.E.P. Bubble customers enjoy even better material yield than these nests with tighter parts spacing.
This is possible because Bubble puts less heat into the plate and shorter lead-ins are required.
