Our focus at HD Laser Tech is to develop a comprehensive parts management system for our customers. By developing this system we hope to better manage our customers drawing inventory and hereby improve their cutting turn around times and minimize set up costs.
By preparing your drawing before you email them to us can dramatically reduce the programming and set up time required to produce your laser cut parts. Here are a few tips that will reduce your costs;
By prepping your drawing in this format prior to forwarding them to us will reduce the amount of setup and programming time required to input your parts into the laser, therefore reducing your costs.
Nesting is what is referred to when we take all components of a similar material type and thickness and lay them out on a sheet of steel to be cut. Therefore, in order for a customer to minimize their costs the more pieces of a similar material type and thickness that can be ordered at the same time will reduce the cost of the overall job. The best way to do this is either to increase the quantity of pieces per order to fully utilize the sheet or to combine several parts into one group and order them at the same time. The following example will better explain these principals in action. In this scenario we are cutting a 5'x10' sheet of material.
In summary better drawing, parts preparation and nesting strategies are the keys to reducing production costs.