Solution · Plate and beam processing

Plate Processing

Plate work programmed in one package. DSTV, DXF and DWG files import, drilling, tapping, countersinking and cutting are tooled automatically, and costing and material utilization reports come back for each job.

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The problem

What this is costing you right now.

Four places the margin leaks today, and what each one looks like once it is fixed.

Programmed three times

Drilling, marking and cutting each get programmed separately, and the sequence that ties them together lives in somebody’s memory.

With ShopData 360

Drilling, tapping, marking and cutting tooled in one place

Detailing is redrawn

DSTV exports arrive and someone rebuilds the plate by hand, because the data does not carry cleanly out of the detailing package.

With ShopData 360

DSTV, DXF and DWG imported with quantity and material

Offcuts disappear

Remnant plate is stacked against the wall, forgotten, then bought again at full price because nobody tracked what was left of it.

With ShopData 360

Remnants created from drops and original plate tracked

Fabrication re-drills

Marks and holes that were never sequenced properly cost hours at fit-up, and the rework never gets costed back against the job it came from.

With ShopData 360

Drill-ahead zones and predrill options set by the user

The workflow

How the job runs instead.

Four steps on one record. Each is owned by someone on your team and handled by a ShopData 360 product you can look at in detail.

Follow one record Job #S-0932

Detailing imports

The detailer

DSTV, DXF and DWG files import with quantity and material from the model.

Parts in

214 parts, 6 marks

Handled by Peddi-Nest →

Plate nested

The programmer

Fill-up-the-sheet nesting, with remnants created automatically from drops and original plate tracked.

Plate yield

91%

Handled by Peddi-Nest →

One program runs

The line operator

Drilling, tapping, countersinking, piece marks and cutting tooled from layers and features.

Cycle time

3 h 40 min

Handled by Peddi-Nest →

Cost returns

The owner

Costing, processing time and material utilization reports for each job.

Cost vs estimate

4% under

Handled by Visual EstiTrack™ →

↻ Job #S-0932 closed. Estimated $42,800, actual $41,090. The next quote starts from these numbers.

Where it fits

Built on these products. Run in these shops.

Every product here runs on the same platform, and each industry page shows how shops like yours put it to work.

The products behind it

All products →

Peddi-Nest Plate nesting with punch, drill and mill QuickCAM PRO True-shape nesting for cutting tables Visual EstiTrack™ Estimating, scheduling, job costing Shop Kiosk Shop news and reports on screen

The shops that run it

All industries →

Structural Steel Structural plate work Fabricators Mixed machines and runs Distributors Stock, orders and shipping Assembly Shops Multi-stage builds

Getting there

Go live in four phases.

No rip and replace. The shop keeps running while this happens.

Rollout Four phases, start to live

Together

Phase one

Scoping

We document your requirements across people, process and technology, then agree the milestones for scope, budget and quality.

Scope agreed

Together

Phase two

Setup

Setup follows your own requirements, because no two integrations are ever the same, and we build it around how your shop runs.

Built to your process

Together

Phase three

Training

Training for the people who will use Peddi-Nest every day, at your own shop or at our facility, working on your real parts and your own live jobs.

Your team trained

Your shop

Phase four

Production

Live on real work, with ongoing technical support from our own team whenever a job needs help, for as long as you keep running the software.

Support stays on

Every shop is different. More machines or more history to migrate takes longer, and we say so up front.

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Ready to run a tighter shop?

See the full quote-to-cut-to-close workflow on your own jobs, and find the margin you've been leaving on the table. A fabrication specialist walks you through it one-on-one. No slides, no obligation.

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