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Application Areas and Industry Requirement Gasket, Piston Rings Manufacturers Grating Manufacturers HVAC, Enclosure, Electrical Panel, Transformer Manufacturers Steel Furniture Manufacturers Fabricators Bus, Truck, Tipper Body builders Pre-Engineered Builders Manufactures / Pre-Fab Structure Manufacturers Pressure Vessel, Boiler Manufacturers Fabricators Structural manufacturers using Re-Bars Transmission Tower Manufacturers Machine Manufacturers and Cutting Processes	Our Solutions:
	PLUS 2D Nesting and Optimization software Generates optimum cutting plan saves material. Quick & accurate material estimation.. Optional links to CNC Turret Punches, Gas/Plasma/Laser cutters	PLUS Manager : Order Processing and Inventory Management Software Estimate, prepare Quote and convert to Order. Manage Inventory. Optimizes using PLUS 2D and PLUS 1D.
	PLUS 1D Bar Nesting Software Generates graphical cutting plan. Estimate structural steel requirements Supports Large parts with joints & Miter parts.	PLUS Slitting - Trim Optimization Software Generates optimized slitting plan Accurately estimate coil requirement.
	PLUS Label Maker - Bar Code Label Printing Module : Design labels as per your requirements Track parts and offcuts Use low cost off-the-shelf labels	PLUS Bend - Bend Allowance Calculation Software Generates bending schedule and marker diagram. Export developed blanks for nesting. Calculate K-factor using K-factor wizard.
	PLUS Rings - Rings Optimization Software
	Concentric or Non-Concentric ring optimization, depending on specific requirement. Simple user interface. Work in any unit.	Generate layout in the form of dxf format. Generate NC code for cutting plan.. Minimizes wastage for cutting rings. Consider cutting allowance.

Gasket, Piston Rings Manufacturers
Can I cut non-concentric and concentric rings? Given ID and OD, can the software nest the rings? Can the software link to cutting machines? Which ones?
Grating Manufacturers
Need to know the panel sizes that have to be procured/manufactured for a job. Does it track offcuts and maintain in inventory? Will software prioritize use of offcuts? Does the software control cutting along the width only? Will I be able to use Cut list from MS Excel or Word document? How about CAD drawings for input?
HVAC, Enclosure, Electrical Panel, Transformers Manufacturers
To write the general/specific requirements for this segment
Steel Furniture Manufacturers
Does the software estimate material requirement? Does it maintain inventory? Can the software use coils as stock? Can the parts be given as standard furniture products? Can the parts be given as CAD drawing files (DXF files) ? Will the software prepare invoices? Will it link to other software like Tally? Will the software be useful for non CNC cutting?
Fabricators Bus, Truck, Tipper Body builders
Will it estimate my material requirement? I need to reduce the wastage in cutting from coils /sheets. The software should generate the cutting plans fast. Will the software take input in the form of CAD drawings? Is cutting loss taken into account while nesting? I need to cut irregular shapes and also need to minimize scrap generated. Offcuts need to be reused at the earliest. Also, need to track them. Inventory is to be maintained, including offcuts. Need to limit the no. of different parts that are cut from a sheet. My parts are bigger than the stock available Should be able to place standard parts on the layout directly? Can I change a particular layout? Can I reject some layouts? I need to make standard sections. Which software? I need to minimize wastage cutting bars. 1-3 joints allowed Reduce wastage cutting channels, bars, extrusions.
Pre-Engineered Building Manufacturers
We need to optimize sheets and sections both . Will the software take input in the form of CAD drawings? Can I add certain special shapes to a library. Does the software consider cutting loss? Can some layouts be rejected? Does the software save non-rectangular standard offcuts? My parts are longer than the stock available. Can I replace offcuts with standard filler parts directly in the layout drawing? Will the software interface with ERP software?
Pressure Vessel, Boiler Manufacturers
We need to minimize wastage while cutting. Will the software take input in the form of CAD drawings? Does the software consider cutting loss? I need to cut irregular shapes and also need to minimize scrap generated. Does the software store irregular shaped offcuts? Offcuts need to be reused at the earliest. Also, need to track them. Does the software maintain inventory including offcuts? We need development of a cone or cylinder with provision for holes and cutouts. Can I place standard filler parts in place of offcuts directly in the layout drawing? Can some layouts be rejected? Will the software interface with ERP software? Parts are larger than the stock available.
Fabricators.

Steel Services / Coil Manufacturers / Sheet Manufacturers.

Structural manufacturers using Re-Bars.

Manufacturing Towers for Power / Signal Transmitters.

Machine Manufacturers and Cutting Processes

Solutions to the problems:
PLUS 2D Nesting and Optimization software : PLUS 2D is a state of the art nesting software for generating optimized layouts and reducing scrap generated by 2 Dimensional cutting processes. Whether your stock is in the form of Sheets or Coils (rolls), once you define your cutting job, the layout software requires just one mouse click to arrange the parts on appropriate stocks.
Multiple stocks in a single job. Supports De-coiling (stock is in the form of coils/rolls) No limit on number of parts. Part rotation allowed. Integrated inventory. Grinding margins for parts. Cutting loss or Kerf. Supports non-rectangular parts through DXF import, Parametric Part library and standard shapes. Part assemblies. Standard Material library. Support for machine blade length. Simple User Interface. Import data from text files. Multiple ways to import data from spreadsheets and databases. Metric and English units (mm or Inches) User defined patterns for non rectangular parts that can be combined to form nearly rectangular patterns.
PLUS Manager : Order Processing and Inventory Management Software : Helps in Estimation, Preparing of Quote and Inventory Management. Generates accurate estimates for Request for Quotes (RFQ) using multiple price lists. Tells about the stock position and material requirement.
Quick preparation of Quote Regenerate Quote with changes in parameters Estimate Material and Cost requirement. Integrates with PLUS 2D and PLUS 1D to provide the optimized requirements Know Order status Analyze unconverted quotes Manage Inventory. Process multiple order together. Analyze sales Organizer to schedule meetings and track activity
PLUS 1D Bar Nesting Software : PLUS 1D is a Bar Nesting (multing) optimization software, which helps reduce the waste in cutting any 1D (lineal) material like pipe, bar, angles, sections, flange, rod, tube, channel, frame, profiles, extrusions etc. It automatically generates the optimum cutting plans once the part list, and the available stock has been entered
Optimize 1D material like Channels, pipes, extrusions for Partitions Integrated Inventory - track stocks, offcuts (drops) Options to specify end-trims and cut allowances Powder Coating database and quantity estimation Linked to PLUS Label Maker - design and print Bar Coded labels Work in Inches, Fractional inches also Support for Miter parts - inclined cuts (optional) Large Parts with Joints (Optional) Sections to store Section information (Optional) Integrates with PLUS Manager to provide optimized quantities
PLUS Slitting - Trim Optimization Software : Reduces waste while slitting coils. Once the Coils available and the parts required to be cut are entered, at the click of the button it gives the complete cutting plans, and detailed reports.
Multiple Materials in a job Patterns generated so as to minimize the changes in knife settings Facility to specify Kerf / Cutting allowance Option to specify required slits or parts Edit the patterns made Integrated inventory Considers Grains for rectangular parts Facility to import data from CSV, Spreadsheets Set the units you want to work in Select quantity to be specified in length or as per weight Output in RTF Simple User Interface
PLUS Bend - Bend Allowance Calculation Software
Support for multiple components within the same job. Simple Wizard like User Interface. Transfer developed blanks to PLUS 2D for nesting. Support for English units (Inches, Fractional Inches) also. Calculate K-factor using K-factor wizard. Detailed RTF output in a simple and concise form. Scrolling and zooming support in tables. Feeding of calculated k factors for new material in the k factor table.
PLUS Label Maker - Bar Code Label Printing : It is an optional add on module helps in printing labels for parts as per your requirement.
Choose from installed templates - either for layouts or for parts. Design labels as per your requirements. Directly interfaces with PLUS 2D / PLUS 1D. Add part pictures or layout pictures on every label . Print part position in layout on labels. Use low cost off the shelf labels . You can preview the labels generated and print them on any ordinary printer. User defined criteria to print labels You can print empty labels with no data. Unique Bar Code values generated as per the formula specified by you. The Bar code standard .
PLUS Rings :Rings Optimization Software :is a ring optimization software that allows you to enter rings and discs of different sizes and nest them one inside the other. The rings are nested in such a manner, so that we get non-concentric ring patterns. See the pattern as below.
Enter any number of rings and disc of any sizes. Quick estimation of material requirement. Minimizes wastage for cutting rings. Consider cutting allowance. Concentric or Non-Concentric ring optimization, depending on specific requirement Export layout as a DXF file. Generate NC code for cutting plan. Detail RTF report. No learning curve. Simple and user friendly interface.

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