Software
SMARTNEST BUSBAR
3D busbar design, nesting and oddment management with built-in MES
Overview
SMARTNEST BUSBAR is the design and production software supplied with the machine range. It provides three-dimensional busbar design, conversion of 2D drawings to 3D, whole-project nesting, oddment storage management with optimised reuse, and calculation of bar demand for a project against current stock. MES functions are built in rather than supplied as a third-party addition. The software reads Pro/E, UG, CATIA and SolidWorks geometry and STEP files, imports job data from Excel, and runs on Windows 7, 10 and 11.
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Specifications
| Parameter | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Control | ||
| Platform | Windows 7 / 10 / 11 | |
| Data import | spec.value.excel_import | |
| CAD compatibility | Pro/E, UG, CATIA, SolidWorks, STEP/STP | |
Features
- Design busbars in 3D
- Converts 2D drawings to 3D
- Busbar stock management
- Calculates bar demand for a whole project against stock
- Nests a whole project to minimise residue
- Oddment storage management and optimised reuse
- Imports data from Excel
Frequently asked questions
- What does nesting save?
- Offcut. A shop cutting to drawing without nesting typically scraps around a tenth of its bar. Whole-project nesting with a managed oddment library brings that down substantially, and at copper prices the saving is usually a larger line item than the labour the machine replaced.
Technical background
Cost and economics
Busbar nesting and scrap: building a cost model that survives audit
Yield arithmetic on 6000 mm copper bar, why remnant length distribution beats clever algorithms, and how to work the annual copper cost of scrap.
11 min read
Software and CAM
From DXF to a busbar the machine can actually cut
Layer conventions, DXF version traps, flat-pattern K-factor, bend-line annotation and the tolerance stack between a CAD drawing and a finished copper bar.
11 min read
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