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For the effective use of nesting patterns on the shop, it is necessary they match the reality of the cutting process, materials and machinery. Adjusting the cutting width is one of the important settings on a nesting software. Almost any of kind of material produces a waste. This waste can be defined as the cutting width of the material that is removed by the cutting process. This is also known as kerf. Cutting Width Varies In case of wood cutting, a common mistake is to thin

Using a cut layout optimizer is not what we call news these days. However, just because we use a nesting program doesn't mean we are getting maximum savings. This article lists 5 important tips sometimes ignored to make great usage of sheet layout optimizers, making sure the generated diagrams are feasible to manufacture at the shop floor. 1 - Set Cutting Width (Kerf) Most of cutting processes lead to material loss. Usually this loss is similar to the cutting tool thickness,