Nesting · The engine under the floor

Cut more parts from every sheet.

AccuFAB turns your work orders into tight nests and machine-ready NC code, so you pull more parts from every sheet and spend less time cutting them.

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AccuFAB with a finished nest on screen: sheet-metal parts of mixed sizes packed across one sheet of raw stock, each numbered.
N-2207 Cut-ready
Stock
60 × 30 in · 12 ga CRS

From work order to cut-ready code

  1. 01 Work order
  2. 02 Nest
  3. 03 Cut-ready NC
  4. 04 Machine

Material is your biggest cost

Loose nests and idle tables eat the margin on every job.

  • Scrap from loose nests

  • The laser idle, waiting on programming

  • Parts programmed and nested by hand

  • The same job keyed in twice

One order, two nests

Same parts. One sheet.

A hand nest lays parts down in the order they arrive and leaves room around every one of them, and the two it cannot fit wait for a second sheet. AccuFAB sorts the order, closes it up, and cuts the edge two parts share once instead of twice. The small part comes out of the slug the big one drops. Everything lands, and there is still bare steel to spare.

How it fits

Work order to machine‑ready code, automatically.

AccuFAB imports your CAD, tools each part with leads, tabs, and destruct cuts, nests them onto raw stock, and posts to the exact NC your machine runs. No part is programmed by hand.

It uses your laser’s high-speed cutting features, and part quality does not pay for the speed.

The AccuFAB Nest module with a second order nested: large perforated panels and small brackets packed together on one sheet.

At a glance

What AccuFAB does.

  • CommonSense cutting

    Shares a cut between two parts, but only when it pays. The biggest saving is cut time, not just material.

  • SmartPart automation

    Makes the critical programming and nesting decisions so an operator does not have to.

  • KitSense assemblies

    Groups an assembly’s parts into one nest so they are cut together, instead of arriving across three sheets.

  • Machine-ready NC

    Posts to the exact code your table runs, with the cut conditions your machine maker supplies.

  • Remnant-aware

    A remnant is raw stock like any other sheet, so the drop from the last job is material for the next one.

  • Work orders in, not keyed in

    Work orders arrive as a file in AccuFAB’s own format, straight from the business system you already run. Or it runs stand-alone.

What changes on the floor

More parts, less time, no hand programming.

  • More parts per sheet

    Tighter nests pull more finished parts from the same stock.

  • The table keeps cutting

    Shared cuts and automatic programming keep the laser cutting instead of waiting.

  • No manual programming

    SmartPart makes the calls, so throughput does not hang on one programmer.

  • Margin protected, not chased

    The nest is balanced against your due dates, not against a vanity utilization number.