Speed kills. How to Produce Accurate Quotes Faster.

When a customer is requesting a quote, two things need to happen:

1. You need to accurately estimate machine time, operator time and materials required
2. You need to get the quote back to the customer.

Applied Engineering offers integrated manufacturing automation solutions that allow you to quickly produce accurate quotes by importing 3D CAD geometry, and automatically calculating machine time and materials required.

SigmaNEST offers sheet metal manufacturers a great estimating and quoting module that utilizes the valuable parts and nesting data in SigmaNEST to produce formal time estimates and part pricing quotes in seconds.

Key functionality in SigmaNEST’s quoting and estimating module includes:

• Automatically calculate part area, cut length, and pierce numbers.
• Calculate part costs with an integrated costing model featuring user-defined parameters for machine recovery rate, operator costs, and other overhead and consumable materials.
• Calculate processing time based on the nominal feed rate, material type and thickness, machine acceleration, part quality specifications, rapid traverse, and head up-down movement on piercings.

InventorCAM and SolidCAM offer the ability to quickly import 3D CAD models from Autodesk Inventor and SolidWorks. Using this direct integration, InventorCAM automatically creates toolpaths, and can give the machinist information on cycle times for each part that needs to be machined. This information is very valuable for quoting purposes. Plus, using InventorCAM iMachining, machinists can reduce machining time by up to 70% using optimal feeds and speeds.

Give Applied Engineering a call at 763-420-6600 to discuss manufacturing solutions to improve your quoting process, and make your manufacturing processes more efficient.