Powder coating & surface treatment
Glintify calculates the total surface area directly from the part's geometry, including exposed and hidden surfaces. Weight is calculated for hanging on the conveyor. Masking areas can be defined per part or per part family. Colour change per batch is calculated with a setup cost for line stop and cleaning.
What Glintify detects
The system analyzes the part's geometry and extracts every manufacturing-relevant feature without manual input.
Total surface area, volume, weight, exposed surfaces, hidden surfaces
What is calculated automatically
All measurements are extracted directly from the geometry.
Quality rules
The system automatically checks whether the part fits within your capacity and flags designs that can cause production issues.
Typical setup
What a typical setup looks like for this operation.
Cost example
Line-by-line breakdown of the part cost using your machine data and prices.
| Cost item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Surface area 0.85 m² | SEK 42.50 |
| Pretreatment (phosphating) | SEK 8.50 |
| Masking 6 areas | SEK 12.00 |
| Curing | SEK 5.00 |
| Total coating cost | SEK 68.00 |
The same routing line as in Monitor
On top of our time-based calculation, powder coating & surface treatment is also costed as a routing line ("beredningsrad") in Monitor's format: production group (work center), setup time, cycle time, allowance (F-time) and piece time, priced with the production group's cost factors. The line can be exported as an article with routing straight to your ERP system.
| Routing line | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Production group | Fetched from your ERP system or created from the machine park |
| Setup time | Per batch, not per piece — spread over the quantity |
| Cycle time | The technical time per piece, calculated from the geometry |
| F-time % | Allowance on top of the cycle time |
| Piece time | Cycle time × (1 + F-time %) |
| Cost factors | Machine, wages + social charges and fixed manufacturing overhead in SEK/h, with a staffing factor |
Markups for MO (material overhead), LO (subcontracting overhead), AFFO (general overhead) and profit are added at quote level — exactly as in Monitor's pre-calculation.
Other operations in Glintify
Calculate your own part
Upload a STEP file, we run the analysis and show exactly what the system detects for powder coating & surface treatment. No manuals, no calls.