Press manufacturing from STEP file to machine-calibrated price
Glintify analyses the part's form features and determines which press operation is required, deep drawing, forming or bending dies. The system checks whether an existing tool exists in the library or calculates a new tooling cost. Cycle time is set from material, thickness and operation complexity. Tool cost is amortised over the batch size.
What Glintify reads from the STEP file
The system analyzes the part's geometry and extracts every manufacturing-relevant feature without manual input.
Size, holes, bends, form features, draw depth, batch size
What is calculated automatically
All measurements are extracted directly from the geometry, no manual input needed.
Machine parameters that are calibrated
Every parameter is set from your actual machine fleet, not industry averages.
How the price is built up
Glintify builds the part cost line by line from your machine data and pricing library.
DFM and capacity rules
The system automatically checks whether the part fits within your capacity and flags designs that can cause production issues.
Secondary operations that may apply
Depending on the part's requirements, the following secondary operations can be added to the calculation.
Example cost breakdown
Line-by-line breakdown of the part cost using your machine data and prices.
| Cost item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Material DP600 3mm | SEK 85.00 |
| Cycle time 18 s (pneumatic) | SEK 12.60 |
| New tool (amort. 10k pcs) | SEK 4.50 |
| Changeover per batch | SEK 3.00 |
| Material scrap 8% | SEK 6.80 |
| Total part cost (10k pcs) | SEK 111.90 |
The same routing line as in Monitor
On top of our time-based calculation, press manufacturing 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.
Calculate your own part
Upload a STEP file, we run the analysis and show exactly what the system detects for press manufacturing. No manuals, no calls.
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