Heat-free precision in any material

    Waterjet cutting from STEP file to machine-calibrated price

    Glintify uses material and thickness to pick the right cutting speed from your calibrated tables. Abrasive consumption per metre is calculated from the chosen mesh size and material type. Threading and piercing per hole are added separately, some holes can be skipped if they fall in a scrap zone.

    // Geometry

    What Glintify reads from the STEP file

    The system analyzes the part's geometry and extracts every manufacturing-relevant feature without manual input.

    Extracted data

    Contours, holes, piercings, thickness, start points

    // Automation

    What is calculated automatically

    All measurements are extracted directly from the geometry, no manual input needed.

    Contour length (outer and inner)
    Number of piercings per hole type
    Start points per contour (threading)
    Material and thickness from STEP
    // Calibration

    Machine parameters that are calibrated

    Every parameter is set from your actual machine fleet, not industry averages.

    Material-specific cutting speed
    Abrasive type and consumption per metre
    Abrasive mesh size (80, 120 mesh)
    Kerf width per material/thickness
    Piercing time per hole type
    Machine hourly rate (incl. pump maintenance)
    // Pricing logic

    How the price is built up

    Glintify builds the part cost line by line from your machine data and pricing library.

    Cost drivers
    01
    Material cost per kg + scrap
    02
    Cutting time = contour length / material-specific speed
    03
    Piercing time × number of piercings
    04
    Abrasive consumption per metre of cut edge
    05
    Threading time per start point
    06
    Pump and filter maintenance per operating hour
    // DFM

    DFM and capacity rules

    The system automatically checks whether the part fits within your capacity and flags designs that can cause production issues.

    Tight inner corners: radius < 0.5·t → warning
    Holes too small: Ø < 1·t → needle-breakage risk
    Kerf varies with speed → tapered cut
    Thickness > 150 mm → markedly lower speed
    // Post-processing

    Secondary operations that may apply

    Depending on the part's requirements, the following secondary operations can be added to the calculation.

    // Example

    Example cost breakdown

    Line-by-line breakdown of the part cost using your machine data and prices.

    Cost itemAmount
    Material Inconel 25mmSEK 890.00
    Cutting time 1.8 m (abrasive)SEK 215.00
    Piercings × 10SEK 15.00
    Abrasive (Garnet 80 mesh)SEK 38.50
    Nesting & setupSEK 12.00
    Total part costSEK 1,170.50
    // Costing in Monitor's format

    The same routing line as in Monitor

    On top of our time-based calculation, waterjet cutting 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 lineExplanation
    Production groupFetched from your ERP system or created from the machine park
    Setup timePer batch, not per piece — spread over the quantity
    Cycle timeThe technical time per piece, calculated from the geometry
    F-time %Allowance on top of the cycle time
    Piece timeCycle time × (1 + F-time %)
    Cost factorsMachine, wages + social charges and fixed manufacturing overhead in SEK/h, with a staffing factor
    Cost = setup time × rate + piece time × rate × quantity

    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 waterjet cutting. No manuals, no calls.

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