This is how you get the exact price for the sheet metal part in no time at all

Prompt at the price This is how you get the exact price for the sheet metal part in no time at all

2024-10-28 Source: Thyssenkrupp Materials Services | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

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The new AI platform from thyssenkrupp Materials Services is the right choice for anyone who needs 2D parts made from sheet metal quickly and also needs the exact price ...(Image: Thyssenkrupp Construction Technology) — The new AI platform from thyssenkrupp Materials Services is the right choice for anyone who needs 2D parts made from sheet metal quickly and also needs the exact price ...
(Image: Thyssenkrupp Construction Technology)

Telephone inquiries and manual price calculations for blanks and the preparation of quotations are still common practice in the materials trade, reports thyssenkrupp Materials Services. However, the AI platform (AI = artificial intelligence) smart.processing now ensures that users can find out the prices for their blanks online and within seconds so that they can complete the purchase as quickly as possible. The provider emphasizes that the complexity of the shape is not an obstacle to automated price calculation. Any shape, from tubes and sheets to completely personalized free forms, is conceivable. The platform also optimizes the so-called nesting process using AI.

From common metals to special materials

To do this, the component customer can upload their technical drawing as a CAD file. Materials can be selected from all metals (from aluminum and stainless steel to copper and brass) as well as special materials, according to the company. A total of over 11,000 semi-finished products are listed in the Max Cochius online store (a sister company of Thyssenkrupp Schulte), all of which are displayed in a moving 3D model.

In total, over 11,000 semi-finished products are listed in the Max Cochius online store on the AI platform smart.processing. Here is a look at them.
(Image:Max Cochius)

According to thyssenkrupp Materials Services, these can be cut as required using vertical and horizontal sawing as well as water jet cutting. Incidentally, the idea for smart.processing was developed as part of a thyssenkrupp hackathon called "hack4tk".

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