Industry use cases
Different glass industries, one nesting problem
Windows & curtain walls, furniture & appliances, automotive replacement, solar panels—stock sheets are bought whole and parts are cut per order, so every point of nesting efficiency goes straight to margin. OpCut maps the solution and the verifiable gains, industry by industry.
Windows & curtain wallsWindow & curtain-wall glass
Insulating and tempered orders mix many sizes in small batches; manual nesting leans on a few veterans, sheet utilization is anybody's guess, and excess scrap only shows up at month-end inventory.
The OpCut approach：Guillotine-constrained nesting across mixed stock sizes: kerf, trim and grain direction computed to your shop parameters; the rectangular engine lays out an order in about 3 seconds with per-sheet utilization in the open.
- Curated rectangular cases at 97%+ utilization; the HT21 series is zero-waste with proven optimality
- Layout time drops from hours by hand to a 3-second response—re-nest on every change order
- Offcuts go back on the shelf as stock sheets and re-enter the next nest
Furniture & appliancesFurniture & appliance glass
Panel glass comes in many size combinations and change orders are frequent; every change means re-nesting by hand, so both quotes and cutting schedules wait on layout.
The OpCut approach：Post the order as JSON to the API and the synchronous interface returns in seconds; retries under the same idempotency key are never billed twice, and ERP/MES integration takes hours, not weeks.
- Change orders re-nested in seconds—quotes never wait for layout
- Solving is budgeted and predictable: solved to your budget, explicit on timeout
- Register for 200 free credits per month and start trial nesting at zero cost
Automotive glassAutomotive glass replacement
Curved and polygonal parts defeat rectangular software; manual nesting wastes material, and grain or mounting orientation must never be wrong.
The OpCut approach：The irregular-shape engine nests on true contours (not bounding boxes) with grain-direction constraints protecting mounting faces; the J40 case is proven optimal and every layout is geometry-verified.
- Public irregular-shape cases at 81.6%–86.8% utilization (H80 / J40)
- Geometry-verified contour layouts—no disputes at the cutting table
- Rectangular and irregular engines behind one API
Solar panelsSolar photovoltaic panels
Cell and backsheet cutting lives on cut-path consistency and yield: a slightly worse nest immediately hits slicing yield and material consumption, quietly eating the margin.
The OpCut approach：Guillotine cut paths fit strip cutting natively: parameterized kerf, explicit trim margins, and reproducible layouts—the same order solves to the same sheet count, every time.
- Re-running the same order returns an identical sheet count—production plans you can commit to
- Kerf and trim computed to process parameters; layouts go straight to the machine
- Credit tiering by order size (1/2/3 credits); query calls are free
Run the numbers on your real orders
Register and verify an email for 200 free credits per month—run one optimization on your real part list, and let utilization, sheet count and savings answer for themselves.
