Years ago I worked for DeMichele Systems in College Station, TX. They are now DeMichele Systems in Mesa AZ. Their specialty was optimized cutting for the Flat Glass industry. Back 'in the day' it was Fortran programs that ran on Cromemco Z80 systems, but that is ancient history.
Their software was pricey back then, and if it is like it was then, it is good, but they charge a lot for it. Before this software cutting was laid out by hand. Good manual layout got about 80 to 85% yield. They guaranteed 90% but we really saw 95 to 98% yield in optimum conditions (correct stock, orders that matched up nicely, etc). It also took care with tong-long and tong-short tempering for tempered glass (the glass is cut before tempering, so it expands more depending on the direction it is hung in the tempering ovens ... but that was the tech of the day. I have no clue what they do now. I don't know of any open software, but it might be out there. There might be competitor software, but I have no real knowledge other than keeping up a little bit with an old employer. (I have no current ties to them other than a little emotional one.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
