Cutting, in detail
Long reads on the parts of KRON that repay understanding — the settings that move the most material, what a CAD export does and does not carry, and how a certificate stays attached to an offcut.
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- Cutting parameters8 min read
The number that decides what is scrap and what is stock
Max. Offcut Length is one field in the cutting settings, and it moves more material than any other. What it actually changes, why the default is wrong for your shop, and how to tune it against two figures in the results table.
- Cutting parameters9 min read
Splicing: what it saves, what it costs, and where it may not fall
Carrying a part across two bars can take several per cent out of your waste, or it can add a weld that nobody will sign off. The four parameters that govern it, the per-part restriction zones, and why KRON ships an optimiser that deliberately makes more waste.
- Integrations10 min read
From Tekla to the saw: what an NC file carries, and what it leaves behind
A DSTV export moves geometry into KRON in seconds and silently drops two things you need. What the format holds, why parts arrive as non-standard, and the three export settings to fix before the first import rather than after.
- Warehouse8 min read
A remnant with a name: keeping mill certificates attached to steel you have already cut
An offcut becomes untraceable the moment it leaves the bar it was cut from — unless something carries the paperwork across. How the 10-10-10 mark, the SKU and the batch number work together, and which of them survives.
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