Thyssenkrupp launches AI solution for sheets, blanks

Thyssenkrupp Materials Services has developed an AI platform that digitises the nesting process – the intelligent placement of blanks on sheet metal – and the pricing process, Kallanish learns.

The platform is called smart.processing and is integrated into the new online shop of Max Cochius, an associated company of thyssenkrupp Schulte, and a leading metal distribution provider in Germany. Max Cochius customers can now purchase material in any desired free-form 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from anywhere. By placing the blanks in the best way, smart.processing minimises material consumption and therefore costs, tk Materials claims.

According to the company, telephone inquiries as well as manual price calculations for blanks and quotes are still common in materials distribution. The smart.processing AI platform ensures that customers can now get prices for their blanks in seconds and complete the purchase online. The complexity of the shape is no obstacle to the automated price calculation: Any shape is possible, from tubes and sheets to fully personalised free-forms.

Christian Koehl Germany