Working with offcuts
Remove/post offcuts
The following steps are necessary to remove an offcut:
- Call up the master data menu
- Identify and select the desired offcut
- Delete offcuts from stock
- Optional: Remove offcuts with scanner
Call up the master data under “Quick navigation”.
Select the offcut.
Select the offcut: Panel code, material code and dimensions to identify the desired offcut (1), information regarding existing and plannable number of offcuts (2).
The green line indicates that offcuts can be removed here. The overview of the storage bins (“bin definitions”) can be found in the middle right.
Overview of storage locations.
Call up the context menu of the corresponding storage bin from the offcut with the right mouse button (see also column “1st occupied bin” in the green line above) and “edit” it (1).
Detail page for a storage location.
The details page for this storage bin opens. After selecting the offcut (1), this offcut can be removed from the system via Delete panels (2). After confirming the deletion, this offcut can also be physically removed.
If you have also purchased the scanner package for offcuts management, booking out manual offcuts for use outside your HOMAG saw is extremely easy and reliable. When scanning the offcut label, the traffic light indicates availability:
- Red = offcut is reserved and must not be removed
- Green = offcut is available and was automatically booked out with the scan
- Blue = offcuts are available several times (--> the QR code of the storage compartment on the offcut label must be scanned so that it can be booked out correctly. The offcuts can then be physically removed).
Storing a produced offcut
If an offcut is produced on your HOMAG saw during production that can be stored in the manual storage rack, an action message is displayed and the sawing process is interrupted.
Action message in the assistance graphic on the saw.
Select the storage compartment in which the offcuts are to be stored (recommendation: assign automatically → the software automatically checks which storage compartment the offcuts still fit into).
Use an existing offcut on the HOMAG saw
If a manual offcut is used during production (e.g. because the optimization prioritizes it), this is displayed in the sequence graphic.
Flow chart during cutting.
During cutting, the flow chart provides information about the storage compartment from which the required offcut must be removed (1). The offcut code indicates which offcut is to be used (2).