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My company is looking at new Laser marking equipment and I need to integrate it smoothly into our production line. |
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MARKMATE provides complete control of laser marking of lites. It pulls logo information from your MATE data files, eliminating errors fue to rekeying. Libraries of logo designes, text layouts and image placement are maintained within MARKMATE. |
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Tempering furnace output is not as high as I would like it to be. |
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The solution is BEDMATE. BEDMATE is designed to increase the efficiency and throughput of a tempering furnace. Through the development of superior optimization techniques the load bed area of a tempering furnace is maximized to increase furnace yields. |
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The amount of waste in my lineal cutting department is costing my company thousands of dollars. Is there a solution to improve raw material usage? |
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The solution is LINEALMATE. LINEALMATE can improve lineal material usage by as much as 20% with reported paybacks of 6 months. |
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Production has grown to the point that I need to add machinery to my lineal cutting and processing department. Do I have to change my optimization system? |
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The solution is PMC's LinealHMI. The LinealHMI provides the ability to add additional lineal processing machinery such as vinyl cutting and welding without changing your existing LINEALMATE lineal processing and optimization system. You can add any machinery based on your budget and production requirements - no matter who the manufacturer may be. |
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| Problem: |
Is there a more efficient way to optimize my glass requirements? |
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Depending on the type of products you offer to your customers (fabrication, laminated glass, tempered glass, insulated glass units, insulated glass for window construction) PMC has the solution for you. PMC offers four unique glass optimization systems: OPTILite - to meet the needs of hand cutting; - OPTIMATE - to meet the needs of fabrication, laminated glass, tempered glass, insulated glass units; WINDOWMATE and WINDOWMATION - for window and insulated glass manufacturers. |
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| Problem: |
When glass is cut in my glass cutting department it needs to be stored on racks and sorted by another shift. Is there a way to eliminate the costly waste of time to sort glass? |
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The solution you are looking for is RACKMATE. RACKMATE is designed to eliminate all sorting of glass. Through the use of harp racks, "L" bucks or "A" framed racks all sorting of glass is completely eliminated. A large TV located at the breakout area of a cutting line will instruct your operators into which slot or rack each cut lite of glass should be stored before moving to the next fabrication center. |
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| Problem: |
Customers are complaining orders are being shipped late. Is there a solution to this problem? |
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TRACKMATE will provide your company with a REAL TIME solution to track customer orders. Through a bar code tracking system your production and customer service departments can track orders throughout your entire plant based on strategically placed tracking workcenters. When a customer calls your staff can give them an accurate progress report on their order. Orders will also be shipped on time and complete since rejected lites are also tracked and re-processed in real time. |
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Customer orders are getting lost in my shipping department. We have lost customers due to damaged goods that are caused by stacking their orders improperly. |
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The solution you are looking for is BOXMATE. BOXMATE evaluates the components of a customer order and, based on a set of pre-determined parameters, automatically creates a boxing schedule. A single box may contain up to 5 different customer orders and since the information comes directly from OPTIMATE Order Files there is NO chance of dimensional or material composition errors. |
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It is hard for my order entry staff to quote a job or bid. Is there a solution? |
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There certainly is - ESTIMATE. ESTIMATE is a stand alone system that provides the ability for your staff to accurately quote or bid a customers job based on how much stock glass will be required. Using ESTIMATE's easy to use prompts, the cost and amount of each unique glass type (color and thickness) is determined for the quote or bid. |
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| Problem: |
I often have problems trying to move my vinyl window production to another machine when a similar machine goes down. Is there a solution? |
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FLEXMATE is the solution you are looking for. FLEXMATE balances production between lines to eliminate machinery (vinyl cutting and welding) downtime problems. In the event a machinery problem does occur schedules can be switched to another line, completely eliminating production downtime. |
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I have problems calculating grid lengths and notching locations when manufacturing grids. Is there a solution? |
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GRIDMATE will provide the software solution you are looking for. GRIDMATE effortlessly handles the complicated task of calculating the length of grid components and notch locations. By giving your operators an easy to use formula-based configurator, grids can be calculated for any style window system. Interfaces can also be provided for automated saw and grid notching machinery to increase cutting accuracy and productivity. |
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| Problem: |
Is it possible to place the cutting, washing and insulating process in-line to improve productivity in my insulated glass department? |
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Yes through the implementation of INMATE/CI. INMATE/CI provides the ability to process your insulated glass requirements in an in-line configuration to increase productivity. INMATE/CI eliminates the need to rack cut glass - the primary cause of scratches and rejected insulated glass units. |
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I am looking for a solution to increase productivity and save space on my tempering line? |
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INMATE/CT provides the ability to process your tempering requirements in an in-line process. Cutting, seaming, logo etching and the tempering furnace are placed in an in-line configuration to increase furnace throughput and efficiency. A large display shows your breakout personnel where to place each lite of glass on the conveyor, completely eliminating the need to rack or sort glass. |
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| Problem: |
I receive a lot of orders containing shapes from my customers. Some of these shapes are in the form of a drawing DXF File and others (more often) are in the form of a pattern. Does PMC have solution for this problem? |
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Certainly, the solution is SHAPEMATE. SHAPEMATE provides a complete system including AutoCADLTT (Computer Aided Drawing) system, and a Lasico Digitizing instrument to process any geometrical and non-geometrical shape your customer may give you. You can also save each drawing and recall it at any time to process repeat orders or customer warranty work. |
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I have a problem with completed orders getting lost in my factory which are causing orders to be shipped late or incomplete. Does PMC have a solution? |
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To eliminate this problem PMC Software has developed SHIPMATE. SHIPMATE is a highly efficient Finished Goods tracking/staging/shipping system. SHIPMATE completely eliminates missed ship dates or orders shipped incomplete. |
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| Problem: |
It there a way to maximize the efficiency of my automated spacer bending machine? |
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The software tool you are looking for is called SPACERMATE. SPACERMATE provides an easy to use solution designed to eliminate operator error due to the manual entry of dimensional information to control your automated bending requirements. |
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| Problem: |
I have a problem trying to sort through the glass I am purchasing from an outside source. These individual lites of glass are usually tempered and part of an IG unit. Is there a way to eliminate all my sorting problems? |
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The MATE product you are looking for is called RECEIVEMATE. RECEIVEMATE completely eliminates all sorting of purchased glass by your shipping or production departments. When purchased glass is received it is placed in production sequence to match its mating lite in an IG unit. |
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