Machined plastics
Cut-to-Size Plastics Configurator
Sheet, rod or tube cut to exact size in the right grade, priced as you type.
The problem
Why this is a configurator
Cut-to-size plastics buyers already expect to order online: three dimensions, a grade and a price. Every phone quote for a £40 offcut is conversion lost to whoever prices it instantly. Every hand-built quote is estimator time the order value never justified.
Sellers
Plastic stockholders and plastics machining firms.
Buyers
Design engineers, OEMs, maintenance teams and shopfitters.
Live
Watch the price move as the part changes
A scripted sweep of the real configurator. Every value is computed by the same engine your customers use.
Parameter tour
What the buyer sets
Every parameter validates against the seller's own rules and stock, so an impossible order cannot leave the browser.
- Form
- Sheet or plate, rod or tube.
- Material grade
- From seller stock: nylon 6, acetal POM-C, PEEK, HDPE, PTFE, polycarbonate and more.
- Dimensions
- Length, width and thickness, diameter and length, or OD, ID and length, priced as you type.
- Cut quality
- Saw cut or machined faces, each showing its tolerance.
- Quantity
- Quantity breaks apply per the seller's pricing formula.
Your rules, your rates
The seller stays in control
Formulas, stock and rule values live in your settings, shipped with clearly labelled example data until you load your own. What the buyer sees is always yours.
- Nylon 6 sheet 2000 x 1000 x 10mm (example)£150.00 per each
- Nylon 6 sheet 2000 x 1000 x 12mm (example)£180.00 per each
- Acetal POM-C sheet 2000 x 1000 x 10mm (example)£185.00 per each
Exports
Manufacturing files, not just a picture
Proven formats are listed with what has been verified. Formats still in verification say so, honestly.
- STLVerified download, configuration id in the file header
- GLBVerified download with configuration metadata
- PDFSpecification and quote sheet with tolerances
STEP and flat-sheet DXF exports are generated and parser-verified but stay in verification until confirmed in independent CAD software.
Cite or abstain
The AI grounds every answer, or says it cannot
It reads only what the seller has loaded. Where a source covers the question it answers and cites; where none does, it abstains rather than guessing.
“Food-safe wear strip, 500 by 50 by 10”
Shortlists only grades whose loaded datasheets carry a food-contact statement, then sets the dimensions.
Cited: Material datasheet food contact field (example data)
“Is this grade food safe?”
The loaded datasheet for that grade carries no food-contact statement, so I cannot confirm it. Ask the seller to document it.
Questions
About the Cut-to-Size Plastics Configurator
- How does the stock yield display work?
- The configurator resolves your cut against the seller's stock items, shows the matched blank and states how much of it your parts use, so the price reflects real material consumption.
- Can I add holes or radiused corners?
- Not yet. Simple features are planned and shown as coming soon in the configurator; today the product is clean cuts in sheet, rod and tube.
- What tolerances apply?
- Per cut quality, from the seller's configured values: the configurator displays the tolerance for saw-cut and machined faces rather than promising a blanket figure.
- Which grades ship with the preset?
- Example stock covering common engineering grades. Sellers replace it with their own stock list, which drives grades, sizes and pricing.
Give your customers a price today, not next week
Start free with example data. Load your own stock, rates and rules before you go live.