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Cutting Stock Optimizer
for Reels, Coils & Rolls — less waste, more yield.

ETSMARTCUT solves the cutting stock problem your spreadsheet can't
— optimal reel, coil & fabric roll cutting plans for
paper, steel & textile industries.

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Traditional Cutting
500mm
400mm
300mm
600mm
350mm
WASTE
23.4% Material Waste
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ETSMARTCUT Optimized
500mm
400mm
80mm
600mm
350mm
300mm
4.1%
4.1% Material Waste
30%
Less Material Waste
100%
Demand Fulfilled
2+
Unit Systems · MM & IN
64×
Max Blades per Reel
How It Works

From reel specs to an optimized cutting plan in three steps

No spreadsheets, no manual trial-and-error — enter your numbers and get a ready-to-run plan.

Enter Your Reel & Roll Specs

Set your master reel length, blade limit, and the roll sizes & quantities you need to produce.

Get an Optimized Cutting Layout

Your plan is generated instantly — laid out in clear, color-coded cutting patterns.

Export & Send to the Floor

Download a clean PDF or Excel report your production team can follow right away.

Visual Cutting Layouts

Visual cutting layouts — see exactly how every reel & coil gets cut

Each pattern is broken into clear, color-coded segments — so operators can read the plan at a glance, with leftover material clearly marked.

  • Color-coded by roll size for fast reading
  • Exact lengths and waste shown on every segment
  • Pattern usage counts so you know how many reels to run
Cutting Layout
A · ×3 reels · 1885 used of 2323
blue
red
yellow
B · ×5 reels · 1624 used of 2323
green
blue
C · ×2 reels · 2092 used of 2323
orange
orange
blue
Features

Cutting optimization features your floor team needs

Built around the way reel-cutting decisions actually get made — fast, visual, and ready to print.

Visual Cutting Layouts

Color-coded, to-scale diagrams show every cut, every segment, and remaining material at a glance.

Multi-Unit Support

Switch instantly between millimeters and inches without re-entering your data.

Excel & PDF Export

One click, production-ready reports for your team, your records, or your customers.

Quantity Verification

Automatic checks confirm every order is fully covered — no under- or over-production.

Blade Limit Control

Set the maximum simultaneous cuts your machine can handle, and every plan respects it.

Light & Dark Mode

A comfortable interface for any shift, in any lighting condition.

Ready to cut smarter and reduce material waste?

Plan your next batch in seconds — no spreadsheets, no signup required.

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Pricing

Cutting optimizer plans that pay for themselves

Start free, upgrade when you're ready — every plan turns leftover scrap into reclaimed material.

Starter
$0 forever
For trying it out and small one-off jobs.
  • 10 predictions / day
  • Visual cutting layouts
  • MM & inch units
  • Light & dark mode
Start free
Monthly
$60 /month
For regular production, billed monthly.
  • Unlimited predictions
  • Everything in Starter
Choose plan
BEST VALUE
Annual
$600 /year
Save $120 — 2 months free vs monthly.
  • Unlimited predictions
  • Everything in Monthly
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Frequently asked questions

What is the cutting stock problem?
The cutting stock problem is the challenge of cutting large stock material — paper reels, steel coils, fabric rolls, bars, or pipes — into smaller ordered widths with minimum waste. It's an NP-hard optimization problem: possible cutting combinations grow exponentially, so manual planning and spreadsheets typically leave 15–25% of material as scrap, while optimization software achieves 2–6%. Read our full explainer with a solved example →
How does ETSMARTCUT reduce material waste?
Instead of planning cuts order by order, ETSMARTCUT optimizes across your whole order book at once, finding width combinations that fill each reel, coil, or roll as completely as possible. Users typically see trim waste drop from around 23% with manual planning to about 4%.
Which industries use ETSMARTCUT?
ETSMARTCUT is used primarily in kraft paper manufacturing (deckle and trim-loss optimization), the steel industry (coil slitting and bar cutting), and textiles (fabric roll slitting) — any operation that cuts wide stock into narrower ordered widths.
Does it respect my machine's blade limits?
Yes. You set the maximum number of blades per reel (up to 64), and every cutting pattern ETSMARTCUT generates stays within that limit — so every plan is actually runnable on your slitter, not just optimal on paper.
Can leftover offcuts be reused in future runs?
Yes. Usable offcut widths are tracked as reclaimed material rather than waste, and the optimizer prioritizes consuming them in later runs before cutting into fresh stock — reducing how much new material you need to buy.
Can I export cutting plans to PDF or Excel?
Yes. Every optimized plan exports with one click: a print-ready PDF cutting layout for the floor team, or an Excel file for planning, costing, and ERP import. Units are supported in both millimetres and inches.
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