Step 1
Type the model the way you call it
The search ignores hyphens and spaces and knows other names for the same model, so "nlx2500mc" and the full name find the same machine. A typo gets the closest match suggested.
Machines and calibration
Your machines, your rates,your prices.
Pick a model from the catalogue and the maker's datasheet figures fill themselves in. Add your rate and your tools; the engine checks which machine the part fits, and calibration teaches it the prices you actually charge.
- 828 models from 23 makers
- 4 machine classes
- Your rates and tooling
- Calibrated on your prices
nlx 2500Find in the catalogue
- DMG MORI NLX 2500 | 500Turning · ⌀460 × 450 mm · 15 kW · 10 T
- DMG MORI NLX 2500 | 700Turning · ⌀460 × 728 mm · 15 kW · 10 T
- DMG MORI NLX 2500 | 700 2nd GenerationMill-turn centre (driven tools) · ⌀366 × 708 mm · 20 T
- DMG MORI NLX 2500 | 1250 2nd GenerationMill-turn centre (driven tools) · ⌀366 × 1,258 mm · 20 T
- DMG MORI NLX 2500MC | 700Mill-turn centre (driven tools) · ⌀366 × 705 mm · 15 kW · 10 T
Your machine parkDMU 50VF-2SSNLX 2500MC | 700added
01Machine catalogue
Your machine is most likely here already
828 models from 23 makers: mills, lathes, mill-turn centres and bar automatics. Every row has a source - the maker's datasheet or web page. Look for yours.
- 828machine models
- 23makers
- 4machine classes
Showing 12 of 828
- AVIALathesAVIAturn 20
- Turning ⌀ × length
- ⌀310 × 360 mm
- Spindle
- 12.3 kW · 5,000 rpm
- Tool magazine
- 12
- Control
- SINUMERIK 828D 10.4"
- BrotherMillsSPEEDIO M140X1
- Travels X × Y × Z
- 200 × 440 × 305 mm
- Spindle
- 6.7 kW · 10,000 rpm
- Tool magazine
- 22
- Axes
- 3
- Control
- Brother CNC-C00
- CHIRONMillsDZ 08
- Travels X × Y × Z
- 450 × 270 × 310 mm
- Spindle
- 40,000 rpm
- Tool magazine
- 32
- Axes
- 5
- Citizen MachineryCincom A20VII
- Bar ⌀ × length
- ⌀20 × 200 mm
- Spindle
- 2.2 kW · 10,000 rpm
- Tool magazine
- 21
- DMG MORIMillsCMX 600 V
- Travels X × Y × Z
- 600 × 560 × 510 mm
- Axes
- 3
- DN SolutionsMillsDNM 4500
- Travels X × Y × Z
- 800 × 450 × 510 mm
- Spindle
- 18.5 kW · 8,000 rpm
- Axes
- 3
- EMCOMill-turn centresHyperturn 45
- Turning ⌀ × length
- ⌀300 × 510 mm
- Spindle
- 15 kW · 7,000 rpm
- Tool magazine
- 24
- Control
- Siemens Sinumerik ONE or Fanuc 31iB
- FAT HacoLathesFCT 700
- Turning ⌀ × length
- ⌀700 × 1,100 mm
- Spindle
- 25 kW · 2,500 rpm
- Tool magazine
- 12
- HaasMillsCM-1
- Travels X × Y × Z
- 305 × 254 × 356 mm
- Spindle
- 3.7 kW · 30,000 rpm
- Tool magazine
- 20
- Axes
- 3
- HermleMillsC 12 GEN2
- Travels X × Y × Z
- 350 × 440 × 330 mm
- Spindle
- 31 kW · 15,000 rpm
- Tool magazine
- 36
- Axes
- 5
- Control
- Heidenhain TNC7
- HurcoMillsVC500i
- Travels X × Y × Z
- 520 × 500 × 425 mm
- Spindle
- 11 kW · 15,000 rpm
- Tool magazine
- 30
- Axes
- 5
- Control
- Hurco WinMax
- Hyundai WIALathesKIT4500
- Turning ⌀ × length
- ⌀165 × 300 mm
- Spindle
- 15 kW · 6,000 rpm
- Tool magazine
- 6
- Control
- HYUNDAI WIA FANUC i Series - Smart plus [SIEMENS 828D]
Maker names identify the machine only - MetronQ is not affiliated with any manufacturer. The figures come from the makers' datasheets and web pages, for the base configuration; optional equipment is set in the panel.
Machine not listed? Type its figures in by hand, or ask us to add the model - the form is in the panel, next to the search.
02Adding a machine
The model from the list, the rate from you
Adding a machine is picking a model and a few numbers only the shop knows. The maker's datasheet copies in the rest.
Step 2
The datasheet figures fill themselves in
The class, the turning diameter and length or the travels, spindle power and speed, the magazine, the workpiece weight. Every field from the catalogue is tagged "maker", and where the maker does not state a figure the panel says so rather than guessing.
Step 3
One question about the equipment
When a model is sold in several versions, the panel asks which one you have. With the 20-station turret this centre turns 278 mm instead of 366 - the answer decides which parts the machine takes.
Step 4
The rate and the minimum batch are yours
The catalogue never fills in an hourly rate, a minimum batch or tools - no maker knows those numbers, and the price depends on them. Picking a model is a copy, not a link: a later correction to the catalogue does not change your machine.
The machine form in the panel - the rate is an example
03What you define
Every machine has four layers
Some numbers belong to the maker, some to you, some to how your shop floor works. The panel keeps them apart, so it is always clear where each one came from.
- Maker
What the machine can do
Work envelope, spindle power and speed, magazine, workpiece weight, through-spindle coolant. They decide whether the part fits, how fast it is machined and when a quote has to go to an engineer.
Envelope X×Y×Z [mm]Spindle power [kW]Max spindle speed [rpm]Magazine positionsMax workpiece [kg]Coolant through spindle - Shop
What an hour costs
The hourly rate and the minimum batch. Below the minimum batch the machine sits out the pricing - right for an automatic nobody sets up for three pieces.
Hourly rate [EUR/h]Minimum batch [pcs] - Floor
How this machine runs
Setup effort, several tools cutting at once, operator attendance per piece, the minimum cycle. An empty field takes the class's typical value - a bar automatic sets up differently from a mill.
Setup effort (× baseline)Simultaneous tools (× cycle)Attendance [min/pc]Min cycle [min/pc] - Tool crib
What it cuts with
Drills, endmills, taps, thread mills, reamers and turning inserts. The smallest endmill sets the smallest inside corner the machine can leave. The list is optional - without it the engine prices with typical tooling.
DrillEndmillTapThread millReamerTurning insert
Tools change the time, not just the radius
Once you describe a machine's tools, the engine checks every feature of the part against what is in the magazine and adds time where the right tool is missing:
- No drill of that diameter - the hole is milled in a circle×2.5
- The tool is too short for the depth×1.6
- A thread by thread mill, with no tap×2.0
- A fit with no reamer×1.4
- No tool can make the feature - the quote goes to review×3.5
Smallest inside corner from this list: R 3 mm. It replaces the minimum tool radius above.
Around the machines
Materials
A library of 39 grades in six groups: aluminium, structural and free-cutting steel, alloy and tool steel, stainless, brass, bronze and copper, plastics. The prices are indicative - you type in yours.
Finishing
Coatings, heat treatment and services such as a measurement report. A cost per kilogram, per square decimetre and fixed per batch, plus lead days.
Quality classes
ISO 2768, roughness from Ra 12.5 to Ra 0.8, hole fits from H9 to H6 and tolerances on single surfaces. Each class is a machining-time multiplier.
Safety gates
The quote mode and the limits: amount, complexity, thin wall, slenderness. They decide which quotes go out on their own and which come to you.
Effect on price
Before you save a change, the panel prices a reference part again and shows how much its price moves.
Import and export
Catalogues as CSV, the whole configuration as JSON. Every import goes through a preview of the differences before anything is saved.
04Calibration
The engine learns the prices you actually charge
Every shop prices a little differently. Calibration compares the engine's quotes with your prices and fits two numbers, instead of having you tune twenty.
- 01
Show it a few of your parts
Upload the file of a part you have quoted before and enter your net price per piece for an order of one and for an order of ten. Both prices are required. Calibration does not use up your quote allowance.
- 02
Every approval counts too
Approved quotes join in by themselves. Only catalogue parts, castings and parts with an implausibly long machining time are left out - they would skew the fit.
- 03
Two numbers instead of twenty
The fit sets the calibration multiplier and the setup time, replaying exactly what the engine computes for each part. It needs at least five quotes - calibration parts and approved quotes - and the button stays unavailable until then.
- 04
You see how far the engine is from you
The accuracy card shows the average deviation of automatic prices from the ones you approved, over your last 200 approvals. Positive means the engine prices higher than you do.
engine price = your price
Mean deviation+25.5%Mean abs. deviation25.5%
Chart on example data
Calibration
Find a parameter, e.g. margin, setup+ New quoteENQuote accuracy
Reviewed quotes46
Mean deviation+2.1%
Mean abs. deviation5.8%
Positive deviation means the automatic prices run higher than what you approve. Click "Calibrate pricing" to fold your corrections in.
Add a part
A part you have already priced yourself: its file and the net price you charged. Calibration does not use your quote allowance.
Choose file kolnierz-120.stepPart name (optional)Aluminium 6061Your net price per piece, order of 1€214.40Your net price per piece, order of 10€168.00Add part
| Part | Material | Status | Price/pc at 1 / 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| kolnierz-90.step | Aluminium 6061 | ready | €186.20 / €142.00 |
| plyta-bazowa.stp | Steel S235JR | ready | €612.00 / €455.00 |
| walek-M12.step | Steel S235JR | analyzing… | €41.80 / €22.40 |
Calibrate pricing
Compares your prices with the engine and adjusts the rate multiplier and setup time in Quoting rules. Needs at least 5 quotes: parts added here and approved quotes.
Calibrate pricingPricing calibrated.
Calibration in the panel - example data
Time stays time
Calibration changes what a minute costs, never the number of minutes. The engineer still sees the real cycle time, and the calibration correction appears under it as a separate line in money.
05Machine choice
Every part lands on a machine that can hold it
The engine checks every machine in your park and prices the part on the ones that can take it. The cheapest wins - unless an engineer decides otherwise.
Pin the job to another machine
When the cheapest machine is tied up or the job is already planned elsewhere, pin the quote to another one. The rate, the setup, the tools and the blank follow the machine, and only this one quote changes.
A refusal with numbers
When no machine can do it, the quote does not vanish without a word. The panel says which machine, which dimension and by how much. That also catches mistakes in the price list - a lathe with a zero typed as its turning length, say, which would refuse every part.
Lathe or mill
The engine takes the cheapest machine that can hold the part. Whether a round part may go to a mill is decided by its length-to-diameter ratio.
Disc
A flange, a cover, a ring. A mill cuts it from plate and can beat the lathe when it comes out cheaper.
Bush and shaft
A lathe only, or a mill with a rotary axis (4 or 5 axes). When none can take it, the quote goes to a technologist with the L/D ratio stated.
06FAQ
Common questions about machines and calibration
Do I have to use the catalogue?
No. A machine that is not in the catalogue is added by typing its figures in - the same fields the catalogue fills for you. From the panel you can also ask us to add the model.
What happens when you correct a model in the catalogue?
Your machine does not change. Picking a model copies its figures into your price list, and a correction to the catalogue reaches the shops that pick that model later. The copied fields are always yours to edit.
Does the catalogue set the hourly rate?
Never. The rate, the minimum batch and the tools are the shop's. The catalogue only fills in what the maker publishes.
Which machines does the engine price?
3-, 4- and 5-axis mills, lathes, mill-turn centres with driven tools and sliding-headstock bar automatics. The engine does not price EDM, grinding or sheet metal.
How many parts does calibration need?
At least five quotes: parts with both prices, for 1 and 10 pieces, plus approved quotes. Approved quotes join in by themselves, so samples keep coming without any work on your side.
Does calibration use up my quote allowance?
No. Parts uploaded for calibration do not count towards the quotes in your plan.
Can I undo a calibration?
Calibration sets two values in your price list: the calibration multiplier and the setup time. Both are visible in the quoting rules and can be changed by hand. There is no separate undo button.
Is MetronQ affiliated with the machine makers?
No. Maker names identify the machine only, and the figures come from the makers' public datasheets and web pages.
Add your machine park and see your first quote
A new account starts with two example machines and materials. Swap them for yours - from the catalogue it takes a few minutes.