Materials in Metal & Machining

Materials are a shared entity. This page describes what Metal & Machining adds to them: two classifications for the material family and machinability, and what heat tracking means in this model.

Classifications

Each classification is optional. A material can have one value per classification. Pulse doesn't provide values for them: you register your own.

Register the values first

Each value must be registered as a Type that applies to materials before a material uses it. For example:

{
  "type": "Material family",
  "appliesTo": ["material"],
  "code": "STAINLESS",
  "name": "Stainless steel"
}

A value that is not registered is refused.

Classify a material

Send the values in the material's classifications object, keyed by the classification code:

{
  "code": "STEEL-1.4301",
  "name": "Stainless steel 1.4301",
  "unit": "kg",
  "group": "MG-RAW",
  "lotTracked": true,
  "classifications": {
    "material-family": "STAINLESS",
    "machinability": "AVERAGE"
  }
}

In the Excel template, enter the value codes in the Family and Machinability columns of the Materials sheet.

Heat tracking

In Metal & Machining, a material's lot is a heat. In the Excel template, lotTracked is the Heat tracked column of the Materials sheet.

For a material with lotTracked set to true, which is the default:

• Consumption of the material must name the Lot it came from.
• Its Lots can carry a mill certificate.

Set lotTracked to false for materials you don't track by heat, such as gases, coolant, or electricity.