From the first email to the final number, Wafter handles the busywork and the cross-checks, so your estimators quote faster, with more confidence and far less headache.
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The RFQ waits unseen in a shared inbox while a faster shop quotes first and takes the job.
slow responseYou price rev A. But the customer sent rev B last week, with two new features.
stale drawingThe right price is what a similar job actually cost. But that history is scattered, so you burn hours digging before you can even start.
hours lost diggingA weld, a finish, a tapped hole on the print never makes it into the estimate.
margin gonePricing know-how sits with one veteran. When they're out, the quote stalls, with nothing written down to pick up.
tribal knowledgeThe quote goes out, the job ships, and no one checks what it really cost. The same misses repeat.
no feedback loopEstimating lives in inboxes and spreadsheets, handed between people with no shared trail. The hard part isn't the math. It's making sure nothing gets dropped.
Wafter gives estimating a real flow: a clear path from inquiry to quote, a shared history, and a second set of eyes checking every line alongside you.
Reads every RFQ and revision, sorts it into a project.
Machining and fab move in parallel, then come together.
Cross-reads drawings and history so nothing's missed.
Encrypted, role-based, on your own AI keys.
Every RFQ, revision, and reply is read the moment it lands, grouped into a project, drawings attached, an owner assigned. Anyone can pick it up and keep going.
One home for every estimate. Each project carries its drawings, its history, its owner, and its status. Hand it off mid-stream and nothing is lost.
Real parts branch, merge, and loop back through the shop: machined, welded, then back to the machine. The estimate has to price every step.
Reviewing drawings and comparing revisions, Wafter checks every callout against the estimate: holes, threads, tolerances, finishes. If it's on the print but not in the quote, you'll know before you send it.
Fixturing, load/unload, and movement between stations: the time the part actually spends being handled.
What each machine truly runs: cycle times, feeds, and which station does this part the fastest.
Every similar job you've run, scored on the real hours, not the ones that were planned.
Stock, scrap, tool changes and wear, costed from your actual usage, not a flat rate.
Setup amortized across the run: the right number at qty 1 and at qty 500.
Tight tolerances and the inspection time they demand, priced in up front.
Anyone can drop in a rate. Our edge is reading the whole picture: how the part is handled, how each station really runs, and what your own history proves, then weighing it all into one number you can stand behind.
Beyond the numbers, a physical AI models every moving part and runs the job station to station, machining through assembly, before a chip is cut. It catches the handling and the bottlenecks, joins the decision, and leaves the final call to you.
Every line is checked by AI and compared to your real history. Omissions get flagged, outliers get questioned, before the quote goes out, not after the job's underwater.
Wafter starts by making your current process better, then compares results against your own history and tells you, with evidence, whether to keep enhancing or replace the old tool entirely. Your call, backed by data.
Estimates go out in hours, not days, so you reply to the client first, while the job's still warm. Wafter does the counting and the cross-checking; your people spend their hours on the hard calls: weighing one approach against another, the judgment only a person should make.
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Everything runs on your own hardware: the drawings, the data, and the AI itself. Nothing is sent to the cloud, nothing trains anyone's model, every action is logged, and access is role-by-role. Your estimates and drawings stay inside your walls.
Bring one live inquiry: email, drawings and all. We'll show you the project, the branched workflow, and a fully checked estimate, in a week.