One system for grinding quotes, wheel settings, gauge readings and delivery notes.
Hold drawings, quotations, incoming blanks, grinder loading, wheel and dress settings, air-gauge readings, outside processes and deliveries for a precision grinding shop in one record. Each job keeps its revision, stock allowance, heat lot and measured results from enquiry to delivery note. Office and inspection bench work from the same screen. Operators see their own queue on a shop terminal.
- Grinder list, wheel specifications and part numbers entered as you use them
- Open jobs, drawings and customer revisions migrated
- Report layouts matched to the inspection format your customers already accept
Precision Grinding Shop Management Software, configured by GullySystem, carries enquiries, quotations, job routing and inspection for cylindrical, surface, centreless and bore grinding. Each job keeps its drawing revision, blank allowance, wheel setting, gauge readings and heat lot. Hardening and plating are tracked as outside steps. Delivery notes follow pieces actually passed.
What goes wrong before the software.
How the work flows through it, step by step.
- 1
Enquiry and drawing review
A drawing and quantity arrive from a buyer, and the estimator reads the tolerance, finish and runout callouts, notes the revision and checks which grinder can hold the part. The estimator checks fit before quoting.
- 2
Quotation
Allowance, passes, setup, gauging time and any outside step make up the price, and the buyer accepts, revises or drops it while each version stays on file.
- 3
Blank receipt
Blanks arrive from the turning shop or heat treater, and counts, hardness certificate and measured allowance are logged before a lot number is assigned. Stock is checked at the door.
- 4
Grinding
The job is loaded on a grinder, the operator records the wheel and dress setting, takes first-off readings, and continues in-process checks at the interval set for that part. Settings are saved.
- 5
Final inspection and pack
The inspector gauges samples against the drawing and writes down each reject with its cause, burn or taper for instance. Only after the report is signed do parts get washed, oiled and boxed. Packing waits for that signature.
- 6
Delivery and invoice
A delivery note lists lot, quantity passed and revision, then the invoice follows and the receipt is posted when the buyer pays. Billing follows the passed count.
What is inside.
Every module can be switched on, left out or changed to match how your team already works.
The business modules it is built from.
Each one is also available on its own, or inside a system built for you.
- Quote & Proposal Management
A quotation is built from allowance, passes, grinder type and gauging time, and each revision stays beside the drawing number it priced.
- Goods Receipt (GRN)
Blanks are received against the customer’s order or the turning shop’s delivery note, with count and hardness certificate noted before the first pass.
- Production Planning
Jobs are placed on cylindrical, surface, centreless and internal machines by their size limits, so an overbooked grinder shows before the week starts.
- Quality Control
Readings by feature and sample are entered at the machine, and the inspector’s sign-off releases the lot to carry on.
- Asset AMC Tracking
Each master ring and plug gauge holds its due date and last result, and an overdue instrument is flagged wherever it is selected.
- Batch and Serial Tracking
Supplier lot, heat number and treatment batch travel with the parts to the delivery note, so a returned shaft leads back to its material.
- Job Work Management
Parts leave on a delivery note for hardening or plating, and the return is booked with a count and any rejects against the lot.
- Invoice Management
Delivery notes carry lot and revision, and the invoice is raised from the quantity actually passed under your local tax rules.
How we would put it in.
Setup, data migration, integrations and anything built on top.
One system, each person sees their part.
For owners
See jobs on each grinder, quotes open, outside lots overdue, scrap by cause and balances due from each customer without walking the floor. The shop is readable from a desk.
For estimators and the office
Prepare quotations from allowances and passes, raise delivery notes for outside work, and print customer delivery notes from the passed quantity. Paperwork follows the parts.
For grinder operators
Open the queue for your machine, see the drawing revision and last wheel setting, and enter readings without leaving the terminal. Nothing is pencilled.
For inspectors
Record first-off and final readings, sign the lot, and see which gauges are close to their calibration date before reaching for them. Overdue masters are flagged.
For the stores and dispatch
Receive blanks, log lots and pack finished parts against the delivery note with the right count and the right revision. Nothing ships unmatched.
The numbers the owner asks for.
- Jobs by grinder, with the setup each is waiting on
- Quotations pending, accepted or lost, split by customer and part
- Blank allowance measured against what the drawing assumed
- Scrap and rework by cause, wheel and part number
- Gauges and master rings due or overdue for calibration
- Outside process lots, with days away and vendor
- Delivered lots by customer, revision and invoice status
Who this is built for.
- Cylindrical grinding shops working on shafts, pins and spindles
- Surface grinding shops finishing plates, dies and tooling
- Centreless grinding shops running bar and pin work in volume
- Internal and bore grinding shops serving bearing and hydraulic customers
- Tool and cutter grinding shops that sharpen and regrind end mills, reamers and broaches for factories
When it is not the right choice.
- A lone bench grinder used for the odd sharpening job on drill bits and chisels is well served by a notebook.
- Shops whose main work is turning or milling will find CNC machining software closer, and wire EDM shops have their own product.
Adapted to your business before it goes live.
You are not handed a login and left to it. The product is set up around your records, your people and the tools you already use.
Works alongside
- SMS
- WhatsApp or other messaging
- Barcode scanner
- Accounting export
- Spreadsheet import
Questions owners ask before a demo.
Does it cover all four main grinding types?
Yes. Cylindrical, surface, centreless and internal machines are separate resources with their own limits, wheel lists and setup times, and a job can pass through several.
How are wheel settings kept for repeat jobs?
Each part stores the wheel specification, dress interval and compensation used on its last good run, and the operator sees it when the job opens. Any change is recorded with a note.
Can inspection readings go straight into the report?
Yes. Readings entered by feature and sample are what the report prints, so there is no second typing step between the machine and the paper that goes to the customer.
Does it warn about an overdue gauge?
It flags the instrument on the register and on any job where it is selected, and the decision to proceed stays with your supervisor. The override is recorded.
We send parts out for hardening and plating. Is that handled?
Yes. A delivery note goes out against the lot, and the return is booked with a count and any rejects. The grinder schedule then reads that return date.
Can we trace a delivered shaft back to its blank?
The delivery note carries the lot, and the lot links to the supplier’s heat number and the treatment batch, so a customer query opens from the shaft’s lot number. Tracing starts from one number.
Do operators need a computer at each machine?
A tablet or a fixed terminal near each grinder is enough, but it runs online, so a machine area without network needs a connection arranged first. Wiring comes before software.
Will old drawings and open jobs come across?
Active part numbers, current revisions and open jobs are loaded from your folders and sheets, and your office checks the load before the system is used live. Nothing goes live unchecked.
How is it priced and how do we see it first?
Setup cost follows the grinders, seats and report formats involved, and you receive the figure in writing. Before anything is agreed, three or four of your own shafts and plates go through it for you to see.
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