Hykemont spol. s r. o. has been producing steel construction elements for more than 25 years now. In order to decrease dependency on third party suppliers, the company has invested into a CNC fiber laser cutting system MSF augmented by one of newest "members of the MicroStep family", automated plate loading system MSLoad, which greatly improves efficiency and productivity. A stack of plates just needs to be placed on a designated position and the rest of the process is fully automated. Vacuum pads pick up a plate and a sensor measures its thickness. Based on this information, a corresponding cutting program is selected by the MPM software (Machine Production Management). The previously cut parts are meanwhile being unloaded from the cutting table onto a pallet using a fork unloading unit. The vacuum loader deposits the plate onto the cutting table and the cutting may begin. The pallet with the cut parts is moved to the unloading position of MSLoad where it is processed.