Pretty interesting. But I know nothing about press brakes... Is the code
run by some sort of step through procedure?
Presumably a press like this is much more versatile than a manual machine
as messing with the back-gauges becomes unnecessary. Any other big
advantages?
Do you have position feedback on the rams? Or just feedback on hydraulic
valve position?
What would make the UI press-brake friendly?
Dave
On Mon, 04 Feb 2019 22:47:25 -0500, Chris Kelley <tensait...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I've been working on retrofitting a CNC press brake at TXRX Labs in
Houston, TX.
It is current;y far enough along to make some parts, so I formed about
200
aluminum box-like things that are used in pairs as covers for light pole
base plates.
Here's a video of forming a few of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHk05MQhoPU
The machine uses regular servo-motors for the 2-axis back-gauge and
servo-hydraulic valves for the two sides of the bending ram. Most of the
ram motion is controlled by ClassicLadder and a mess of HAL components.
A new press-brake friendly UI is in progress.
For what it's worth, the parts being bent were cut on a CNC plasma table
(that I built) that also runs LinuxCNC.
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