Chris - it must be press brake season! I've been working on retrofitting
an Accurpress 25 ton unit (about the same size as yours) with a Vickers
proportional valve for the hydro and a 2 axis backgauge. I originally
built a (really long) component that hard-coded the workflow, but about
a month
Great video. Thanks for posting.
What's the thing with the mallet that moves back and forth in front of the
press?
Can you create a video of how you've coupled to the two axis back gauge?
What is a two axis back gauge?
Is the bending ram moved directly by hydraulic cylinders or with an
On 02/04/2019 09:47 PM, Chris Kelley wrote:
I've been working on retrofitting a CNC press brake at TXRX Labs in
Houston, TX.
Hey, Chris, don't know if you remember me, but I was down at
TX/RX for the LinuxCNC meeting in 2014, and worked on the
Powerhawk a little bit with you. Tx/RX is
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
