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Mach Discussion => General Mach Discussion => Topic started by: ostie01 on November 28, 2012, 04:35:25 PM
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Hi,
I will have a huge lot of small stainless pipe (3/8 X .030 wall X 0.938 bend radius)) to bend at 180 degree,
I've built a small bender and would like to automate the process a bit.
What I want to do is :
1: Activate the air cylinder to clamp the pipe to the bending die.
2: push start
3:The bender bend the pipe to 180 degree + spring back
4: Hit the limit switch and stop (adjustable)
5: Rewind the bender to the home limit switch and stop
I have a spare 3 phases motor (with worm gear, high torque) and a VFD
Would like to know if it can be done only with the VFD or I would have to use Mach3 to control the bender.
Thanks for any help,
Jeff