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General Mach Discussion / cnc pipe plasma cutter
« on: October 09, 2013, 05:33:53 PM »
Hi
I'm currently designing a cnc plasma cutter for cutting and profiling pipe.
This cnc will essentially be a 2-axis machine (y and a-axes) with torch height control via a linear drive in the z-axis.
The A-xis will be chuck driven, and as a result, pipe surface speed will change with pipe diameter.
I found a wrapper function for control speeds on the a-axis, but was just wondering if anything had been specifically written for a 2 axis plasma pipe cutter.
I'm pretty new to the programming side of things, I have a pretty good idea of how to go about the mechanical side, but am hoping to learn more about the software side
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Regards
Ben Jansen
I'm currently designing a cnc plasma cutter for cutting and profiling pipe.
This cnc will essentially be a 2-axis machine (y and a-axes) with torch height control via a linear drive in the z-axis.
The A-xis will be chuck driven, and as a result, pipe surface speed will change with pipe diameter.
I found a wrapper function for control speeds on the a-axis, but was just wondering if anything had been specifically written for a 2 axis plasma pipe cutter.
I'm pretty new to the programming side of things, I have a pretty good idea of how to go about the mechanical side, but am hoping to learn more about the software side
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Regards
Ben Jansen