Datamicra: Laser/CAM

LASER/CAM

Technologies CAD/CAM/CAE are already in a phase of maturity. Its utility is unquestionable and have opened to possibilities for the unthinkable redesign and manufacture without these tools.

To elaborate programs Cnn
Engineering CAM concretely makes reference to those computer science systems that help to generate the Cnn programs necessary to make the pieces in machines with CNC. From the information of the geometry of the piece, of the type of wished operation, the selected tool and the defined conditions of cut, the system calculates the trajectories of the tool to obtain mechanized the correct one, and through posprocesado it generates the corresponding programs of Cnn with the codification specifies of the CNC where they will be executed. In general, the geometric information of the piece comes from a system CAD, that can be or not integrated with system CAM. If it is not integrated, this geometric information goes to traverse of a common format of graphical interchange, for example format DXF, Like alternative, some systems CAM have tools CAD that allow the user to directly introduce the geometry of the piece, although in general they are not as agile as the tools of a CAD system properly .

Until it does very little, to have a system CAM required of a great economic payment. If you already had a system CAD and a computer, when she wanted to acquire a program CAM offered a set of additional packages of CAD's, and a still more powerful computer to him to be able to use system CAM. To all this, him tapeworm that to add the hours of formation of the personnel and without being able to amortize its previous investment.
With the arrival of Laser/CAM, either it has an alternative it practices, the dilemma of being able to have a system CAM of low cost and stop redeeming economic or has answer:

- With Laser/CAM it is not obligatory to buy additional packages, continues using its previous system CAD.

- The handling is very simple and intuitive. (Totally in Castilian)

- The computer required coarse with a standard and economic model, the PC of its CAD is but that sufficient.

- Laser/CAM has a very competitive price. Ask for supply without commitment.

- Laser/CAM adapts perfectly to its CNC - machine and in the set of the system.

- Amortization of the investment in very short term of time

The Laser/CAM of DataMicra is everything a translator of vectorial drawings 2D to languages for cut machines or marcaje 2D/3D with CNC. The program can read archives DXF, compatible with AutoCad, and archives PLT (vectors for ploters); for both the drawing will have to be disturbed in points, lines, arc, and circles all in absolute coordinates and the file will have to be in format ASCII. After reading the file he can analyze, look for ends, order and translate to language for machines CNC, Sirotec (Siemens), ISO (*.iso/*.mac), or SRC (Kuka), being able to choose among other parameters, to make the CAM in relative or absolute coordinates, to define inner or outer entrances, objects, etc…

Characteristics of Laser/CAM:
It supports more than 3,000 organizations in a same CAM.
Lee archives with disturbed organizations (points, lines, arcs and circles).
It supports to layers and colors for each object.
Reading of archives DXF, CAM, PLT, ISO, Sirotec and SRC
Lee images BMP, GIF, JPEG, WMF.

It turns images to bordered of vectors to be able to make the CAM.
Possibility of creating a CAM-Multiprograma of a drawing.
It translates the drawing to language CNC: Sirotec, ISO, MAC and SRC
To print texts (the CAM), to print the drawing.
To keep translation in file, and to keep drawing in own format *.CAM and *.DXF
Possibility of not reading small objects.
Automatic elimination of repeated objects.
Tolerant to discontinuities.
Detection of closed and opened organizations.
Automatic arrangement of objects and organizations.
Precision of 0,01 mm.
Visualization of the entrances, organizations and objects.
Absolute and relative coordinates.
CAM's manifold of a Drawing, opened simultaneously.
Ease of use and discharge work power.

Other Characteristics:

- To define I number of Multi-CAM for cut and Multi-CAM Number for noticeable.

- Possibility of making 2 Multiprogramas different from a drawing for two mall pillows of a same machine that are displaced one respect the other in XY.

- Possibility of centering the Multicam in the plate, possibility of doing Multiprograma putting in creating 2 archives of same Multiprograma.

- Bellboys to execute external applications.

The Laser/CAM program when reading images in BitMap format (BMP) for Windows, GIF, JPEG, WMF. rallado” of the image can make “:
In order to do “bordered” we recommended format BMP with 16 different colors mainly at the most (image of 4 bits).
“The lined” CAM for the single one will recognize 16 “different powers ” one for each color.
“Bordered” it is a reading in vectors of an image of bits, is to say the points of a same color become a line. Images of different sizes can be read but in “bordered” it will not be able to have more than 8,000 vectors approx this will depend on that resolution of jump is used, as much in x-axis as in and.
The resolution will be able to go from 0.15 to 99 mm. The obtained bordered one will be able to be translated such as to one language for machine.
Note: It is not possible to do a mixture between a file of image (BMP) and another one of vectors (DXF).

It is possible to be visualized:

- Read Drawing, to see layers and colors of each object.
- Zone of the zoom lens and aerial Vista.

- Summary of read objects.
- Listing of read objects and listing of translated objects, and to see its properties.
- Representation of the plate according to parameters user defined.
- Visualization of Multi-Program.
- The group that forms a piece.
- The points by where it enters each piece.
- Route of the CAM (and machine).
- Budget of the cost according to length of drawing and CAM.
- Simulation of the CAM.

Definibles parameters and options by the user:

- Redefinition origin of the drawing.
- Characteristic of the plate: material, weight, size, thickness and origin respect to the machine.
- Maximum Coordinates that the machine allows and if it is necessary to verify with the drawing.
- Colors of bottom of the drawing, color text, fonts.
- Search of a text in particular and possible automatic substitution.
- Possibility of eliminating an organization of the drawing.
- To see in the drawing that organization corresponds a line of the translation (single in Windows 9x, Me)
- To see in the drawing that organization corresponds an organization of the listing translated origin/.
- Number of program.
- Selection of layers to make the CAM.
- Head and end of CAM.
- Speed and initial power.
- Parameters like the speed and power according to the color of the object.
- Parameters to ignite and to extinguish Laser.
- To define entrances, to be able for example to differentiate: inner and outer entrances.
- To define sub-entrances, to indicate towards that direction has to go the CAM.
- Retardations and speeds in displacements G00, G01.
- Absolute or relative Coordinates.
- Tolerance between objects to follow continuity.
- Parameters of the MultiCAM.
- etc.

Minimum requirements for Laser/CAM:
PC CPU: 300MHz
MS Windows 9x/Me NT 2000/XP
128 Mbytes de RAM
10 Mb in hard disk
Screen SVGA 1024x768
To read archives DXF (ASCII) with disturbed organizations (points, lines, arcs and circles)

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