The EDGE CNC system is produced by the Centricut Auto-machine Group of the United States. It is specially designed for flame and plasma cutting machines. Its interface design and motion control adopt the latest technology and its cutting ability is strong. It is widely used in domestic cutting machine production. EDGE CNC system has a variety of products at present, the following discussion on the application of P-controller related cutting energy.
1, manual mode
Press the manual button to enter the manual mode window. At this time, the mouse arrow becomes a small hand shape. You can use the arrow keys to move the cutting machine in 8 directions. If the lock function of the manual button is set in the setup menu, just press the arrow button to move the cutter continuously until the manual button is pressed again.
In the lower part of the manual mode window, there are some buttons, and by pressing these buttons, the corresponding functions can be completed.
(1) Return to the starting point As long as you enter the manual window, the coordinate points of the X and Y axes are saved. After completing the manual operation, if you want to return to this point, press the “Back to Start†button and the cutting machine can return to the starting point.
(2) Moving distance and cutting distance Use the “Modify Manual Mode†button to select two manual modes: manual cutting and moving only. Only moving means that the cutting machine does not realize the real cutting; manual cutting means moving the cutting machine and actually cutting, press the "moving distance" or "cutting distance" button, the controller prompts to input the moving distance of the X-axis and the Y-axis, and presses the Enter key. , start exercising.
(3) Modify the moving speed Press this button to select one of the maximum machine speed, high speed, medium speed and low speed.
2, automatic cutting method
Before performing the cutting, first set the cutting method, the slit value and the cutting speed. There are three options for cutting: demonstration mode, oxygen gas mode, plasma mode. In the demonstration mode, pressing the START button will cause the cutter to track the cutting path at the programmed speed, but the cutting is not activated. In the oxygen gas mode and the plasma mode, pressing the START button is activated. In the oxygen gas mode, At the bottom of the window, there are three buttons: “Addâ€, “Setâ€, and “Cancelâ€. The lower right of the window shows the preset time delay. Pressing the “Add†button will extend the warm-up time until you press the “Set†button or the “Release†button. Press the “Set†button to save the new warm-up time. Press the “Release†button to not keep the new set value. Regardless of the oxygen gas mode or the plasma mode, the lower part of the window displays the “increase speed†and “decrease speed†and “observe the full picture†buttons: press the “view full picture†button, the controller displays the center position of the cutting at any time, and presses “increase speedâ€. The "or reduce speed" cutter increases or decreases the speed by 3%. To change the current cutting speed, press the Enter key to display the current speed, enter the new speed value, and press the Enter key to accept the input speed.
3. Suspension method
In the unavoidable case, the cutting fails. At this time, press the STOP button to put the cutting machine in the pause state, and the controller has the ability to fully recover the cutting. In the lower part of the window, the "Back to Start", "Back", "Forward", "Go to Punch Point" buttons appear. After pressing “Back to Startâ€, the cutter will return to the initial cutting position of the sheet; press the “Back†or “Forward†button, the cutter will move backward or forward to any position where the workpiece is cut at the selected moving speed. Press START again and the cutter will re-cut at the programmed speed. Press the “Go to Punch Point†button and the controller allows the operator to move the torch directly to the punching point. After entering the puncture point information, press the “Enter†key to cut the device directly to the perforation you set. In the pause window, you can use all the functions of the manual button to allow the machine to move in any direction. Once the cutting device deviates from the original cutting path, a different window is displayed. At this time, the “Back to Path†and “Move Workpiece†buttons appear in the lower part of the display window. Pressing the "Back to Path" button will cause the cutter to return to the point of the original path. This feature is useful for checking or replacing parts of the device. After pressing the “Move Workpiece†button, the position of the workpiece on the plate will be changed. The position of the current torch will be regarded as the position of the workpiece when the cutting is paused. At this time, the START button is pressed, and the cutter starts the remaining workpiece at this position. Cutting.
4, workpiece options
Press the “Workpiece Options†button to allow the operator to perform a series of custom operations on the current in-memory workpiece. At this time, the “Slotâ€, “Repeat†and “Correction†buttons appear in the lower part of the window. The parameter input area of ​​“Scale Factorâ€, “Rotation Angleâ€, “X-axis and Y-axis Mirror†appears on the right side of the window, and these functions can be realized by inputting the corresponding parameters. Press the “Slot†button and the display shows the path through which the slit passes in green, which allows you to see if the kerf is correct before cutting. Press the “Repeat†button, the parameter input area appears on the right side of the window, and the operator can input these parameters as needed to realize the array arrangement of the workpiece. There are three types of arrangement: in-line, staggered, and sleeve-type. This function enables simple nesting to achieve multiple cuts of the workpiece. Press the “Calibration†button and the correction window appears. Under this window, the workpiece can be aligned on the inclined plate.
The specific operation is as follows, press the "Edit Parameters" button to set the parameters. These parameters include: rotating reference point, there are four choices of upper left corner, lower left corner, upper right corner and lower right corner of the plate; open the tilt adjustment switch, tilt the reference point, there are two choices of the lower left corner and the upper right corner of the sheet, and the parameters are selected. After that, move the torch to the first positioned corner, press the “fixed corner†button, press the “fixed tilt point†button to manually move to the oblique point along the edge of the plate, and then press “fixed cornerâ€, then Press the “Confirm†button and the torch returns to the starting point of the workpiece. The workpiece has been rotated and aligned with the steel plate, indicating that the main machine can start cutting.
5, graphics library
The EDGE controller has a graphic library function, and the graphics library includes 50 commonly used workpieces. Under the main display window, press the “Graphics Library†button, and 50 kinds of workpiece graphics are displayed in the display. Use the up, down, left and right arrow keys to select. After pressing the Enter key to select the workpiece, the selected workpiece appears in the display window, and the parameter area appears on the right side of the window. The operator can input parameters including the length, height, radius, introduction, lead line and type of the cut line of the workpiece. After pressing the "confirm" button, the workpiece graphic is selected to the main screen.
6, graphics manager
EDGE's graphics manager has text editing, graphics guidance, nesting and other functions. In the graphical manager window, press the “Text Edit†button to enter or edit the program code in ESSI or EIA format. Once you enter this window, the current part program in memory is displayed. If you want to edit a new workpiece, first press the “Delete†button to delete the current part program. Press the “Graphic Guide†button to edit the part program graphically. The EIA code can be directly inserted into the part program or create a part drawing. Press the "Manual Line Edit" button to allow the highlighted line to be edited in the text edit window, replace the text in the text edit window with the part selected from the part type window, or insert the selected part before the text line Or after these operations, the workpiece graphic changes at any time. The EDGE system also has a nesting function that allows the operator to categorize and nest a set of workpieces to maximize the use of the sheet. The specific operation is to enter the nesting program by pressing the “sleeve†button in the graphics manager window. The operator can add the workpiece, delete the workpiece, determine the cutting sequence of the workpiece, and determine the distance between the workpieces by inputting the keys and parameters of the window. When adding a workpiece, the user is allowed to select from the graphics library, disk, and host. After the selection is completed, the workpiece will be displayed on the board to determine the position. If the automatic positioning function is set in the parameter, the controller will automatically search for a position. When placing the workpiece, the operator can adjust the workpiece, such as zooming, moving, rotating, mirroring, and finally press the "confirm" button to return to the main window and start cutting.
7, set
Entering the setup menu, the operator can set the parameters required for the cutter.
(1) Cutting parameters These parameters include the size of the sheet, the cutting mode, the cutting speed, the slit value, the absolute or incremental mode of the RS-2740D program code, whether the speed F code is valid, and the pause time.
(2) Cutting Type The parameter controller has several standard cutting processing logics that allow the cutting process to configure timing for optimum performance. The oxygen gas mode and the plasma mode cutting timing are different. 1 In the oxygen gas mode, the operator can set the ignition time, warm-up time, piercing time, creep time, torch rise and fall time, when the cutting gas is turned off, and the time of exhaust gas according to actual needs. After setting these parameters, press the space bar to observe the timing graph. If you are satisfied, press the Enter key to save the parameters. 2 In the plasma mode, the operator can set the time of the punching, the crawling time, the cutting off time, the rise and fall time, and the stop time; or the arcing current, the current at the corner, and the arc feedback signal. Settings.
(3) Precautions If the plasma power supply you use has an arc feedback signal, the arc feedback signal must be turned on in the plasma cutting mode. After the arc is cut, the EDGE CNC system starts the car after receiving the arc feedback signal from the plasma. .
8, the file
For simple part programs, the operator can use the editing function or the graphic guiding function to program on the EDGE system or directly from the graphics library, but for large plates, the nesting is generally required, and the nesting is done on the upper computer. The EDGE system provides a file function that facilitates the transfer of workpieces between the host computer and the EDGE system. In the main screen, press the "File" button to enter the file function window. This window includes four buttons: "Load from Disk", "Save to Disk", "Load from Computer", "Load to Computer". EDGE has a floppy disk and a hard disk drive that allows users to create multiple folders of their own on the hard disk, create a folder with the "+" key, and delete the folder with a "-". After the operation selects the disk transfer, the reference area appears on the right side of the window, allowing the operator to input or select some parameters. For example: from where to load the file, where to load it, you can select the corresponding folder of the graphics library, memory, floppy disk, hard disk. The files to be delivered are all shown in the window. The user can select a file or a group of files, but only one artifact file can be loaded into the memory at a time. The file loaded into the hard disk folder can be a separate file name. After selecting the host delivery function, the reference area will appear on the right side of the window. These references include: from where to load, where to load, the user can choose which directory from the host to download files, download to EDGE memory or hard disk Folders; select files from the memory in the EDGE system or a folder on the hard disk to be transferred to the host and to which folder on the host. All files in the corresponding folder in the host or files in the corresponding folder in the EDGE hard disk can be displayed in the window for the operator to select. The operator can give the downloaded file or the file uploaded to the host a different name. With the file function, the operator can easily prepare the workpiece file for the EDGE system or save the applied workpiece.
In short, the EDGE CNC system is very functional in terms of CNC flame and plasma cutting.
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