Machine module
Arcline plasma
CNC plasma and sheet metal: draw or import parts, nest true shape on real sheets and post the cut file.
The plasma Nest and cut queue: 18 parts outstanding on order CUT-2, across 3 lines of one material and thickness.
The whole group goes to the nest: 18 parts.
Demonstration data
What goes in and what comes out
What it holds
- Part from template, drawing or DXF
- Thickness (mm)
- Cut length (mm)
- Pierces
- Cut chart feed (mm/min)
- Pierce time (s)
- Kerf (mm)
- Sheet width (mm)
- Sheet height (mm)
- Lead in and lead out
- Micro joints
- Controller
Outputs
- True shape nest with utilisation
- G-code
- DXF
- Cut plan PDF
- Offcuts booked back to stock
- Cut simulation
How you get it
A preset installs it with its defaults, and you set your own rates.
- Plate profiling and cutting
Questions
- Mach3 has its own post; other controllers take the generic G-code output.
- Usable remnants are booked back into stock as sheets the next nest can use.