Punch press retrofit

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18 Mar 2013 14:12 #31533 by Holycross
Are there any examples of retrofitting a cnc punch press.

Looking into the possibility of retrofitting a 60 ton Q-Tec press.

Mark

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19 Mar 2013 04:21 #31556 by andypugh
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I don't know of any examples, but I can't imagine any real problems.

What does punch-press G-code look like? Is there an implicit punch after every move?

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19 Mar 2013 12:02 #31576 by Holycross
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Andy,

Not sure what the code looks like. Imagine move to position then use an m-code to fire the punch.
Just starting out looking into the retrofit possiblities.

Thanks,

Mark

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19 Mar 2013 19:41 #31589 by andypugh
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Imagine move to position then use an m-code to fire the punch.

That would work, but I can imagine that it might be more like PCB drilling code, where there is an implicit punch at the end of every move.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excellon
It probably wants to toolchange on the T rather than wait for an M6 too.

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