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#3 Programming time - P.E.P. performed all 24 programming steps below AUTOMATICALLY without ANY operator intervention. The processing of all 24 steps ( 124 sheets ) took less than 6 minutes.
1. Verified
the drawing material inside the drawing was the same material type
select to be nested on.
2. Verified that
the drawing being nested was the most current revision of the drawing.
3. Loaded the machine
parameters for controlling cutting direction, zones, clamps, cut conditions,
etc.
4. Analyzed each part to
determine whether it can be common or combine cut on one or more geometry.
5. Nested the 3,166
parts on 124 sheets as shown on the following pages and in the report.
6. Analyzed parts checking for parts that can be common cut.
7. Created a common cut "cutter path" for all parts that can be common cut. Parts that can be common cut are nested at the kerf distance, otherwise the parts were nested at .125 spacing between parts.
8. Sequenced the
nested parts on all 124 sheets, a total of 3,166 parts.
9. Assigned all the
lead-ins to the inside cutouts and the outside cutter path of each part using
CPT crash avoidance logic ( a total of 2,079 MANDATORY head raises output ).
10. Radiused each line
line intersection having a line length greater than .03" with a
.015" radius
11. Blended each line
arc intersection having a geometry length greater than .03" with a
.015" radius
12. Checked for cutouts that fit the micro tab range and micro tabbed parts where required.
13. Vertically sliced the 1st
sheet at 30" between parts and at the right edge on the last
sheet.
14. Double checked the cutter path for possible head crashes at the time of exiting and saving the nest, specifically done for those customers running in the interactive mode.
15. Verified that every required part was nested.
16. Verified that every
cutout and every part had a lead-in.
17. Compared the
finished cutter path of each part "in the nest" to the
original master drawing
18. Documented the nesting
time and results in the nest log.
19. Post processed the nest for the Whitney laser.
20. Calculated the total cost of the Job.
21. Print / plotted the
finished nest
22. Printed a finished report
with the total job cost, including two feed rate comparisons (-20, -40
ipm.).
23. Printed labels for each part.
24. Updated the WIP
database allocating work orders and part quantities.
THE NESTING LOG
The Nest Log below tracks the total processing time. The processing time is the total time required to perform the 24 steps discussed above.
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