Product category:
Pressbrakes and folding machines
News Release from: Motoman Robotics (UK) | Subject: MotoPBM press brake off-line programming system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 April 2002
Program next press brake job while one
runs on
A new, off-line programming system enables even semi-skilled operators to program a press brake job while the previous batch run is still in progress, so minimising production downtime.
Loading and unloading CNC press brakes is becoming increasingly popular, especially in high wage-earning economies, and Motoman is market leader with more than 200 systems operating in Europe alone Underlining its expertise, the company has introduced a new, off-line programming system to enable even semi-skilled operators to program a job while the previous batch run is still in progress, so minimising production downtime
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Jul 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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Called MotoPBM, the software imports workpiece drawings as DXF files from AutoCAD or other computer-aided design packages.
It then automatically generates an optimum handling program and synchronises it with the computer-controlled movements of the press brake(s).
A simulation of the machining cycle may be viewed on-screen.
Motoman's established off-line palletising software, used in the materials handling industry, looks after robot positioning movements for successively picking up each sheet, presenting them to the press brake and transferring the finished component to a pallet or conveyor.
Finally, the full program is downloaded over a serial or Ethernet connection to the Motoman XRC robot controller, which is interfaced with the press brake's CNC system.
In line with Motoman's principle of supplying standard, modular cells for automating specific applications, the press brake feeding system is available in 10 different configurations to suit most needs and uses the company's latest UP-Series 6-axis robots.
Bespoke variations are also regularly supplied.
Press braking cells that have been automated by Motoman robots include those based on machines from Amada, Beyeler, Darley, Edwards Pearson, Gasparini, Guifil, LVD, Safan, Trumpf and Ursviken.
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