Hello All and happy New Year.
I'm working on a job with 5 saws for cutting aluminum. The saw on the far right is stationary and the other 4 heads can move via servo motors. The saws can get as close as 24" and can be up/down for different material lengths. With all fix heads up the machine can cut 4 lengths of material.
The operator inputs the material lengths and the saw heads move to position. This works well, however the material lengths are starting to vary and some heads are moving fwd while other rev and I have been having some heads crash when the saw requires a head to move before the one required can get into position. I'm trying to come up with a good way to program this to keep all functionality. Is it unreasonable to move the saw to saw "min" positions so the heads are all 24" apart and then move to the customers needed position?
I'm using a mits L series plc with mits servo drives
I'm working on a job with 5 saws for cutting aluminum. The saw on the far right is stationary and the other 4 heads can move via servo motors. The saws can get as close as 24" and can be up/down for different material lengths. With all fix heads up the machine can cut 4 lengths of material.
The operator inputs the material lengths and the saw heads move to position. This works well, however the material lengths are starting to vary and some heads are moving fwd while other rev and I have been having some heads crash when the saw requires a head to move before the one required can get into position. I'm trying to come up with a good way to program this to keep all functionality. Is it unreasonable to move the saw to saw "min" positions so the heads are all 24" apart and then move to the customers needed position?
I'm using a mits L series plc with mits servo drives