Oxy Flame Cutting:A Computerised Approach

Abstract

A programming ccntre software helps a programmer to generate a NC program which drives a NC/CNC Oxy Flame Cutting tool. A programming centre consists of a graphic Editor module for defining com ponent shapes alongwith cutting para meters, an interactive/automatic nesting module for generating nest of components optimally and a tool path module to generate tool path for the nested shapes. Optionally the programming centre may include library management, plotting/printing and communication modules. The paper discusses different features of these modules in detail and how they can be used effectively to increase productivity.