I often put Hypertherm Powerma圆5 or Hypertherm Powermax 85 on my Titan Series plasma tables. You can get the values for these from your plasma cutter manufacturer. Each tool can be a different material and thickness.
Your software will allow you to build “tools”. All of the speeds, cut height, pierce height, and plasma cutting machine options come into play here. To break this down in simple terms, this is where you will tell your machine what material you’re going to be cutting, how thick it is, where you want it to cut, start, and stop.
This is where you will set up the tool path requirements so the machine will know what it’s going to do and how to do it. dxf file, you import it into your CAM Program. This is the most popular CAD file format for machines to use. dxf (unless you use Design2Cut, an all-in-one software). CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing)Īfter you’ve created a part or object you want to cut, you export that in a file format that ends in.
Itls not uncommon to use multiple programs in this category when doing CNC plasma cutting. Very few programs do both CAD and ART perfect. This can include making a complex bracket or support to taking an image of your favorite car, and turning it into something that you can cut. This is where you will be designing the part, or artwork, that you will be cutting. CAD (Computer-Aided Design) or ART Software The cutting quality and price of different brands of power supplies are also different, and the choice of power supply brand is determined according to the needs.When it comes to Software for CNC Plasma Cutting, you can break things up into 3 distinct categories: CAD or ART, CAM, and CNC machine control. The driving mode is the stepper motor drive or servo motor drive.Ħ.The choice of power supply brand. You need to be clear about the cutting system you need. Two or more cutting torches with the same cutting method can cut a pattern at the same time, which can improve working efficiency (that is, the working efficiency of two cutting torches is twice that of a cutting torch for the same pattern) (flame and plasma cutting Torches cannot be used at the same time).ĥ.Requirements of system and drive mode. The CNC plasma cutter has a variety of structural forms, about this you can refer to the previous article ( What types of CNC plasma cutter are there?)Ĥ.Determine the number of cutting torches needed and how to adjust the height. According to the effective cutting, size to determine the product model range.ģ.Determine the required structural form. Flame cutting is recommended for metals above 30mm.Ģ.Need to clarify the effective cutting width and length. For metals with a thickness of 10mm or less, choose plasma cutting, and for metals with a thickness of 10-30mm, both plasma cutting and flame cutting can be used. Huafei CNC is committed to providing users with the best CNC plasma cutter.ġ.Need to clarify the material and thickness to be cut. CNC cutting represents a modern high-tech production method and is the product of the combination of advanced optimized nesting calculation technology with computer numerical control technology and cutting machinery. It performs full-time, automatic, efficient, high-quality, and high-utilization CNC cutting according to the optimized nesting cutting program provided by the CNC cutting nesting software. CNC cutting: It is an exponentially controlled flame, plasma, laser, and water jet cutting machine.
CNC cutting is composed of two parts: a CNC system and a mechanical structure.Ĭompared with traditional manual and semi-automatic cutting, CNC cutting can effectively control and improve cutting quality and cutting efficiency through the cutting technology, cutting process, and automatic control technology provided by the CNC system that is the controller.
When this instruction is provided to the control device of the CNC automatic cutting machine, the cutting machine can automatically perform cutting according to the given program. The CNC plasma cutter refers to a workpiece instruction (or program) used to control a machine tool or equipment, which is a new control method given in the digital form.