Tracing on a metal sheet intended for use in sheet metal work
AssigneeBke-Machines International SA
InventorPierre Vandevelde
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Abstract
A method of marking on sheet metal includes the following steps: preparing marking information in digital format; transmitting the marking information to a marking system's control unit also having a system for driving the sheet metal; a system for braking the sheet; and a marking head; and inserting the sheet metal into the braking system and into the drive system. The method further includes the steps of exerting a drive force on the sheet metal in a drive direction; exerting a braking force on the sheet metal opposing the driving force, so as to tension and flatten the sheet metal; and marking the marking information on the tensioned sheet metal using the marking head, set in a marking plane.
Claims20
A method of marking sheet metal for use in sheet metal work, the method comprising the following steps:
- preparing a marking information in digital format;
- transmitting the marking information to a control unit of a marking system also comprising a sheet driving system, a braking system, and a marking head;
- the sheet metal having a thickness of less than 10 mm;
- inserting the sheet metal into the braking system and into the drive system;
- exerting on the sheet metal, using the drive system, a drive force in a drive direction;
- exerting a braking force on the sheet metal with the braking system opposing the driving force to tension and flatten the sheet metal;
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- marking the marking information on the tensioned sheet metal by placing the marking head in a marking plane between the drive system and the braking system, the marking plane being located at a distance d from the sheet metal.
A system of marking sheet metal for use in sheet metal work, the system comprising:
- —a drive system configured to exert a driving force on the sheet in a driving direction;
- —a braking system configured to exert a braking force on the sheet opposing the driving force to tension the sheet;
- —a marking head placed at a distance d from the sheet metal;
- and—a control unit configured to at least control the marking head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.