Generating optimized tool paths and machine commands for beam cutting tools
AssigneeOMAX Corporation
InventorsAxel H. Henning, James M. O'Connor, Carl Olsen
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Abstract
A facility for automated modelling of the cutting process for a particular material to be cut by a beam cutting tool, such as a waterjet cutting system, from empirical data to predict aspects of the waterjet's effect on the workpiece across a range of material thicknesses, across a range of cutting geometries, and across a range of cutting quality levels, all of which may be broader than, and independent of the actual requirements for a target workpiece, is described.
Claims22
1-172. (canceled)
A method for processing a routed geometry for a waterjet cutting project, the method comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of segments of the routed geometry, wherein the routed geometry includes portions of the geometry for which a waterjet is configured to correspond to a first state and portions of the geometry for which the waterjet is configured to correspond to a second state, wherein at least part of the routed geometry is divided into the plurality of segments, and wherein each segment of the plurality of segments includes one or more portions of the geometry for which the waterjet is configured to correspond to the first state;
- and
- causing a plurality of processing units to process the plurality of segments, wherein at least two processing units of the plurality of processing units are each configured to perform actions including:
- processing a distinct segment of the plurality of segments;
- and
- generating machine control signals configured to control a cutting tool of the water jet based, at least in part, on the processing of the distinct segment.
A system, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing contents configured to cause the one or more processors to perform first actions including:
- obtaining a plurality of segments of a routed geometry, wherein the routed geometry includes portions of the geometry for which a waterjet is configured to correspond to a first state and portions of the geometry for which the waterjet is configured to correspond to a second state, wherein at least part of the routed geometry is divided into the plurality of segments, and wherein each segment of the plurality of segments includes one or more portions of the geometry for which the waterjet is configured to correspond to the first state;
- and
- causing a plurality of processing units to process the plurality of segments, wherein at least two processing units of the plurality of processing units are each configured to perform second actions including:
- processing a distinct segment of the plurality of segments;
- and
- generating machine control signals configured to control a cutting tool of the water jet based, at least in part, on the processing of the distinct segment.
The system of 180, wherein the first actions further include determining a processing expense based on at least one of cutting length, cost savings, or processing time.
A computer-readable medium having contents configured to cause a computing system to perform a method for processing a routed geometry for a waterjet cutting project, the method comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of segments of the routed geometry, wherein the routed geometry includes portions of the geometry for which a waterjet is configured to correspond to a first state and portions of the geometry for which the waterjet is configured to correspond to a second state, wherein at least part of the routed geometry is divided into the plurality of segments, and wherein each segment of the plurality of segments includes one or more portions of the geometry for which the waterjet is configured to correspond to the first state;
- and
- causing a plurality of processing units to process the plurality of segments, wherein at least two processing units of the plurality of processing units are each configured to perform actions including:
- processing a distinct segment of the plurality of segments;
- and
- generating machine control signals configured to control a cutting tool of the water jet based, at least in part, on the processing of the distinct segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.