Hello
I am working on a project, to convert an old bridge saw cutter for marble with rotating table for the work piece
to a cnc milling machine. My question is how to configure the kinematics of the 4-axis system.The tool is a disk saw (20cm .. 30cm diameter)
that moves in x,y,z axes and at the same time the work piece table can rotate when making curves.
I am going to use servo drives with analog reference inputs and incremental encoders for feedback.
For the logic interface I will use some mesa cards.
Any suggestion for the appropriate cam processor for the gcode generation of dxf files?
I am already familiar with linuxcnc and mesa cards that i have used in the past on other projects.
Thank you in advance.
George
If you want to cut noncircular curves or circular ones that have centers that do not coincide with the axis of the rotary c table then you would need a fairly capable CAM. But I don't see how a custom (ie non-trivial) kinematic could be of any use here.
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Ok, I maybe kind of get it. For the mentioned cases above. You'd want to rotate the C table so the saw remains tangential to the curve and you'd then need the kinematic to adjust the XY-position according to the C axis angle.
For this you could use for example the included XYZAC-trt kinematic and just ignore the A axis.
However you would need a way to calculate C-axis angles depending on the tools position along the arc.
The machine is similar to the one in the picture.
The table (C axis) is rotating relative to Z axis, which is perpendicular to XY plane.
The disk diameter could be 20cm in minimum.
