Need Help with G-code for Filament Winding

Hi everyone, I am new here to these forums. I am looking forward to learning more about Linuxcnc and learning the g-code parameters for filament winding.

I make carbon fibers tubes using an X-winder and hopefully I can get a business going later on. However, the current controllers and software from X-winder is not executing the g-code properly and I am ending up with bad filament wound tubes.

I will be swapping the controllers and interface with ones that are compatible with Linuxcnc. I will later be posting in the configuration thread to ask for some help on how I can configure the stepper motors for such a task.

For now I need help with formulas and how I can write the G-code.

Thank you for your help.

hi
there are postprocessors for Filament
and it is simply as you are on fixed material low thickness the length of the edge to be winded of
so you can do the standard g.code for Lathe if on tube or 4th axis
and take the edge length inside a component motion.distance-to-go
combine with a user Mcode that says startrolling to the component and ofcause a other one stop unweeling

Norbert helped him to have his gui

Hey guys thanks for the replies, sorry it took so long to respond back. To be honest, I thought nobody had responded. I don't know why I am not getting email notifications as I should. Anyways pl7i92, I am unfamiliar with the g-code set up for lathe and also I am just confirming this, but did you mean that the linuxcnc software already comes with a set up for filament winding?

andypugh, that sounds awesome, I have seen multiple videos on youtube of linuxcnc users making filament wound carbon fiber tubes. It truly is awesome and I want to have tubes made with precision just like they are getting.

Does Linuxcnc support angular rotation g-code?

If by angular you mean helical. Yes. use G33

Awesome, but does this mean I need stepper motors with encoders? I was thinking of buying new stepper motors due to the fact that I need some info from them in order to configure them in linuxcnc. The stepper motors I have currently don't have any model numbers and such for me to get the info. Either that or I have not been looking hard enough O_o.

Also does Linuxcnc have a command to mark the starting position of the angular rotation?

I have two NEMA 23 geared stepper motors with a step angle of 1.8 degrees. Pretty much then, I need no encoder.

Do you have an idea of how the g-code would look like to get a helical wind?