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VERO UK TRAINING MATERIAL

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2 Axis wire cutting from solid data

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2 Axis Wire Cutting from Solid data

Things that will be covered in this section.

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Importing Solid Geometry

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Creating Automatic Features

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Creating a 2-axis toolpath

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Editing Technology

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Path-Lab simulation

From the menu select file > Open

Open the file - Presstool.wkf

To begin with, we need to extract features from the model.

Select Machining > CAM Navigator from the menus at the top of the
screen

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The screen will now split vertically and the CAM Navigator will appear
right hand click on Model manager and select the Settings option.

You will now be presented with the Properties dialog, highlight Wire EDM,
select the change machine icon




















Pick your machine and click the OK
button, this is now your default
machine and will be automatically
loaded each time you start Visi.

Next, highlight Automatic recognition and set the recognizable features
as shown, this is now the default
system setting for Wire EDM
operations.

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Click the OK button to return to the CAM Navigator.
We are now ready to extract wire features from the model.

Right hand click on Model manager and highlight Run recognition

Tip! – pressing the “R” key on the keyboard also runs the recognition.

The Process Manager now appears at the bottom of the main screen, the
model is interrogated and when finished, a number of features will appear
in the CAM Navigator.









Close the process manager.

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The features listed in CAM Navigator can be expanded and highlighted to
graphically show the features individually or in their groups.

Highlight the Hole group, right hand click and
select Add operation

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The system will now open the Operations dialog box. In the Operations
window, select Wire erosion operations, and on the right hand side
select 2 axis and click the OK button.

Repeat the above procedure for the two groups of pockets then select
the Wire tab on the CAM Navigator to see your machinings, you
should have 3 machinings, one for the holes, and one each for the two
sets of pockets..

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Right hand click on each wire operation in turn and set the properties as
follows.

Use the following parameters in the first wire operation.

Cuts 1 & 2 ticked
Use distance for tag with tag distance of 1mm
Tag removal method – stop then cut wire on first cut
Upper nozzle 10mm
Lower nozzle 0mm

Select OK on the dialog

Use the following parameters in the second wire operation.

Cuts 1, 2 ticked
Use distance for tag with tag distance of 1mm
Tag removal method – Cut tags at end of first cuts (this operation)
Upper nozzle 10mm
Lower nozzle 0mm

Select OK on the dialog


Use the following parameters in the third wire operation.

Cuts 1 & 2 ticked
Use distance for tag with tag distance of 1mm
Tag removal method – Cut tags at end of this operation
Upper nozzle 10mm
Lower nozzle 0mm

Select OK on the dialog





To see the effect of the different tag removal
methods, highlight the Project and select Path-Lab
from the CAM Navigator and run the wire path
simulation.




Close the Toolpath laboratory by clicking on the x in
the top right hand corner of the path-lab area.

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Additional Example




Open the file
Gearblock.wkf

Create a cam setup
before the recognition is
used.

Run recognition