Profile Cutting Interface

The profile cutting interface option is used to basic data for cutting robots or for external profile manufacturing software. The robot controllers and/or robot programming languages must have the possibility to read the generic interface format, which is output from this interface. The receiving system must have a preprocessor.

The Profile Cutting Interface contains one program, which performs the transfer, and some belonging utility files. The result of a run is an ASCII file, in a specific format, describing the nested profiles or an individual profile to be cut. This ASCII file is called the "generic file". Input to the profile cutting option are nestings from the database for nested profiles or individual profiles and user given control records in a separate input file.

The generic file is an ASCII file, fully readable, containing all necessary information to control a profile cutting line. There will be one generic file for each nesting, called an "order". Each order contains all required data for each profile to be cut. The main data are the position of the zero point of the profile and the macro description for each end-cut. All holes, notches and cutouts are presented by full geometry in relation to a zero point.

This generic file may be used to create the specific input to control the robot itself and the means of transportation of the raw bar through the profile cutting line. A template for how to use the generic file to write preprocessors is available. This preprocessor should be developed by the customer or by the robot vendor. The option does not contain any translation to receiving robot programming languages or controllers.

Further detailed information about this option is available in:

• Hull / Manufacturing / Profile Manufacturing

• Hull / Manufacturing / Profile Interface

• Hull / Manufacturing / Profile Cutting Interface