J H MOHAMED
Abstract
This article aims to develop and evaluate a Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) motion system for a thermal cutting machine. A PC-based numerical control unit was constructed and other ...
Read More ...
This article aims to develop and evaluate a Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) motion system for a thermal cutting machine. A PC-based numerical control unit was constructed and other system software and hardware requirements e.g. position measuren:ent system and data 1/0 Interface units were proposed and developed. The approach was set to replace as much as possible the specialized CNC hardware components by specially developed software that could achieve their function equivalently, thus leading to simplify the hardware construction of such machines.
A set of automatic data processing algorithms was proposed and developed to accommodate the requirements of this study. Algorithms for path generation and two axes interpolation were applied and assessed. Algorithms for motion path control were accomplished and tested.
Implementation of the proposed system has been successfully applied and contour shapes were cut. Results also assured that the proposed system could establish an adequate base of CNC machines construction for automated thermal cutting process, which meets the industrial
