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LaserCuttistV1.2 Laser Cutting system This manual should be concerned before using LaserCuttist Electronic connection to machine Operation of LaserCuttist Laser metal cutting system LaserCuttist V1.2 RuiDa Technology Co., Ltd Addr: FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU TIANAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE,SHENZHEN Tel: 0755--26066687 Fax: 0755--26982287 E-mail: sales@rd-acs.com...
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To report errors or inconsistencies, call or email: RuiDa ACS Inc. Technical Support Phone: (086) 0755-26982287 Fax: (086) 0755-26982287 Email: support@rd-acs.com Website: http://www.rd-acs.com RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com TIANAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE,SHENZHEN Phone: (086)0755-26066687...
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2.2.8 TEST ------------------------------------------------------------ 35 2.2.9 VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------ 36 CHAPTER 2 OPERATION STEP ----------------------------------------------------- 39 3.1 READY FOR MACHINE TEST ----------------------------------------------- 39 3.1.1 TEST FOR IO ----------------------------------------------------- 39 3.1.2 MOTION TEST FOR AXIS -------------------------------------------- 40 RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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1 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH PANASONIC SERVO SYSTEM -------------------------- 61 2 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH YASKAWA SERVO SYSTEM --------------------------- 62 3 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH MITSUBISH SERVO SYSTEM ------------------------- 65 4 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH SIMENS V80 SERVO SYSTEM ------------------------ 67 RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Limit CN11 CN12 Industrial computer RDS3040G CN10 laser relay relay Air valve relay Follow system Motor Motor Picture 1-1: Laser Cutting System for Metal RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com TIANAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE,SHENZHEN Phone: (086)0755-26066687 FAX: 0755-2698287...
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SERVO MOTOR DRIVER Transmitter U V W ENCODER SERVO MOTOR Height sensor Picture 1-2 electrical connection of the laser metal cutting system RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com TIANAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE,SHENZHEN Phone: (086)0755-26066687 FAX: 0755-2698287...
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Environments, we cannot guarantee their operation. When you received our product, please check the type and accessories and make sure these are according to what you ordered. If there were difference, please contact RuiDa technology. List of Product: RDS3040G-PCI Motion controller;...
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JP13: extend interface, JP14: extend interface, JP15: extend interface, JJP16: extend interface, JP17: Quadrature encoder interface JP11,JP12,JP20: reserved The diagram of the terminal board is shown in picture 2-2. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com TIANAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE,SHENZHEN...
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CN1 1 Ded icated pu rpose io input CN1 2 Gen eral purp ose io in put Pow er(24V) RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com TIANAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE,SHENZHEN Phone: (086)0755-26066687 FAX:...
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Then the led in the terminal board will on. If there is one or all of the led is not on, there are fault in the terminal board. Please contact the RuiDa technology. Step 3:Install the PCI driver in windows XP The PCI driver is just for window XP, If the OS is not windows XP ,please contact RuiDa technology.
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The connection between RDS3040G and motors is described in detail in appendix 1. Motor control signals output Picture 2-3 pulse+dir Differential output Picture 2-4 Alarm signal input Picture 2-5 Servo on and Reset signal output RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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On the terminal board, the IO(CN10—OUT25) is assigned to the “rise” control output. The IO(CN10—OUT24) is assigned to “follow” control output. Out24, out25 has almost 300mA current ability and can drive the relays directly.The electrical connection is shown as picture 2-6. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Double click the RDMCSetup.exe,The software will be installed in you computer. Please follow the step to install the software correctly. click“I agree” Select the install directory, user can select the default directory or modify the directory. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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LaserCuttistV1.2 Laser Cutting system Click “next”, The dialog will tell you to set up shortcut or not. Select “next”, to start a installing process. Click “install”, The display the installing process. 。 RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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When the install process has been accomplished, You can open the readme.txt or not. Click “finish”, The LaserCuttist has been installed in your computer successfully. You can click the shortcut on your desktop to open the software. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com...
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2.1 Mainframe of LaserCuttist The mainframe of the lasercuttist is shown as picture 2-1. Picture2-1 Mainframe of the software The mainframe is include 10 functional areas, such as Menu, Tools, Status, View, Edit, Modify, Draw, Align, RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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The main control panel to control the system to execute a laser cutting task. 2.2 Function of the Module 2.2.1 Menu-File File operation include of new, open, save, save as, import, export. File menu is shown as picture 2-3. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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When you import dxf file, the unit of the data should be set . The default is to be set millimeter. If the dxf file include text information, you should select “import the text information”. Picture2-4 File parameter 5 Export: RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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When you rotate the curve, the rotate angle can be set. But the X,Y position could not be set. The position of X,Y that is displayed in the picture2-6 are the curve center position that you have selected. They can not be set. Picture 2-6 rotation function RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com...
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Lasercuttist will close the two points when the length of start point and the end point is less than the closed error. You can still select the “Force close” option. So whatever the length between the start point and the end point is, Lasercuttist will force to close the polygon lines. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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This function will copy the single line in external direction and internal direction to generate two lines. The start point and the end point of the two lines connect with each other to generate a rectangle. Lasercuttist will replace the single line with the rectangle to execute a cutting process. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com...
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A rectangle is drew on the display window. d) Ellipse: Click ellipse, press down the left key of the mouse and move the cursor. Then release the left key of RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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When the proportion of the width and the height are locked ,the zooming in and zooming out will made the width and height increase or decrease synchronistical. Rotation can be set to rotate the curve based on the center point of the curve. 3Align: The align function is shown as picture2-15. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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This function will display the path of cutting. Include of the jump path and the sequence of the laser cutting and the direction of the laser cutting. 9 Polygon node: The function will display all the polygon points of the curves in the display window. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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“Hight”. If the home switch output low level signal when the home switch is triggered, you should select “Low”. NOTICE: the home switch must be according with the polar parameter. Or the going home process will executed incorrectly. Limit polar: RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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13) Read para Read the parameters from the card. 14) Open Open the file of .RDSet format,to set the parameters. 2 System parameter: System parameter is relation with the Lasercuttist configuration. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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When the adjust rotation angle is set correctly, you can use Ctrl+up, Ctrl+down to rotate the curve. 3 Cut parameter: The cut parameter includes of motion parameter and delay parameter. Motion parameter: 。 RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Cutting Acceleration: moving acceleration with laser emits. Home velocity: the velocity to back home. g) Home offset: The offset to the home switch position. Delay parameter: The delay parameter is shown as picture 2-19. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Punch gas:The gas will be used to special punch. Gas pressure:The pressure of the punch gas. 4 File parameter: When import a file, some parameters should be set. As shown in picture 2-20. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Modify menu is shown as picture 2-20. Picture 2-20 Handle menu 1 Path optimization: According to the optimization conditions, the sequence of the curve elements can be controlled as your wish. Shown in picture 2-21. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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The modified point is one of the polygon points. 2 Sequence Manually: User make order curve elements manually. Shown picture 2-22. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com TIANAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE,SHENZHEN Phone: (086)0755-26066687 FAX: 0755-2698287...
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, and move the cursor to the curve polygon point, then double click the mouse, a new cut start point is generated. User can use the function to change the cut start point. 3Inner and outer mold: RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com...
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Picture2-24 Automatic introducing pinout line There are line and arc for the introducing pinout line. Whatever line type you select, the line length should be set. 5 Manually add introducing line: Shown as picture 2-25. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Picture 2-26 Introducing pin-in-out line edit 7 Add bridge: Adding bridge on the curve element is in order to supply supporting point. So the curve is split into many segments. Laser will be off during the bridge path. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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For example, the metal material has been cut for a quality of curve elements. But the metal material location has been changed. So if you want to continue to cut the left curve element, you should use the relocating function. 9 Statistics: RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com...
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Picture 2-28 Data check Closure check: To check the curve is closed or not. If the distance is less than the close error limit, lasercuttist will close the curve automatically. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Under the absolute coordinate, The machine home position is the reference point for the curves. So when the machine is power on , lasercuttist must run a home action to find the machine original point. Current point: RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com...
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Test function is include of Io test, motion test , frame test. Shown as picture 2-29. Picture 2-29 System test 1 Signal test The general purpose IO and the dedicate purpose IO can be test. Test dialog is shown as picture 2-30. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Running frame function is to check the curve range and check the path that cut on the metal material. 4 Zero position Sets the current position to the origin position. 5 Go home The machine go back to home switch. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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2.3 System work window Just shown as picture 2-33. The window displays the current position, velocity, tracing head status. Layer parameter is still displayed in the window. Teaching function is displayed in the window too. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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To display the status of the tracing head. When system is idle, user can click the button to control the tracing head, laser, gas . Layer parameters: Cut parameters of layer can be set. As is shown in picture 2-33. Picture 2-33 Parameters of layer Teaching: RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Lasercuttist will record the point as the arc end point. The start point is the last line or arc end point. 2.4 Control Panel Shown as 2-35。 Picture2-35 Control Panel RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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(1) Test the limit switch, home switch. Make sure them can work correctly. (2) Test the tracing head moving. (3) test the air valve control. (4) test laser (5) test motor motion and the limit function (6) test HOME motion RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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For example, if the switch is Normal Open, one terminal is connect to OGND, another connect to the limit in. So when you press down the switch, Green will be displayed. When you release the switch, red will displayed. The reverse is to Normal Close. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com...
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When the general purpose IO has been test, then the axis motion test can be executed. Before the test, user should connect the servo amplifier to the controller properly. Then click “TEST—machine test”. As is shown in picture 3-2. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com...
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3.2 Start a cutting task Start a cutting task should follow the steps: (1) Build up coordinate (2) Draw or import a work data file (3) Pre-handle data file (4) Machine, cut parameter configure. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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3-3. Picture3-3 Machine coordinates After home switch is installed,The parameter of the home switch should be set properly in order to run a motion correctly. Picture 3-4 shows the parameters about the home。 RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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When you import a data file, lasercuttist always display the file in the center of the valid cutting area. But user can move, rotate the curves. When start a cutting, how the laser head moves and cut the metal material? So there are 3 conception to explain. As shown in picture 3-5. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Every data file has a default referenced point that displayed with green rectangle. The referenced point can be changed user. change operation “Parameter—system Para”. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com TIANAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE,SHENZHEN Phone: (086)0755-26066687...
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LaserCuttistV1.2 Laser Cutting system Picture 3-7 Current point coordinate movement RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com TIANAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE,SHENZHEN Phone: (086)0755-26066687 FAX: 0755-2698287...
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When finishing cutting a data file, the laser head may have 3 kinds return mode. One is return to machine home point. Another is return to stop point. The other is stay there. As is shown in picture3-10. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com...
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“return to stop point” should be selected. Shown as picture 3-11. Picture 3-11 stop point select To set the stop point in the cut area, you should click , and then a dialog will appeared as shown in picture 3-12. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Curve information and attribute Importing a data file, user can get the file information and attribute. Polygon lines can be seen if you click “view-display node”. As is shown in picture 3-14. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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The jump path is displayed with dotted line. The arrow displays the motion direction. As is shown in picture 3-15. Picture3-15 motion path display Statistical information Click” modify--statistic”, the statistical information will be displayed. The information is include of the RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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As to the imported data file, the file has some discrete error. We usually can not tolerate the error when we cutting a product with high precision. So some check and revision must be done. Lasercuttist give some tools to check and revise the data. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com...
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3.2.3 Parameter set The parameters of lasercuttist are include of machine parameter and cut parameter. 1 Machine Parameters Click the “Parameter ---machine parameter”, the dialog will be opened. As is shown in picture 3-18. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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The home polarity must be set positive. That means the valid level is high level. Limit switch polarity Limit switch polarity configuration is similar to home switch polarity configuration. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Cut Range Cut range should be set for the soft limit. Another purpose is to make the cut window displayed in the lasercuttist similar with the machine cut platform. Maximum velocity RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Look ahead coefficient. The look ahead coefficient will affect the turning corner velocity. If there is a serious shake during turning corner, the ahead coefficient should be decreased. Cut accelerator RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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The time is the gas close delay. Rise delay Rise time means the time that the tracing laser head rises from the metal material platform RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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There are 3 ways to add the bridges: Add bridges with interval The bridge width and the interval of the bridges should be set. If you have set the parameters RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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The introducing pin-in-out line are the lines that connect the penetrate hole and start point of the curve outline. 2 type of introducing line: Line The length and the intersection angle can be set. The result of the introducing line is shown as picture 3-23. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Picture 3-25 Introducing arc, line of a outer mold Two ways to adding the introducing lines: Automatic Automatically adding introducing line is in the” handle—add introducing line”. As is shown in picture 3-25. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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Manual Click “handle—add introducing line”, The dialog appears as shown in picture 3-27. In the manual mode, the introducing pin-in line and the introducing pin-out line can be added independent . RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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If the position is illegal, the introducing line will be not allowed to be added. Delete the introducing pin-in-out lines: Before deleting the introducing pin-in-out lines, You must selected the curves. Click RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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User can select the curve and throw into the right field. The first is No1 and so on. Not only the sequence of the curve element can be modified, but also the start point of a single RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com...
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Click “handle—path optimization”, the dialog is opened. As is shown in picture 3-31. Picture3-31 Cutting path optimization Path optimization is including of two options. One is optimizing all the curves of the data file. The other is optimizing the curves by layer. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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If the “start point optimize” has been selected, the “auto determine start point and direction” will be disabled. Start point optimize option will change the start point to the special position on the curve in order to gain a good processing effect. As is shown in picture 3-34. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com...
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6 Parallel lines If a curve is just a polygon line and you want to cut a wide gap, the parallel line function can be used. The offset can be set. As is shown in picture 3-35. RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com...
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The position of the cursor, machine status, coordinate mode, attribute of curve can be displayed. The count of the data file has been cut is displayed in the area too. Control panel is on the right of the window. The position of machine coordinate and the position of the work RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com...
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The function key is just shown in picture 3-40. Picture3-40 Manual operating box The definition is shown in figure1: The pin of CN9: signal describtion PIN8 LASER Laser on PIN9 Air blow RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com TIANAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE,SHENZHEN Phone: (086)0755-26066687 FAX: 0755-2698287...
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Axis X move to positive direction PIN6 Axis X move to negative direction PIN4 Axis Y move to positive direction PIN5 Axis Y move to negative direction special OGND RuiDa Technology E-Mail: support@rd-acs.com 1TH FLOOR,5TH BUILDING,NANYOU Web: www.rd-acs.com TIANAN INDUSTRIAL ZONE,SHENZHEN Phone: (086)0755-26066687 FAX:...
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