AgieCharmilles

Wire EDM-Expert

General interface

EDM – R&D – HMI SW

Jan 2015

IGa

AgieCharmilles
 Goal

The goals of the general “Wire EDM-Expert interface” are :

 Provide interface to access the EDM data for the
AgieCharmilles products to the CadCam builders, allowing to
build complete Jobs “ready for execution”
 Centralise through an unique interface, the access to the EDM
of the principal Wire AgieCharmilles machines.
 Provide a simple interface, “CadCam user” oriented, which is
not supposed to change, even if the EDM data / AgieCharmilles
internal structures will change.
(i.e. no dependance from TecCut/CT-Expert interfaces
evolutions)

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 2010 situation

EDM needs Machine

Geometry (Precision, Model /
Ra, Passes,…) Options
Definition

ISO
Access to EDM data is different CadCam /
for each machine model, and
JOB
can vary with SW versions

EDM data contains

informations for CadCam
TecCut CtExpert EdmExpert (offsets, speeds, …), and
the Generator settings
(AGV) (Millennium) (Orange)

AGV EDM Millennium EDM Orange EDM

data data data

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 Evolution principle

EDM needs Machine

Geometry (Precision, Model /
Ra, Passes,…) Options
Definition

ISO
CadCam /
JOB

Unique EDM-Expert interface

TecCut CtExpert EdmExpert

EdmExpert
(AGV) (Millennium) (Orange)
(AC CUT)

AGV EDM Millennium EDM Orange EDM AC CUT EDM

data data data data

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 Principle

 The unique EDM-Expert interface will provide simple functions to

define the machining requirements, and the target machine
options
 The interface will deal with the several EDM-Experts according
to the machine model and specific interfaces, and provide the
required data to the CadCam
 In case of new machine models / EDM data evolutions, the
interface will make an “isolation” to avoid modifications to the
CadCam

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 Presentation of AC CUT EDM-Expert (1)

Red fields are

mandatory : they are
 Start HMI
the minimal
information to be
filled

Machine description
fields are the Options.
They can be modified
for PC versions, not on
real machines

Wires list is used to

Machining constraints
force Wire choices.
are used to describe
If nothing is selected,
performances targets
it is equivalent to
and machining
selecting all possibles
conditions
wires.

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 Presentation of AC CUT EDM-Expert (2)

Column sort buttons

are used to help the
best sequence
selection

When minimal
information is
defined, possible EMD
sequences are
displayed.

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 Presentation of AC CUT EDM-Expert (3)

When desired
sequence is selected,
the Generate button
will build the Settings
sequence

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 Examples of possible requests

 What is the fastest EDM sequence to cut a 40 mm Steel with 3

passes / BercoCut 0.25 on a Millennium machine?
 What is the most precise EDM sequence/Wire to cut a 40 mm
Steel with 10° degrees of taper ?
 Etc …

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 Detailed view

CadCam
Cut 2000 Cut 2000 CUT X00 MS/SP Fi X40 / CUT X00 Fi X40 CUT X00
Vision AC CUT AC CUT Millenium Millennium
Homemade Fanuc Fanuc

Registry

Unique EDM-Expert interface

EdmExpert EdmExpert EdmExpert

(AC CUT_A) (AC CUT_F) (AC CUT_F)

TecCut TecCut GesTec GesTec CtExpert

AGV AGV CUT MILLENNIUM MILLENNIUM

CUT 2000 CUT E - P CUT X00 mS/Sp Millennium Millennium

Millennium EDM
EDM
EDM data EDM data EDM data EDM data data
data

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