Re: 3-axis wire-bending? - Part 2

Hi cornbeltroute, Chris,

What about a rotary table (drilled through for small wire) 'A' axis, and
a 'Y' axis that would press a die against the wire? The wire would come
through another die, and the combination would bend the wire.

As to the Gcode to drive it, I'd just plan the "rotate and bend"
commands as

A 10.0
Y 1.0
Y 0.0

A 40.0
Y 2.0
Y 0.0
.
.
.

This code could be generated from another program. The 'A' would be the
angle of the bend, and the 'Y' distance from 0.0 would make the bend, to
various angles. The distance would be a side of a triangle. I suppose,
a second rotary table could be used to make the bend, 'C', and then C
45.0 would be a true 45 degree angle. Then you'd need a "wire feed", it
would be behind the 'A' axis, and would "clamp and move up" a length of
wire.

Just some thoughts. Sounds like planning a wire bend would be a little
like following a road map. You know, move 20 inches, turn right 90
degrees, move 2 inches...


HTH

Alan KM6VV



Chris L wrote:

>
> cornbeltroute wrote:
> (snip)
>
> > Chris L. - I'll search for tool show locations and show dates; this
> > hadn't occurred to me. Do you recall the sponsor of the show you
> > attended?
> <SNIP>
> You did NOT want to stand near the end of that machine. They were making some
> 3 or so foot tall "flowers", petals, leaves and stalk as a demonstration. No
> doubt operated by a very interesting CNC Control. If the sales team weren't
> so pesky, One may have hung a round to see how it went from Cad to Cam.
>
> Chris L