Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Software for wire EDM control?

>Tony Jeffree wrote:
>
> >Thanks - I know that some of the CAM systems like Dolphin out there support
> >wire EDM, but that wasn't the question I was asking. I am specifically
> >interested in the *control* end of the problem rather than the CAM - i.e.,
> >whether there is the equivalent of Turbo CNC, Mach1, etc.. that has been
> >developed to support the construction of a CNC control for wire EDM.
> >
> >
>I can tell you that, out of the box, EMC can't do it. What you want, I
>assume, is two sets of orthogonal linear axes. That would be called,
>I guess, X-Y and U-V. Unless the guys at NIST had this in mind, I'm
>pretty sure the general capabilities of the interpreter really didn't
>make provisions for this. but, since EMC is open source, it COULD
>be made to do this. You'd need to make sure the interpreter would
>handle these sets of axes. Then, you'd need to set up duplicates
>of the standard kinematics routines from trivkins, to handle the
>motion for two sets of XY-type axes. If you wanted to put collision
>prevention in there, that would be the place. The rest of EMC
>would then just handle 4 axes of motion downstream from
>the kinematics, I think.