Stand-Alone Punch machine user manual - Finn-Power International ...

Once the Punching was changed to Stability Area the single punches will be
applied in each separate zone.
Nibbling
Modifying the option, Nibbling Style, will give great functionality to control
the optimization of a sheet. There are two options to set nibbling- Part or
Angle. Depending on how the nibble path (contour) is sorted will effect
how the Nibbling option will change the outcome. Contours that have
nibbling, internally or externally, and have microjoints (sorting that doesn’t
require removal) applied will allow for the Nibbling function to modify the
outcome.
When Part (Nibbling) is selected the nibble paths will be applied to be
processed for each part separately. This means that it may take more time to
process the sheet at the machine, because the angle of the tool will need to
be rotated for each different segment.
When Angle (Nibbling) is selected the nibble paths are processed
throughout the sheet (or zone) at the same angle throughout all parts. This
will allow for a quicker run time at the machine in most cases. Selecting
Angle will also activate the ability to modify the ‘Motion Principle’ within
the ‘Plate Tools View’. Motion Principle will allow the user to control the
distance (range) between the next hit to be selected, which can allow for
more time saved when running the sheet at the machine.
6.2 EXERCISE- Automatic Optimization
Within the Standalone environment parts are nested, either automatically or
interactively, and are then ready to be optimized. Automatic Optimization will
process the nested sheets to allow for NC code generation. Assuming tooling, turret
and machine parameters are setup correctly the automatic Punch Optimizer will
create a result to be run within the machine’s capacity.
When a nest is created it may create more than one sheet layout to be processed.
Each sheet can be processed through the Punch Optimizer differently or alike. The
Punch Optimizer will allow the user to optimize as many times needed to achieve the
final result, machine ready code. The following exercise will simply walk a user
through the process to optimize a nest of parts by modifying options within the Punch
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