BICEPS - THE INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS AIDED SYSTEM FOR BI-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY YODELING, NESTING AND FLAME CUTTING TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

An essential condition for effective usage of numerically controlled devices is their correct and efficient programming. Especially in cutting applications every nesting layout requires a new control program tape. The BICEPS system referred here has been implemented in work shops with both: batch production - very stable one and simple part cutting in repair shops where every day new parts are manufactured. In both cases significant material savings (by narrow nesting) and reduction of production preparation time are obtained. The present paper deals with the very first step of production preparation process: modeling of the geometry of Bi-dimensional (2D) contours of Darts manufactured.