Basic Workflow
Sheet Metal Bending
A sheet metal flat is bent to its final shape using a press-brake. The Bend CAM subsystem of Flux (or Flux Bend) is used to program press brakes. Here is some of the work that Flux Bend can do:
-
Compute a feasible and optimal bending sequence.
-
Compose bend tooling stations from the available inventory of bend tools.
-
Compute gauging locations where the back-gauges can be positioned to align the part for bending.
-
Generate NC Code that can be transmitted to the press-brake for processing.
-
Generate reports (such as setup sheets) for the bending process.
Flux incorporates algorithms and heuristics to compute these automatically for most cases, and in most cases little or no human intervention should be required. However, Flux also provides a rich set of tools and operations to modify the bending sequence, tooling setups, gauging positions and every parameter of the bend technology.
The following chapters are explained in Flux Bend introduction chapter.