System and method for processing sheet metal

• Main Authors: HUANG KUO-JUNG, TSAI FENG-PING, LI JIN-SONG, ZHOU CHUN-LIN, ZHANG YUN-FENG, DAI ZE-JUN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.08.2007
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; TRANSPORTING; WELDING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM

A sheet metal processing method for generating punching codes and laser codes includes: reading an engineering drawing, and setting punching parameters; laying out workpieces, and generating punching multi-layout data; selecting and laying out corresponding punching tools for the workpieces and tooling-holes, and generating punching tool layout data; generating the punching codes according to the punching parameters, the punching tool layout data, and the punching multi-layout data, and saving the punching codes in a saving sub-system; retrieving the punching parameters, the punching tool layout data, and the punching multi-layout data of the punching codes, and automatically setting laser parameters and laser multi-layout data; and generating the laser codes according to the laser parameters and the laser multi-layout data. A sheet metal processing system for generating the punching codes and the laser codes is also provided.