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General Discussion / Re: agilus for milling?

« Last post by di on November 13, 2018, 07:25:17 PM »

many thanks johannes. we'll most probably go with a kr10 r1100 and a simple spindle to start with. so all good.
all the best
d

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General Discussion / Re: agilus for milling?

« Last post by Johannes @ Robots in Architecture on November 11, 2018, 05:11:36 PM »

Hello,

We did plenty of milling projects with an Agilus, though never with teak.
I'd say the limit is mostly the weight of the tool, we used a Kress 1050 spindle on it. So I'd look around on the net if anyone has used that or a similar spindle with teak.

Best,
Johannes

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General Discussion / agilus for milling?

« Last post by di on November 09, 2018, 10:17:37 PM »

hi,
for those out there with good milling experience.
i want to buy the smallest kuka -ideally an agilus kr6 r900- that is able to mill hard wood such as teak.
can anybody tell me if that is a good idea? do i need to go with a higher payload? what would be the minimum? i don't really mind about the size of working envelope.   
thanks, best
di

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General Discussion / Re: Hot wire foam cutter

« Last post by Johannes @ Robots in Architecture on November 08, 2018, 06:28:42 AM »

From my experience the wire doesn't heat up in a completely regular way - as cutting cools it down as well - and foam can also be very different. So the approach for us was mostly just to start slow and turn it up gradually.
Best,
Johannes

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General Discussion / Re: Hot wire foam cutter

« Last post by designfugitives on November 07, 2018, 11:14:59 PM »

I am talking about both software and hardware.

What's an appropriate temperature range for the wire?  Haven't been able to find this info from manufacturers on the web.

Thanks.

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General Discussion / Re: Hot wire foam cutter

« Last post by Johannes @ Robots in Architecture on November 07, 2018, 09:47:45 AM »

Hello,
Are you referring to the software part or the hardware part?
Software-wise there's an example on the forum, for integration you don't need much more than a relay to enable/disable the cutter (which you could also do by hand). I'm not sure if people really use a PID or something like that to control the temperature, we usually just set the power and kept it there during cutting. But these are things you could do with a PLC, for example.

Hardware-wise it's not much more than a wire (e.g. guitar string, if you're improvising) and a power supply. I'm not the electronics expert so I'm hesitant to give any advice there. Ours has got a welding PSU with an extra transformator.
But I've seen people use PSUs taken from PCs as well, as an example.

And you'll need a system for keeping the wire's tension, as it gets longer as it heats up.

Best,
Johannes

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Support / Re: KUKA prc. User guide or Manuals.

« Last post by Johannes @ Robots in Architecture on November 07, 2018, 09:37:20 AM »

Hello,
I've sent you an eMail!
Best,
Johannes

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Support / Re: KUKA prc. User guide or Manuals.

« Last post by Joey on November 07, 2018, 08:23:29 AM »

I have got a few more basic tutorials, send me an eMail and I can forward them!
Best,
Johannes

Hi Johannes

I'm also super interested in KUKAPRC and right now is struggling at the entry-level. Could you please send me the basic tutorials as well? My email address is joey@flexbot.cc
We're hoping to buy the advanced version after getting more familiar with the software. Thanks in advance. Looking forward to the detailed manual from you guys

Thanks,
Joey

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General Discussion / Hot wire foam cutter

« Last post by designfugitives on November 06, 2018, 09:54:35 PM »

Anyone successfully built and integrated a hot wire foam cutter from scratch?  Any good resources out there you can recommend?

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General Discussion / Re: low resolution version of robots

« Last post by Johannes @ Robots in Architecture on November 06, 2018, 08:16:12 PM »

Hello,

Actually the next release of KUKA|prc already contains two different sets of meshes, one in high and one in reduced quality.
If you've got Dynamo, you could give the Dynamo release a try.
Not sure when we will release it publicly for GH - hopefully soon as I'm already using it without many issues with my students.

In the meantime the member version allows you to define Custom Robots. I don't mind providing you with the default meshes for the robots, so that you can manually reduce them via ReduceMesh in Rhino.

Best,
Johannes