Another amazing sewing application .
Robot sews car seats cover <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qwqxpcr2zA>


On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:20 AM, alex chiosso <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi to all.
> Just to show an amazing sewing technology .
> Robot Sewing Machine <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i4cfQGe8fY>
> I do believe that in this case a synchronicity between robot axis and
> needle position is needed.
>
> Regards
>
> Alex
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:04 PM, alex chiosso <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gregg.
>> Yes this device should be fast enough.
>> The problem is how to integrate it with the current machanic structure.
>> You have to consider also that the operator need the right space where to
>> lay the fabric (i.e. the jacket).
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 5:29 PM, alex chiosso <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hio Philipp ,
>>> you got it!
>>> The exact lenght for each stitch is a must.
>>> So the example of G code that you kindly gave me is what should be done
>>> (I mean it is a starting point) .
>>> Actually (I was this morning to the sewing machine customer) with the
>>> intergration I did the result is good enough for what they have to do (an
>>> Hybrid solution PLC+Position controller single axis modules) .
>>> But because of a stitch by stitch X-Y axis movement and the speed as
>>> fast as possible the machine has some vibrations that the customer would be
>>> happy to reduce as much as possible.
>>> The integration I made as some limitatons related to the way the fabric
>>> is moved under the needle between a stitch and the following one .
>>> Secondary only linear stitches are possible because no interpolation is
>>> possible due to the hardware/software used.
>>> So I do believe that a solution with LCNC can make a smoothest movement
>>> of the machine , the possibility to do different kinds of stitches and a
>>> more flexible pattern design .
>>> At the moment the customer told me that this machine is quite "unique"
>>> because is able to apply labels on dresses that are already fabricated
>>> (finished ready for the delivery) .
>>> That is why the label sewing must be done without error on the axes
>>> movements that can damage the needle and consequently the tissue.
>>> The dresses are high end quality (and costly) Italian made . (I'm
>>> Italian .... that's why my english writing style is so poor!)
>>> Other machines can only apply labels on semifinish parts of the dresses
>>> and the potential risk is less important .
>>> I saw a similar G code on a Mach3 forum somewhere on the net but I
>>> didn't see any final result onestly .
>>> That's amazing to see that many people are trying to apply a CNC to do
>>> sewing/embroidery/quilting machine conversion.
>>> For sure for complex pattern design a sort of cad/cam is needed.
>>> I was wondering if a programming style with iterative sequences (one
>>> iteration one stich) can help for not complicated pattern.
>>> In any case thank you for any idea/thought you are sharing.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Philipp Burch <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Alex!
>>>>
>>>> On 27.08.2014 22:04, alex chiosso wrote:
>>>> > Hi Philipp.
>>>> > Thank you so much for the very detailed informations .
>>>> > You are considering to move the needle as a spindle with the S
>>>> parameter to
>>>> > define the rpm and the
>>>>
>>>> Exactly.
>>>>
>>>> > Z axis position how is it derived from ? How is it calculated ? I
>>>> mean on
>>>> > the real machine .
>>>>
>>>> This is what the siggen component in the example HAL file is used for.
>>>> The spindle speed (i.e. stitches per second) is fed to its frequency
>>>> input as well as the desired amplitude (the full Z travel of the
>>>> needle). The component then generates a free running sine wave (among
>>>> other waveforms) of the requested frequency. You would then use this
>>>> wave as the position setpoint for the Z axis motor controller. No need
>>>> to calculate anything else ;)
>>>>
>>>> Somewhat later, you told us that it is required that the X/Y movement
>>>> always needs to completely finish before making the next stitch for a
>>>> constant stitch length. If you use the approach described before, you
>>>> won't have the ultimate control, so depending on your hardware, you
>>>> could really end up with stitches that are of slightly different
>>>> lengths. If this actually is a problem, you might be better off using
>>>> the Z axis as usual and describing every single stitch in your NC
>>>> program like so:
>>>>
>>>> G21            (Millimeters)
>>>> G64 P1 Q1      (Path tolerance 2mm)
>>>> G0 Z5          (Safe needle height)
>>>> G0 X10 Y10     (Position of first stitch)
>>>> F5000          (Feed rate for all subsequent moves)
>>>> G1 Z-5         (Enter fabric, which is at Z = 0)
>>>> G1 Z1          (Exit fabric)
>>>> G1 X12 Y10 Z5  (Move to midpoint to next stitch)
>>>> G1 X14 Y10 Z1  (Move to next stitch)
>>>> G1 Z-5         (Enter fabric)
>>>> G1 Z1          (Exit fabric)
>>>> G1 X16 Y10 Z5  (Move to midpoint to next stitch)
>>>> G1 X18 Y10 Z1  (Move to next stitch)
>>>> G1 Z-5         (Enter fabric)
>>>> G1 Z1          (Exit fabric)
>>>> ;...
>>>> G0 Z5          (Safe needle height)
>>>> G0 X0 Y0       (Move to park position)
>>>> M2
>>>>
>>>> As you can see with all those G1s, the program gets much more
>>>> complicated and veeery inconvenient to write by hand. So you'd most
>>>> likely want to use a CAM (or just a python script), which generates this
>>>> structure.
>>>>
>>>> The setting of the path tolerance is required to get a reasonable speed.
>>>> The programmed path contains vertical segments for entering and exiting
>>>> the fabric and a triangular curve from one stitch to the next. If the
>>>> needle would need to follow this path exactly, the whole thing would be
>>>> slow like hell of course, so we give the trajectory planner some
>>>> tolerance by which the actual path may differ from the programmed path.
>>>> What then happens is that the actual path has arcs instead of sharp
>>>> edges, which helps to keep the speed up. Please see the attached
>>>> screenshot. The white line is the programmed path, the red one is the
>>>> backplot of the simulated machine movement.
>>>>
>>>> I hope this helps.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Philipp
>>>>
>>>> > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Philipp Burch <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> Hi Alex!
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 27.08.2014 21:13, alex chiosso wrote:
>>>> >>> Hi Andy.
>>>> >>> You are always a good advisor .
>>>> >>> I'm not so trained on LCNC as you are.
>>>> >>> I never use the lincurve component so can you explain me what it is
>>>> and
>>>> >> how
>>>> >>> it works ?
>>>> >>> Also Philipp mention the adaptive pin but I didn't understand that
>>>> he was
>>>> >>> referring to the motion component of LCNC.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The lincurve component performs interpolation using a function
>>>> >> consisting of linear segments. So if your machine may move while the
>>>> >> needle position is >3.0, then you could for example create an
>>>> >> interpolation function with two segments:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> For Z = 3.0 .. 7.0, ramp up the feed linearly from 0 to F-max
>>>> >> For Z = 7.0 .. MAX, keep the feed at F-max
>>>> >>
>>>> >> By adding additional segments, you could then control the feed more
>>>> >> smoothly during the movement of the needle.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> The adaptive feed is an input of the motion component, which can
>>>> modify
>>>> >> the feed rate in real time. In my example, I used feed-hold, which
>>>> just
>>>> >> forces the feed to 0, accounting only for the acceleration limits of
>>>> the
>>>> >> machine. By using adaptive feed, you can insert a custom ramp (or
>>>> >> whatever the curve's shape should be). So it would also be possible
>>>> to
>>>> >> use a cosine curve for the feed or something like this instead of a
>>>> >> trapezoidal one like in the example. It might be worth some
>>>> >> consideration if you need to limit jerk, as this could easily become
>>>> a
>>>> >> problem on such a machine.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Regards,
>>>> >> Philipp
>>>> >>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 9:00 PM, andy pugh <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>> On 27 August 2014 16:21, alex chiosso <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> >>>>> I would like to discuss with you what do you think about the
>>>> conversion
>>>> >>>> to
>>>> >>>>> LCNC.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> One very easy way (maybe too easy) would be to pass needle height
>>>> >>>> through a lincurve component (I use that for nearly everything,
>>>> >>>> because we use them for nearly everything in the day job) and then
>>>> use
>>>> >>>> the output to drive the motion.adaptive-feed pin. You can then
>>>> define
>>>> >>>> zones where movement is possible and have a gentle decel up to
>>>> those
>>>> >>>> zones defined in the curve shape.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> --
>>>> >>>> atp
>>>> >>>> If you can't fix it, you don't own it.
>>>> >>>> http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
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