Thinking a bit more, I see no reason that any drag knife software couldn't be used. If you use rectangular based cuts only, and you handle dong breaks manually, it should be easily doable.
Cutting rounded or serpentine cuts are had due to the breaking methods that need to be used. Machines that will do automated breaking after scoring are pricy, but if it is pretty much all you do and you do a lot of it, even those can be cost effective. A quick Google shows there are several other software and machines other than DeMichele out there. I didn't see any open software, but it could still exist. On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Jack Coats <j...@coats.org> wrote: > Years ago I worked for DeMichele Systems in College Station, TX. They are > now DeMichele Systems in Mesa AZ. > Their specialty was optimized cutting for the Flat Glass industry. Back > 'in the day' it was Fortran programs that ran on Cromemco Z80 systems, but > that is ancient history. > > Their software was pricey back then, and if it is like it was then, it is > good, but they charge a lot for it. Before this software cutting was laid > out by hand. Good manual layout got about 80 to 85% yield. They > guaranteed 90% but we really saw 95 to 98% yield in optimum conditions > (correct stock, orders that matched up nicely, etc). It also took care > with tong-long and tong-short tempering for tempered glass (the glass is > cut before tempering, so it expands more depending on the direction it is > hung in the tempering ovens ... but that was the tech of the day. I have > no clue what they do now. > > I don't know of any open software, but it might be out there. There might > be competitor software, but I have no real knowledge other than keeping up > a little bit with an old employer. (I have no current ties to them other > than a little emotional one.) > > -- ><> ... Jack The Four Boxes of Liberty - "There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo. Please use in that order." "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart"... Colossians 3:23 "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." - Admiral Grace Hopper, USN "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Ben Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
