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Industrial Machines
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| Cirque du Soleil - KA |
We wrote the software to move the stage and safety nets for Cirque Du Soleil's KA show at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The stage moves 70 feet vertically and tilts 100 degrees.
There are 18 winches controlling 2 safety nets. We incorporated our VCR, locoMotion, and Code Generator technologies for a robust
product.
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| Eagle Talon Cutoff Saw |
The Talon cross cuts lumber in an optimal fashion. It uses our motion controller package which
consists of the Delta Tau controller and the Advanced Digital logic PC104 computer. The HMI runs on
Windows 2000. The optimization algorithms produce superior cut decisions as compared to the competition
and they are fast. The saw is capable of blowing waste as small as 1/4 of an inch on a conveyor running
at 130 inches per second.
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| 250-750 Ton Hydraulic Press |
This hydraulic press has 1 upper punch and 1 lower punch. It uses the Delta Tau Turbo PMAC
controller in a UMAC configuration. Position is repeatable to 3 ten thousands of an inch. Force
control is overlayed on position with an accuracy of 0.1 tons. Each of the upper and the lower
have two 3-way valves and one 4-way valve controller. This allows for both high speed travel and
accurate positioning.
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| 20 Ton Hydraulic Press |
This hydraulic press has 2 upper punches and 3 lower punches. It uses the Delta Tau Turbo PMAC
controller in a UMAC configuration. Position is repeatable to 3 ten thousands of an inch. Force
control is overlayed on position with an accuracy of 0.1 tons.
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| FiberMaster |
The FiberMaster is a two dimensional fiber/fabric Cutter CNC machine. It uses 2 axis for
X axis motion coordinated with a single axis for Y axis motion. The machine
cuts the fabric on the fly.
It has 16 digital inputs
and 8 digital outputs. Motion control is via a 6 axis PCX/DSP card from Motion Engineering, Inc.
The software was written in Borland Delphi, and uses LocoMotion.
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| Compu-Rip II |
The Compu-Rip is a Rip Saw optimizer used in the rough mill. It has a sophisticated
Arbor Generator that produces near optimal blade arrangement.
It has 16 digital inputs
and 8 digital outputs. Motion control is via an 8 axis PCX/DSP card from Motion Engineering, Inc.
The software was written in Borland Delphi, and uses LocoMotion.
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| Wonder Saw |
The Wonder Saw is used in the rough mill to optimize cross-cutting of
long strips of wood. We used the Motion Engineering PCX-DSP single axis
card and the Contec IRT16 interrupt card. It is driven by a Yaskawa Servo
drive and has 16 inputs, 32 outputs, and 16 interrupt inputs. An analog input is used to
measure the width of the input lumber. The software is written in Borland C++
and runs in DOS protected mode. The device is networked to other machines
via a central Command Center using RS-485. |
| Compu-Rip |
The Compu-Rip is used in the rough mill to optimize ripping of wide boards.
We used the 8 axis Motion Engineering PCX-DSP
card and the Contec IRT16 interrupt card. It is driven by 8 Yaskawa Servo
drives and has 32 inputs, 16 outputs, and 16 interrupt inputs. The software is written in
Borland C++
and runs in DOS real mode. The device is networked to other machines
via a central Command Center using RS-485. |
| See Me Bag Machine |
The Bag Machine produces bags to
cover furniture. This bag is both see through and padded and so
may be used both on the showroom floor and during shipping. The machine
is driven by 12 Endramat servo motors and uses two 6 axis Motion Engineering PCX-DSP motion
control cards. It has 16 inputs and 16 outputs. The software was written
with Borland Delphi. |
of defects using an Ultrasonic digitizer by GTCO. The Hide profile was detected by a
Dalsa line scan camera interfaced to a Bitflow Raptor frame grabber. A single axis PCX-DSP card by
Motion Engineering was used to read an encoder, drive an AC Drive, and handle
the 16 inputs and 8 outputs.
The system is composed of a server communicating with the temperature sensors via RF to TCP/IP "Translators".
The server then conveys information to all clients over TCP/IP using a broadcast and subscribe mechanism.
The server and client applications were written in Borland Delphi. The server runs on Windows 2000 server
and the clients may run on any 32 bit Windows platform.
RS485 using the SNAP protocol. The application was written in Delphi and runs on any 32 bit Windows platform.