This may not be the correct place to ask this question, but you have all been extremely helpful in the past and it possibly could relate to Pro/NC Sheetmetal.
We have an older Weidemann turret punch press that holds 36 tools. However, due to the quantity of custom parts (nearly every piece of sheet metal we punch is a little or a lot different from the last) we have a lot of downtime doing tool changes. We also have a hard time tooling these parts quickly in Pro/E because they change so much.
I am wondering if anyone knows if it is possible and if so how expensive it would be to add a laser to the turret. It is an older press, but it seems like it shouldn't be too hard to add something like this provided someone makes such an addon.
Once again, this topic only remotely hits on Pro/NC, but I appreciate your thoughts.
Jim
Edited by: conrat
We have an older Weidemann turret punch press that holds 36 tools. However, due to the quantity of custom parts (nearly every piece of sheet metal we punch is a little or a lot different from the last) we have a lot of downtime doing tool changes. We also have a hard time tooling these parts quickly in Pro/E because they change so much.
I am wondering if anyone knows if it is possible and if so how expensive it would be to add a laser to the turret. It is an older press, but it seems like it shouldn't be too hard to add something like this provided someone makes such an addon.
Once again, this topic only remotely hits on Pro/NC, but I appreciate your thoughts.
Jim
Edited by: conrat