Delem DA-66T User manual

8075-9000A Manual version V0913
DA-66T
Reference Manual
Operation of Version 2.3
English

V0913, II
Preface
This manual describes the operation of the Delem control type DA-66T and is meant for oper-
ators who are instructed for operation of the total machine.
Delem Limited warranty
• This manual does not entitle you to any rights. Delem reserves the right to change this
manual without prior warning.
• All rights reserved. The copyright is held by Delem. No part of this publication may be
copied or reproduced without written permission from Delem BV.
Version history
The control software is updated regularly to increase performance and add new functionality.
This manual is also updated as a result of changes in the control software. The following over-
view shows the relation between software and manual versions.
This manual is valid for software version 2.3 and higher.
Software version Manual version Description
V1.1 V0311 first issue V1
V1.3 V0811 update to V1.3
V1.4 V1011 update to V1.4
V1.5 V0212 update to V1.5
V2 V1212 update to V2.1
V2.2 V0613 update to V2.2
V2.3 V0913 update to V2.3

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Table of contents
1. Operation overview and general introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1
1.1. The control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1
1.2. Front control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2
1.3. USB connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3
1.4. Operation and programming modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4
1.5. Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7
1.5.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7
1.5.2. Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7
1.5.3. Create a drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7
1.5.4. Determine bend sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9
1.5.5. Numerical program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9
1.5.6. The Auto menu and Manual menu, production modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.10
1.5.7. Back-up data, external storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.10
1.6. Programming aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.11
1.6.1. Help text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.11
1.6.2. Listbox functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.12
1.6.3. Filter, live search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.12
1.6.4. Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.13
1.6.5. Typing alphanumeric characters vs. special characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.14
1.6.6. Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15
1.6.7. Keylock function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.16
1.6.8. OEM function panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.17
1.6.9. Software versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.18
2. Products, the product library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
2.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
2.1.1. The main view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
2.1.2. Product selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2
2.1.3. New Product, starting a new graphical product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3
2.1.4. New Program, starting a numerical program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4
2.1.5. Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5
2.1.6. Edit, Copying and Deleting a product or program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7
2.1.7. Filter function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8
2.1.8. Change directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9
2.1.9. Network product selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.10
2.2. The DXF import option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.11
2.2.1. Product drawing dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.13
Projection dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.13
Cutting dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.13
2.2.2. Bendlines and Layer selection with Line assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.14
Bend line information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.14
Product information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.14
Layer selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.14
Layer selection switched on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.15
Layer selection switched off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.16
Line select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.17
2.2.3. Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.18
Product Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.19
2.2.4. Converting cutting dimensions, with bend allowance info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.20
2.2.5. DXF Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.22
Conversion parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.22
Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.23
Control codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.23

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The DXF file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.24
3. Product drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3.1
3.1. General product properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
3.1.1. Add Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4
3.2. 2D product drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5
3.2.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5
3.3. Line properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7
3.3.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7
3.3.2. Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7
3.3.3. Precision selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8
3.4. Bend properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.10
3.4.1. Air bend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.10
3.4.2. Large radius: Bumping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.11
3.4.3. Hem bends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.13
4. Tool configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.1
4.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1
4.2. Standard procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1
4.3. Tool selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2
Positioning or repositioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4
4.4. Tool segmentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6
4.5. Segmentation of individual tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7
4.5.1. Tool view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7
Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8
4.5.2. Segmentation view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8
4.5.3. Segments in the tool library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9
4.6. Station selection and repositioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.11
5. Bend Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.1
5.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1
5.1.1. View select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4
5.1.2. Bend selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5
5.2. Unbend product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6
5.3. Manual selection of bends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7
5.3.1. Move product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.8
5.3.2. Move gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.9
5.4. Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.11
5.4.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.11
5.4.2. Assignments - general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.12
5.4.3. Assignments - Backgauge possibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.13
5.5. Show bend sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.16
6. Product programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.1
6.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1
6.2. Bend parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5
6.3. Bend functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.11
6.4. Special edit remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.16
7. Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.1
7.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1
7.1.1. Auto mode, parameter explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2
Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2
General corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3
7.2. View modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5

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7.2.1. Main . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6
7.2.2. All bends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.7
7.2.3. Graphical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.8
7.2.4. Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.9
7.2.5. Manual positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
External Handterminal (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.10
7.2.6. Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.11
7.2.7. Tool setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.12
7.2.8. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.13
7.3. Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.14
7.4. Bumping correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.15
8. Manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1
8.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1
8.1.1. Manual mode, parameter explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2
Product Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2
Bend parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2
Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4
Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.5
Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6
8.2. Programming parameters & Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8
8.3. Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9
8.4. Manual movement of the axes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.10
8.4.1. Movement procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.10
8.4.2. Teach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.11
8.5. Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.12
8.6. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.13
8.6.1. IO status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.14
Zoomed IO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.15
9. Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1
9.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1
9.2. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2
9.3. Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4
9.4. Backup / restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.5
9.4.1. Product backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6
9.4.2. Product restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7
9.4.3. Tool backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8
9.4.4. Tool restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9
9.4.5. Backup and restore for Tables and Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9
9.4.6. Directory navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.10
9.5. Program settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.11
9.6. Default values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.14
9.7. Computation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.16
9.8. Production settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.19
9.9. Production time calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.22
10. Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1
10.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1
10.2. Programming of Punches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2
10.2.1. View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3
10.2.2. Create a new punch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5
10.2.3. Standard punch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6
10.2.4. Hem bend punch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.11

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10.2.5. Air + hem bend punch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.12
10.2.6. Big radius punch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.14
10.3. Programming of bottom dies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.16
10.3.1. View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.17
10.3.2. Create a new die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.19
10.3.3. Standard die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.20
10.3.4. Hem bend die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.25
10.3.5. Inside hem bend die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.27
10.3.6. Air + hem bend U die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.30
10.3.7. Multi V die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.32
10.4. Machine frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.34
10.5. Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.36
10.6. Back gauge dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.37
10.7. Position corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.40
10.8. Machine upper side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.41
10.9. Machine lower side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.44
10.10. Protractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.46
10.11. Event logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.48
10.11.1. Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.48
10.11.2. Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.50
10.12. Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.52
10.13. System information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.54
A. Parameter index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A.1

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1. Operation overview and general introduction
1.1. The control unit
The control looks as follows:
The precise outfit of your control may vary.
Operation of the control is mainly done over the touchscreen. A description of the functions
and available touch controls is given in the next sections of this manual, aside of the
description of the specific functions.
Beside the touch controls the front of the control consists of an emergency stop, the
handwheel and the start and stop buttons.
Special function keys, which can be mounted in the top panel of the control, have their specific
description parallel to this user manual and will be supplied by the machine manufacturer. This
user manual focuses on the control software and related machine functions.

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1.2. Front control elements
The frontpanel, beside display, consists of the following control elements:
Emergency stop button, to be implemented by machine
manufacturer.
Handwheel; manual control of any axis (Y + backgauge
axes)
Start button
Stop button

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1.3. USB connectors
At the right side of the control two USB ports are
available for connection of external devices, such as
memory sticks or an external keyboard / mouse.

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1.4. Operation and programming modes
The DA-Touch control's main screen looks as follows:
Depending on the navigation button which is active, the screen will differ. The above main
screen will appear having the Products function active.
Just by tapping the various modes, the specific mode will be selected.
The structure of the main screen is as follows:
Title panel
In the top the title panel is always shown. In this area you can find logo information, which
product is loaded, the active bend, selected subdirectory and (when activated) the service
row. Also machine indicators can be found here.

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Information panel
In the information panel all functions and visualisation related to the selected modus are
displayed and can be found.
Command panel
The command panel is part of the Information panel and is the location where the controls
related to the Information panel can be found.
Navigation panel
The Navigation panel is the area where all the major modes can be found. This area is always
visible. The controls, large buttons with icons, can be used to directly switch from one mode to
the other.

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Explanation of the main modes / navigation buttons
To make a new program and select a program out of the product
library.
To draw/create a new product or edit an existing product
(graphically).
To setup the machine and modify existing tool setups.
To compute and modify the bend sequence.
To create a new CNC-program or edit an existing CNC- program
numerically.
To start production of the selected product/program.
To program all settings for making one single bend, not related to a
program.
User settings and preferences applicable to the programming of
new products and programs. Also the required material properties
can be programmed in the Material library.
User settings and preferences applicable to the machine, tooling
library including the tool editor, backup/restore of data, software
version info etc.
Wherever you are in the control, via this button you can access the
help system which will provide you with context sensitive
information.

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1.5. Getting started
1.5.1. Introduction
In order to obtain a bend program for a product, the control offers the possibility to create a
product drawing and calculate a valid bend sequence for the product. With this information, a
product program is generated.
This is done with the following steps:
1 Go to the Products mode in the navigation panel and start a new product by tap-
ping New Product.
2 Enter the product properties and start to draw a 2D product profile in the Drawing
mode.
3 Check the tooling, modify or make a new set-up in the Tool Setup mode.
4 Use the Bend Sequence mode to determine the bend sequence by calculating it
or manually modifying it upon your own idea's.
5 When required modify the numerical CNC program via the Program mode.
6 Tap Auto and press the Start button in order to produce the programmed product.
1.5.2. Preparations
Before product programming can be started, the following preparations must be made.
• The correct material properties must have been programmed in the Materials library.
You can find this on the Materials page in the Settings mode.
• The correct tools must be programmed in the Tool Library. Tools are necessary to create
a CNC program. You can find the libraries for the different types of tools in the Machine
mode.
1.5.3. Create a drawing
The control offers the functionality to create a drawing of the intended product. With this
drawing application, tap Drawing in the navigation panel, a 2D profile or 3D product drawing is
created. At this stage, there is no calculation of bends or dimensions: any profile or drawing
can be created.
The drawing method on the Touch screen control is based on:
• Sketching
• Value setting
Sketching
The product as well as tool shape Sketching can be done by tapping on the screen in the
different directions the drawing must have. The application will follow the tapping with drawing
a line between the indicated points. The last point of the design will show always a big red dot.
When the drawing dot is on the screen you can hold your finger on this position and move the
finger across the screen to move the connected line in another required direction or make the
line length longer. This method is the so-called 'Dragging' facility. The length and angle value
will be visible on the screen and can be adjusted to be exact or close to the requested value.

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Value Setting
Once the product or tool is drawn in the Sketching method the exact values of line lengths and
angles can be optimized by the Value setting method. Just tap 2 times on the value of the line
length or angle to change and the keyboard will pop-up. The value can be entered in 2 ways
of confirmation:
• Enter function
• Enter-Next function
The Enter function will close the keyboard after entering the value. The Enter-Next function
will enter the value on the line or angle to change and the keyboard will remain opened for the
next programming step.
In case the typed value is erroneous, the “undo” button right from the input field can be tapped
to return to the original value or the backspace key on the keyboard to delete the last typed
character.
Zoom Function
By pinching the screen with two fingers simultaeously one can zoom in and out on the
drawing, tool or machine visualisation. By spreading fingers the system will zoom-in, by
bringing fingers nearer to each other the system will zoom-out.
Fit-To-Screen
In the command icons on the side of the screen you will find a Fit-To-Screen function. This can
be used when the drawing size is not clear in picture. Just tap once and the complete drawing
will be sized to fit the drawing screen.
Panning
With simultaneous touching of two fingers and draging them over the screen (sliding in the
same direction) one can pan the object in 3D view. In 2D a single finger will also enable
panning.
Rotating
In 3D, rotating the product, tool or machine visualisation, can be done with a single finger
sliding over the screern.
More information about this can be found in chapter 3.
Features of the drawing tool
• Graphical design of product shapes in 2D and 3D (if available)
• Scaled sheet thickness
• Auto scaling
• Horizontal and vertical projected dimensions can be entered
• Real scale tool design
• Various machine shapes (pressbeams and tables)
• Changing of lengths and angles
• Adding or deleting of bends
• Special bend features can be applied
• Hemming bends can be programmed
• Bumping bends can be used for big radius
• Existing products can be copied, changed and stored as a new product
• Closing dimension or highest precision tolerance selection
• Connecting 2D programs for 3D-production

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1.5.4. Determine bend sequence
When the product drawing is completed, the control offers Tool setup mode to program the
exact tool set-up as it is organised on the machine. After this you can select the Bend
Sequence mode to determine and simulate the required bend sequence.
In the Bend Sequence mode, the control shows the product, the machine and the tools. In this
menu the bend sequence can be programmed and checked visually. When a bend sequence
has been determined, the CNC program can be generated.
More information about this can be found in chapters 4 and 5.
Bending sequence computation
• Automatic computation for minimum production time
• Interactive bend sequence determination
• Manual bend sequence determination
• Collision visualization of product with tools and machine
• Free tool and machine shape selections
• Assignments of turn times, backgauge speed etc.
• Blank length computation
• Production time indication
• Bending sequence simulation
• Programmable finger positions
1.5.5. Numerical program
The Program menu gives access to the numerical program and values of the active product.
There are two possibilities to create a CNC program:
• enter a numerical program, started via Products mode, tap New Program, step by step;
• generate the program from the graphical bend simulation startedviathe Products mode,
tap New Product, via the Drawing mode. (see: Drawing mode; product drawing).
If the program is entered by hand, there is no collision check. All program values must be
entered manually. The program depends on operator experience.
If the program is generated from a graphical bend sequence, the program can be visualised
during production. A generated program can be edited according to operation needs.
More information about this can be found in chapter 6.
When a drawing has been completed with a bend sequence, and the program is stored, the
program is post processed and the numerical program becomes available.
The system automatically computes :
• Necessary force
• Machine adjustments such as:
• Y-axis position
• Decompression
• X-axis position
• X-axis retract
• Y-opening
•R-axes
•Z-axes
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1.5.6. The Auto menu and Manual menu, production modes
A product program can be executed via the Auto mode. In Automatic mode, a complete
program can be executed bend after bend. In the Auto mode the Step mode can be selected
to have each bend started separately.
The Manual mode of the control is an independent production mode. In this mode, one bend
can be programmed and executed. It is typically used to test the behaviour of the bend
system.
More information about this can be found in chapters 7 and 8.
1.5.7. Back-up data, external storage
Both product and tool files can be stored externally. Depending on the configuration, these
files can be stored on a network or on a USB storage device. This facilitates a back-up of
important data and the possibility to exchange files between Delem controls.
More information about this can be found in chapter 9.

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1.6. Programming aids
1.6.1. Help text
This control is equipped with an on-line Help function. When the Help-button in the navigation
panel is pressed context sensitive help will be provided.
To activate a help window for a parameter tap the Help button in the navigation panel.
A pop-up window appears with information on the active parameter.
This Help window contains the same information as the Operation manual.
The help window can be used as follows:
You can scroll through the text sliding one finger in the desired direction. By tapping on the
lower or upper part of the screen Previous Page / Next Page can be used to browse through
the help text.
The Index function helps to jump to the table of contents. Hyperlinks in the table help to
directly navigate to the desired topic.
Tap End to close the Help window.

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1.6.2. Listbox functionality
Several parameters on the control have a limited number of possible values. When selecting
such a parameter, by tapping the parameter line on the screen, the list of options will open up
near the position where you tapped the line, and the desired value can be selected.
To undo the selection and the opened listbox, tapping outside the box will make it close
without changing the selected parameter.
1.6.3. Filter, live search
In some modes a list of entities is offered (products, tools, materials, etc.). An example of such
a menu is the Products mode (product selection). To search a particular product or tool, the
filter function can be used. Press the command button Filter, type a part of the ID in the enter
field. Automatically, the list is limited to those items that contain the typed part.
Multiple search parts can be separated by <space>.
To close an open filter screen use the keyboard-close button on the right side next to the
keyboard.
Example of a product list: type: shown list:
product123
product456
exampleproduct01
exampleproduct02
1 product123
exampleproduct01
ex exampleproduct01
exampleproduct02
ex 1 exampleproduct01

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1.6.4. Navigation
Within some modes, the program screens are divided into tabs.
The tabs can easily be selected by just tapping them. When a tab is not completely visible or
not visible at all, just by dragging the tab row horizontally, the desired tab can be "pulled" in
sight and be selected.

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1.6.5. Typing alphanumeric characters vs. special characters
Both alphanumeric characters and special characters can be used throughout the control. A
full on-screen alphanumerical keyboard will pop up when required.
When editing a field which is pure numeric, the alphanumeric characters will be "greyed-out"
and only the numerical keypad can be used. For fields which enable to use alphanumerical
strings, the keyboard is completely available. Special characters as ? % - can be found using
the special character button on the left-lower side of the keyboard.