Delem DA-65W User manual

Manual version V1108
DA-65W
Reference Manual
Operation of Version 3
English

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Preface
This manual describes the operation of the Delem controller type DA-65W and is meant for
operators 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 3.2.
Software version Manual version Description
V3.1 V1107 first issue V3
V3.2 V1108 update

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Table of contents
1. Operation overview and general introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1
1.1. The control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1
1.2. Operation modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2
1.3. Frontpanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3
1.4. Side connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5
1.5. Programming mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6
1.6. Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8
1.6.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8
1.6.2. Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8
1.6.3. Create a drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8
1.6.4. Determine bend sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9
1.6.5. CNC program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9
1.6.6. Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9
1.6.7. Back-up data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.10
1.7. Programming aids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.11
1.7.1. Help text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.11
1.7.2. Listbox functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.13
1.7.3. Live search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.13
1.7.4. Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.14
1.7.5. Typing alphanumeric characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15
1.8. Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.16
1.9. Software versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.16
2. Product drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
2.1. General product properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1
2.2. 2D product drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4
• Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4
• Drawing cursor control for 2D-products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5
2.3. Line properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6
2.3.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6
2.3.2. Projection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7
2.3.3. Precision selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8
2.4. Bend properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9
2.4.1. Large radius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.9
2.4.2. Large Radius: Bumping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.10
3. Tool configuration and bend sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
3.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
3.2. Tool configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
3.2.1. Standard procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1
3.2.2. Tool selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5
3.2.3. Heel programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.7
3.3. Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8
3.3.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.8
3.3.2. Assignments - general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9
3.3.3. Assignments - Backgauge possibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.11
3.4. The bend sequence in 3D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.13
3.4.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.13
3.4.2. Unbend product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.15
3.4.3. Manual selection of bends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.16
3.4.4. Move product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.18
3.4.5. Move fingers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.19

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3.4.6. Show bend sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.21
3.4.7. Simultaneous bends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.22
3.4.8. Opening an existing bend sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.24
3.5. The bend sequence in 2D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.26
4. Product programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1
4.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1
• Edit notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2
• Parameter explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3
• Connecting CNC programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4
4.2. Bend parameters - basic data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5
• Parameter explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6
• Gauge function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8
• Bend parameters - optional data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.10
• Bend parameters - auxiliary axes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.12
• Bend parameters - all bends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.13
4.3. Special edit function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.15
4.4. Remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.15
5. Product library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1
5.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1
5.1.1. The main view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1
5.1.2. Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3
5.2. Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5
6. Programming of tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1
6.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1
6.2. Programming of Punches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1
6.2.1. The punch menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1
• Graphical directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.3
• Graphical directory punches with heels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4
6.2.2. Punch drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5
• Create a new punch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.5
• Edit punch drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7
• Drawing orientation of the punch on the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7
6.2.3. Specific Punch Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8
6.3. Programming of bottom dies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.11
6.3.1. The die menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.11
• Graphical directory dies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.14
• Create a new die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.14
• Create a new die with U-shape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.15
• Edit die drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.16
6.3.2. Specific die data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.17
6.4. Machine upper side and lower side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.19
7. Products and tools back-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1
7.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1
7.2. Product backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2
7.3. Tool back-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4
7.4. Directory navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4
8. Program Constants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1
8.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1
8.2. General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1
8.3. Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.4
8.4. Program settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6

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8.5. Computation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9
8.6. Production settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.11
8.7. Position corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.14
8.8. Production time calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.15
8.9. Machine frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.16
8.10. Back gauge dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.17
8.11. Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.21
8.12. Event logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.22
8.12.1. Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.22
8.12.2. Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.24
8.13. Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.26
9. Manual mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1
9.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1
• Parameter Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2
• Zoom function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.6
• Axis state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7
• IO status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.8
9.2. Manual operation of the axes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9
9.2.1. Movement procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9
9.2.2. To teach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.10
10. Automatic / step by step mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1
10.1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1
• Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3
• Angle corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4
• X corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5
• Functions screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6
• Graphical visualisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7
• Zoomed values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8
• Bumping correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.9
• Manual positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.10
10.2. Step mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.11
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:
1.a
The precise outfit of your control may vary.
Operation of the control is done with the various keys on the front panel. A description of all
keys and their functions is given in the next section.
Beside the front panel keys, a built-in touch pad or external USB mouse can be used as a
pointing device to select menu items, parameters or function keys. It depends on your
configuration whether such a device is available. In this manual the phrase ‘mouse’ is used to
describe any of these possible pointing devices.
screen
function keys
wheel
arrows
mode keys
start/stop
num. keys
em. stop
button

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1.2. Operation modes
The control has the following four operation modes:
Each mode can be selected by pressing the relevant push button. A LED in the push button
indicates whether or not this mode is active.
Manual mode In this mode it is possible to program all parameters of
just one bending. After pushing the start button all
parameters are active and the backgauge will go into
position. It is also possible to move the axes manually.
Programming
mode
In this mode bend programs can be made or edited and
also be written to or read from disk.
Automatic
mode
The selected program can be executed automatically.
Step by step
mode
The selected program can be executed bend by bend.

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1.3. Frontpanel
The frontpanel, beside the 4 operation mode buttons, consists of the following items:
arrow keys:
keyboard:
decimal point
clear key: clearance
of the input data field
in the bottom left cor-
ner on the screen
10 numerical keys (0-
9) incl. alphanumeric
input
plus/minus toggle
enter key, to confirm a
programmed value
Stop button Start button

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Function keys; the function of these keys is stated at the bottom of the screen.
handwheel; manual control of any axis (Y + backgauge
axes)
emergency stop button, to be implemented by machine
manufacturer.
End of menu program.
It is also possible to leave a menu by pressing <ESC>
on an external keyboard or clicking with the mouse on
the menu symbol in the upper left corner.
On the screen pages where you find the "?" symbol you
can press the "?" to get an explanation of the respective
function or parameter to program.

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1.4. Side connectors
At the right side of the control unit, the following connectors are available.
USB ports (2x)
Two USB ports are available for connection of external
devices, such as a memory stick or an external keyboard.
Keyswitch
The control has a keyswitch to prevent uncontrolled
programming. With the keyswitch in the off position only a
selected program can be executed. The parameters cannot
be changed to wrong, unwanted values.

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1.5. Programming mode
The main menu in programming mode looks as follows:
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Each of these menu items can be selected in several ways:
• enter the menu number and press ENTER
• use the arrow keys to scroll to the desired menu item and press ENTER
• click with the mouse once on the desired menu item
Explanation of menu items:
Programming
mode
Select the programming mode.
1
To create a product drawing and compute the bend
sequence (graphical).
2
To edit a product drawing and compute the bend
sequence (graphical).

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3
Create a new CNC-program by data entry (numerical).
4
To edit an existing CNC-program by data entry
(numerical).
5
To select a program out of the product library.
6
Write programs to or read programs from a back-up
medium.
7
To program the dimensions of the punches.
8
To program the dimensions of the bottom dies.
9
To program the dimensions of the upper side of your
machine.
10
To program the dimensions of your machine table.
11
To program specific programming data.
12
Write or read tooling data and machine shapes to or
from a back-up medium.

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1.6. Getting started
1.6.1. 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:
1.6.2. Preparations
Before product programming can be started, the following preparations must be made.
• The correct material properties must have been programmed in the Program constants
menu. See chapter 8 about the program constants.
• The correct tools must be programmed in the tool libraries. Tools are necessary to
create a CNC program. See chapter 6 about programming tools.
1.6.3. Create a drawing
The control offers the functionality to create a drawing of the intended product. With this
drawing application 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.
More information about this can be found in chapter 2.
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
• Big radius
• Adding or deleting of bends
• 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
1 Enter product properties chapter 2
2 Draw 2D product profile chapter 2
3 Program tool set-up chapter 3
4 Determine bend sequence chapter 3
5 Generate bend program (CNC) chapter 3
6 Edit CNC program chapter 4

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1.6.4. Determine bend sequence
When the product drawing is correct, the control offers a simulation menu to determine the
bend sequence. First, a tool configuration menu is offered to program the exact tool set-up as
it is organised on the machine.
In the bend simulation menu, 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, a CNC program can be generated.
More information about this can be found in chapter 3.
Bending sequence computation:
• Automatic computation for minimum production time
• Interactive bend sequence determination
• Manual bend sequence determination
• Collision visualisation 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
1.6.5. CNC program
There are two possibilities to create a CNC program:
• enter a numerical program, step by step (menu 3 & 4: data preparation);
• generate the program from the graphical bend simulation (menu 1 & 2; 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 4.
Post processing of drawings
The post process facility computes:
• Necessary force
• Machine adjustments such as:
• Y-axis position
• Decompression
• X-axis position
• X-axis retract
• Y-opening
• R-axes
• Z-axes
Axes positions are calculated according to the machine configuration.
1.6.6. Production
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complete program can be executed bend after bend. In Step mode, each bend must be
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 chapter 9 and 10.
1.6.7. Back-up data
Both product and tool programs 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 7.

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1.7. Programming aids
1.7.1. Help text
This control is equipped with an on-line Help function. This help text is available when the
Help symbol appears on the screen (the question mark ‘?’ in the lower right corner).
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To activate a help window for a parameter:
• press the Help key (‘?’) on the front panel or
• click with the mouse on the help symbol.
A pop-up window appears with information on the active parameter.

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This Help window contains the same information as the Operation manual.
The help window can be used as follows:
Use the arrow keys (up/down) to browse through the help text or use the function keys
'previous page' and 'next page'.
Press the function key 'end' or the END key to close the Help window.

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1.7.2. Listbox functionality
Several parameters on the control have a limited number of possible values. Beside such
parameters, the sign appears.
This listbox can also be opened by clicking with the mouse on the symbol.
When opened, use the arrow keys (up/down) to scroll to the desired value and press ENTER.
Press END to exit the listbox.
1.7.3. Live search
In some menus a list of entities (products, tools, etc.) is offered. An example of such a menu
is menu 5 (Product selection). To search a particular product or tool, type a part of the ID in the
enter field. Automatically, the list is limited to those items that contain the typed part.
This means that an arrow key (down left) can be pressed to get a
listbox with possible values of this parameter.
Example of a product list: type: shown list:
product123
product 456
exampleproduct01
exampleproduct02
1 product123
exampleproduct01
ex exampleproduct01
exampleproduct02
ex 1 exampleproduct01

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1.7.4. Navigation
Within some menus, the program screens are divided into tabs.
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The following arrow keys can be used to browse between pages.
This browse functionality is also indicated with the two arrow symbols in the upper right
corner of the screen.
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