Patent ID: 9108272
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B23K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Method for machine cutting several parts out of a piece of material using a beam cutting technology, said method comprising: providing a set of controlling rules and variables for cutting two dimensional shapes or patterns, where one rule or a combination of several rules are used for the cutting operation depending on the shape or pattern to be cut, said shape or pattern forming said parts out of said piece of material, wherein said set of controlling rules comprises rules for the forming of a cluster of parts with free form shapes, said parts being positioned so close to each other so that only a gap made by one cut of the cutting beam is found between adjacent parts, wherein the shape of said parts allows said parts to be positioned so close to each other so that only the gap with the thickness of one cut made by the cutting beam is found between adjacent parts, and wherein said set of controlling rules comprises rules for the creation of strategically positioned turning areas by, through a common tangent of the adjacent parts, making a split cut or cutting a line or contour longer than necessarily required and using the gap between adjacent parts as a turning area.