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Tradeshow: FABTECH
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[https://www.fabtechexpo.com/ Visit the FABTECH web site.]
 
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=UNISON LTD. REAL-TIME BENDER CORRECTIONS=
 
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In the 2018 show, we were directly across from the UNISON LTD. booth - and were connected to their 25mm electric bender.<br><br>
 
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===STEP 1 - Bend the Tube===
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Bend the tube in the HERBER bender.<br><br>
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Also, in the 2018 Atlanta FABTECH show, we designed and provided this large banner for the Horn Machine Tool booth and arranged for HMT to borrow a HEXAGON Absolute Arm to run with VTube-LASER software.<br><br>
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Measure and align the tube to determine if it qualifies by falling within the envelope tolerance for the tube shape. <br><br>
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Click on the BENDER SETUP button in the Navigation Pane. <br><br>
 
  
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Set the correct bender number at the top of the window.<br><br>
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The next FABTECH will be in Chicago at the McCormick Center from November 11-14.<br><br>
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You can select up to 100 different benders.<br><br>
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The Bender Protocol should say "HERBER MES". (This assumes that you have already configured VTube's Benderlink in the Systems Options as described in the previous section.)
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If this is the first correction, then the Bender Setup screen may show no data.  If this is the case, then it is necessary to update the Bender Setup screen from VTube-LASER's main memory like this:<br><br>
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You can manually change the ADJUSTMENT values before sending corrections if you want to. Some users like to set the first and last Length adjustment to zero in order to keep the start position of the carriage in the same place - for when they have extra length on the ends.<br><br>
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Press "Auto SEND Bender CORRECTIONS".  VTube-LASER will let you select a path, then save a MES file to that path.
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* Select the .MES file VTube-LASER just created. When you click OK, the HERBER software will ask if you want to delete the MES file after importing.<br><br>
 
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Bend the corrected tube starting in Step 1, then measure it again (Step 2) and follow the rest of the steps until the part is within tolerance.
 
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* See [[VTube-LASER]]
 
* See [[VTube-LASER]]
 
* See [[VTube-STEP]]
 
* See [[VTube-STEP]]
 
* See [[UNISON]] for information on UNISON benders
 
* See [[UNISON]] for information on UNISON benders
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* See [[Horn Machine Tools]] for information on HMT benders

Latest revision as of 04:33, 22 December 2018

Every year we exhibit at FABTECH in the tube and pipe section of the show.

This was our booth at the 2018 FABTECH show in Atlanta.

The next FABTECH will be in Chicago at the McCormick Center.

ATTFABTECHbooth.png


Back to VTube-LASER

Contents


About the FABTECH Trade Show

Every year we exhibit at FABTECH in the tube and pipe section of the show.

The show alternates between cities:

  • 2017: Chicago
  • 2018: Atlanta
  • 2019: Chicago - November 11-14
  • 2020: Las Vegas - November 18-20
  • 2021: Chicago - September 13-16



The next FABTECH will be in Chicago at the McCormick Center.

Visit the FABTECH web site.

FABTECHbannerpage.png

UNISON LTD. REAL-TIME BENDER CORRECTIONS

In the 2018 show, we were directly across from the UNISON LTD. booth - and were connected to their 25mm electric bender.

This partnership worked so well, that we are going to repeat this partnership in the 2019 FABTECH show.

This was the view from the front of our booth.

Unisonbooth fabtech2018.png

HORN MACHINE TOOLS BOOTH

Also, in the 2018 Atlanta FABTECH show, we designed and provided this large banner for the Horn Machine Tool booth and arranged for HMT to borrow a HEXAGON Absolute Arm to run with VTube-LASER software.

Hmtbooth fabtech2018.png


FABTECH 2019

The next FABTECH will be in Chicago at the McCormick Center from November 11-14.

McCormick2019.png

Our booth will be in HALL D.

The booth number will be: D46981

McCormick2019 Floorplan.png


Other Pages

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