When it comes to advanced press brake operations, the DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode stands out for its user-friendly design. If you’re wondering what makes this mode so accessible and easy to use, you’re in the right place.

In this article, I’ll dive into the features that make the DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode a preferred choice among operators looking for efficiency and simplicity. Whether you’re an experienced technician or just stepping into the world of press brakes, this guide will provide you with the insights you need to fully understand the advantages of this automatic mode and how it can streamline your metalworking processes.

Intuitive Interface Design of DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode

Simplified Navigation Menu

The DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode features a simplified navigation menu that enhances user interaction.

With Auto mode, production can be initiated simply by pressing the Start button, allowing the program to execute each bend sequentially, enhancing efficiency and ensuring precision. When switching between different products within the library, Auto mode enables an immediate transition to production, underscoring its user-friendly design. A helpful ‘check tools’ warning ensures tool and position accuracy with every new bending program selection.

The Auto mode screen header provides clear visibility of the selected product and its description, making navigation intuitive. The bend selector at the top displays all available bends, allowing for easy selection by simply tapping the desired bend. This feature, coupled with a start button that enables production from the selected bend, enhances operational flexibility and control.

Additionally, large icons (tiles) above the bend parameters offer quick access to modify frequently used values, ensuring that adjustments can be made with ease.

The repetition of a bend and any connected programs are clearly displayed, with a connected program conveniently indicated in the last position of the bend selector.

Detailed parameter Settings

The DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode excels with its detailed parameter settings, allowing for precision and customization in each bending task. In Auto mode, operators can fine-tune a variety of parameters to achieve optimal results.

• Angle Corrections: Operators can adjust corrections for both sides of the machine (Y1 and Y2) to ensure accuracy. For instance, if a 90-degree programmed angle bends to 92 degrees, a correction of -2 is needed. These adjustments are saved for consistent accuracy in future operations.

• Y1 / Y2 Corrections: Essential for absolute programming or bottoming, these corrections are saved in the active program, ensuring precision in subsequent tasks.

• Auxiliary Axis Corrections: Activated by bend allowance, these corrections based on the X-axes improve bend accuracy and streamline workflows.

• General Corrections: Universal parameters like thickness, angle, and X-axis adjustments apply to every bend in a program, accommodating material and machine variances and ensuring uniform output quality.

• Specialized Corrections: The system supports deflection and part support axes (PST) corrections, crucial for precision in complex tasks.

• Stock and Repetition Parameters: Operators can efficiently manage the stock counter and set repetition steps to optimize workflow.

• Step Mode Option: Unlike continuous Auto mode, Step mode pauses after each bend cycle, allowing for careful assessment and adjustment.

Overall, the DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode’s parameter settings provide unparalleled control and adaptability, ensuring precise outcomes tailored to each project’s requirements.

Intuitive View Modes for Seamless Operation

The View modes are designed with an intuitive layout, enabling users to quickly access various functions without getting bogged down by complex options. Operators can smoothly transition between different view modes and settings, streamlining the execution of precise bending operations with minimal preparation time.

When selecting auto mode for the first time, the main screen will appear. On the right side of the screen the available view modes can be selected. Following modes are available:

The appropriate view can be switched from and to, not changing the bend data. The Start will not jump to Stop while switching view modes.

Main View Mode: Displays numerical data for bending operations along with correction options. Users can program corrections directly and choose between graphical and numerical views, where zoom, pan, and rotate functions are available to inspect the bend position. The tool view automatically focuses on the tools being used, indicating the correct tool station during the process.

The bend selector at the top of the screen lets users navigate through bends. Tapping a bend selects the desired bend data, while a turn indicator displays green, yellow, or red to show the compliance level with the bend sequence.

All Bends View: Provides a tabulated display of all bend data, either with or without the graphical pane. Users can review bend parameters organized row by row.

Graphical View Mode: Offers a full-screen graphical representation of the bending process, with options to switch to a 3D view for detailed visualization.

Users can also adjust view angles and zoom levels, and access photo views at specific steps.

Macro View Mode: Displays large axes values, useful for users working remotely from the control panel. Both target and actual positions of all axes can be monitored.

Manual Positioning View: Features large displays of axes values, allowing users to control and adjust positions using a hand wheel. The teach indicator:

When the teach indicator arrow is pressed, standing in between actual value and programmed value, the value is taught to the program step.

An optional external hand terminal enhances manual positioning by enabling remote control of the hand wheel, allowing operators to select and teach axes and bend positions to the program.

Corrections View Mode: Lists all corrections for every bend, allowing users to browse and adjust as needed. If a correction for α1 is entered then this value is, dependent on the settings parameter ‘Angle correction programming’, copied to the correction for α2, or keeping the delta between both corrections, or not influencing the correction for α2. Different corrections for α2 can be entered in the field itself.

The “Stored correction” column is available when the Angle correction database is active, displaying correction values for each bend. A blank entry means no correction value is present in the database. New corrections are automatically added to the database. Markers ‘>’ indicate bends with the same value. “All From Stored” updates all bends in the program to match the database.

“Bend Allowance” allows users to add entries to the allowance table. Users only need to enter corrections for active bends, which are calculated from the difference between programmed and measured values. To enable this, go to Settings mode.

“Calculate corrections” lets users derive corrections from measured angle values in a separate window. The programmed angle is shown at the top, with calculated corrections below. Users can accept these to transfer them to the main corrections screen.

If only one measured angle is entered, it is applied uniformly unless specific left, right, or middle values are provided. The middle value, if applicable, results in an absolute crowning correction. An optional protractor can directly input measured values into the correction field or the “calculate corrections” window. After measurement, corrections are transferred to the main corrections screen. Direct entries to the correction field update only after a new bend cycle.

Axes corrections can be edited on the main screen, and a special view mode is available for multiple axes corrections.

Tool Setup View: Displays the required tool configuration for selected products, checking tool properties and positions without permitting changes.

For modifications, users must switch to the Tool Setup menu outside Auto mode.

Diagnostics View Mode: Primarily for service purposes, it monitors the activities of independent axes and the I/O status of the control system, offering diagnostic insights during bending processes.

This functionality is vital for both seasoned professionals and newcomers, ensuring that everyone can work efficiently without facing a steep learning curve.

Additional Functions for Enhancing Precision and Productivity

Notes

The additional features in the DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode significantly enhance the efficiency and precision of the bending process. The ability to add detailed notes and documents ensures that operators have all necessary information at their fingertips, promoting accuracy.

These notes can be general or specific to certain bends, and they can include PDF documents for additional reference. The presence of a notes indicator signals that notes have been added, and tapping the indicator reveals them.

Bumping/chaining correction

The DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode further supports bumping/chaining corrections, where general corrections for a bumping/chaining bend can be input. With Bumping Corr. or Chaining Corr. a new window appears in which the correction can be entered.

When a general angle correction is modified, all associated individual corrections are automatically recalculated, and vice versa.

Bumping/chaining corrections can be set independently for both sides, α1 and α2. Entering a correction for α1 may, depending on the ‘Angle correction programming’ settings, either copy this value to α2, maintain the delta between the corrections for α1 and α2, or leave α2 unaffected. Any changes to α1’s correction trigger a recalculation of α2’s individual corrections. To adjust α2’s values directly, use the bumping/chaining correction for α2 or adjust its individual corrections.

Test Bend mode

When activated, the axes remain in retract position after the first bend cycle, and the part support, if enabled, stays at its angle. After completing the Test Bend, the Y-axis stops at UDP, allowing for angle measurement and corrections before re-bending. The part support resumes following once the Y-axis passes its designated position.

Shop floor control, Job List function

Lastly, the Shop Floor Control with Job List function streamlines production management, offering operators the capacity to oversee multiple batches, update counts, and track progress seamlessly.

Jobs can be viewed and managed by tapping on this Job indicator.

In the DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode, when a different batch of products needs to be produced from the active job list, the function key Activate Product allows the system to switch to the selected product.

When producing parts, operators can update the number of trashed products to report the required amount of unfolded products, with automatic adjustments to the produced count, which can also be manually overridden. In DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode, both operators and job managers can add comments in the comment field.

Job status indication:

• New: no products of this batch have been produced yet;
• Incomplete: the desired number of products of this batch has not been produced yet;
• In progress: this batch of products is currently loaded on the machine and in production;
• Finished: this batch of products has been confirmed as finished.

The job remains active until another product or job is selected in Products mode. When a new product is loaded, the job will be inactivated and must be selected and started again if required.

In the DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode, these features enable smoother operations and contribute to increased productivity and accuracy on the shop floor. The DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode ensures operators can manage tasks efficiently, ultimately enhancing the overall performance on the shop floor.

Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

Conclusion

The DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode stands out for its user-friendly features, primarily due to its intuitive interface design which simplifies operations significantly. Additionally, the mode offers several functions that enhance precision and productivity on the shop floor, ensuring smoother and more efficient processes.

For further information or specific inquiries about the DELEM DA-69S Automatic Mode, feel free to contact our team. We are here to provide detailed support and guidance. Additionally, consider exploring our other resources or documents for more insights into optimizing your operations.