Requires Primecut 4.135.33 or later
Primecut can be configured to automatically apply Q-Hole macros for Kjellberg plasma systems on Touchcut Controllers.
The Q-Hole macro will look like
T2(<Q-Hole macro processname>)
G0X...Y... (Rapid to hole center)
M37D<diameter> (or M37DIA<diameter>)
Q-Hole is designed to work on a subset range of diameters for each thickness. It will not work on holes of diameter outside of the range.
To set this up:
•CRITICAL: In the postprocessor ensure that Omit Rapid Prefix is set to false on Rapids. Otherwise the NC preview will appear shifted and Touchcut will raise errors "Can not omit command prefix on command 'M37'"
Important postprocessor setting!
Touchcut7 Error if the G0 prefix on the rapid between M37 macros is not present
•Configure the processID Threshold lookup type to be HoleDiameter and optionally modify the names of ProcCode1 and 2. ProcCode 2 only needs to be used if we are using a non-standard macro format, otherwise it will default to M37%s, where the diameter word will be substituted for %s.
•Now configure the process data for each thickness. In this example we are considering 10mm Steel (3/8" will be similar). We use two selective processes in addition to the default to create a "window" for Q-Hole to operate in:
•Looking at the Q-Hole line in more detail, you need to set the ProcessType to QHoleMacro and set the process to a Q-Hole process. You can optionally change the color and set Start Time to approximately account for slower processing speeds of Q-Hole for time estimation and quoting accuracy. Note: Primecut cannot precisely calculate actual Q-Hole processing times. It is also important that Leadout size is 0.
•When a part with holes is processed Primecut will now detect holes and show them schematically as a "Q":
Holes 4 and 5 are processed automatically using Q-Hole via process data lookup. Other holes are cut normally.