ESAB Vision T5 (Anc55) CAD/CAM Post and Questions

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lkristof
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ESAB Vision T5 (Anc55) CAD/CAM Post and Questions

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Good day, everyone!

This is my first post here. We have an ESAB plasma cutter (iSeries 400A machine), with a Vision T5 (Anc55) control system, and I recently began using Autodesk Inventor to do my nesting, and I'm actively looking for a CAM/Nesting software alternative for ESAB's Columbus as it just doesn't work for our workflow.

My main issue right now is that I can't find a postprocessor for this NC anywhere. Does anyone have any information on this controller?
I've tried reverse engineering the code and writing converters between ESSI and G-code but right now it's a bodge and I'm pretty much thinking about scrapping the whole project.

Any help finding a postprocessor, or any tips, tricks and workflow advice, and software recommendations are welcome. Basically any information that could be helpful in finding a way to do the nesting and export the program directly without having to use the machine's built in DXF-parser.

Thank you in advance and best regards!
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Post by djreiswig »

Maybe try contacting Les at sheetcam. He may have a post processor for that system, of could tell you if it is possible to create one.
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Re: ESAB Vision T5 (Anc55) CAD/CAM Post and Questions

Post by Phill7even »

Do you have any G code files already saved on the ANC55. If you do then I don't see why reverse engineering would fail. In case you decide scrapping it then I might have a client that might be interested in buying the ANC55 control system.
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