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octavecircle · octavecircle

Hello all, I use a not even a 1 year old Mach3 with hyperjet and dynamic head Every once in awhile my set home for a run changes while in the middle of cutting an ORD file. Causes and cures? software? file? controller? ???? banging my head and pissing off my boss with waisted material and time gets expens...

P Dosi · P Dosi

I was wondering if I can import a PDF file into flow path or do I have to convert it to a dxf? If the conversion is necessary does anyone have any tips on how to do it or what software to use to do it.

J Arguello · J Arguello

I am having trouble with a dxf file of mine. When I open it up in FlowPath it doesn't recognize the text as lines. I have exploded the file in AutoCAD and have noticed that all the curved lines are different entities (not lines). How can I get these to read in FlowPath? I have attached the file so please...

Realrockdesign · Realrockdesign

So I was cutting a circular grate out of 1" steel, about 20" across with a total of 64 arced slots with round ends. I drew this by drawing a pie shaped segment with the 4 slots decreasing in size towards the center, and then copy/paste/rotate 16 times till I had a complete circle. I zoomed to the...

fakruddin · fakruddin

We have Microstep water-jet Cutting machines . In order to give the quotation i need to calculate the total length of lines . We used to use an external CNC Router CAM CADD Software which can be installed in any Microsoft Xp Supported PC . But now that Software is not supported by Windows 8. I cannot use m...

megadyne1 · megadyne1

I have a Flow Bengal 2x4 with yaksawa drives that I am trying to upgrade to flowmaster 5.1 . We are having trouble finding the right system file with the correct card ini file. Flow tech support is working on this as well but they are having trouble finding the right file as well. If anyone can help me with t...

fablab · fablab

I purchased a used Bengal flow waterjet for my students to use , set up , can run in manual (pump on , high pressure) can cut in manual jog , there are lots of parts in the system from previous owner, just can't figure out how to get it to cut a part , I run cnc plasma cam , fadal cnc machine center, it preview cu...

ClevelandJET · ClevelandJET

About how long does a nozzle last for while cutting threw 2.125 material?

rati · rati

Hello evereybody. Please help me out in this crisis. I took the order for the following gasket. When i quoted i didn't pay attantion to the small details. Now i'm stock. I tried 100 different ways to program this drawing.

J Arguello · J Arguello

I am having trouble getting text in a file of mine to read as a path. I am not sure what version of FlowPath the metal fabrication warehouse is using but I have posted my file with this thread. If anyone has any idea please let respond. I will repost soon with the exact software version soon. Thanks! P....

rati · rati

Hello evereybody. Please help me out in this crisis. I took the order for the following gasket. When i quoted i didn't pay attantion to the small details. Now i'm stock. I tried 100 different ways to program this drawing.

bmf · bmf

I am cutting a round tank bottom that is going to be cut in two halfs. The weld procedure calls out a specific bevil of 37 degres with a 1/16 landing on the bottom. how would i draw this using flow expert design software?

WaterSquirter · WaterSquirter

Hi All, I am wondering if there is a way to select certain cut entities and toggle off the Dynamic Compensation. I am creating groups of parts within FlowDesign and FlowXpertSequencer. Basically all of the 'pathing' per se is done there. So, when I bring the part into FlowCut, the pathing is already do...

WaterSquirter · WaterSquirter

We're running Flow Xpert 7 and having some issues with pathing of interior corners. It is overshooting some corners and then pathing back over itself kind of like the tail on the little closed-line fish. It only does this on accute angle inside corners but not all of them and with no rhyme or reason. The...

ndcleveland · ndcleveland

I am an instructor at a technical college. One of my students shut our control of while it was booting up and corrupted the system files. After contacting flow I was able to re-image the hard drive and get the control to function again. The issue now is that the drive image they sent is for a waterjet pro 13...

sailwa66 · sailwa66

We regularly cut 3 dimensional formed parts on our IFB, using a customer-provided DXF file. Problem is, Flowpath doesn't import 3D arcs, any ellipses, or any splines, and that's about all these DXF files contain. We have to basically trace over all of the geometry using line segments before impor...

randyl72 · randyl72

At my work place I am using a FLOW water jet. It's not the new version, it's pretty old. Maybe around 1998? I also have an Allen Bradley Control Box, not sure what type, that helps me to download the programs so that my waterjet can cut the parts. Recently, someone took the next shift on y machine and presse...

TxFj85 · TxFj85

I need to cut parts out of a plate of 1 5/8 inch mild steel. I have never attempted to cut anything this thick, and was looking for information on the appropriate dwell time for something of this thickness. At no point will I be able to start "off the part" and lead into the part. I must pierce...

Meff · Meff

I've been given the task of trying to etch or scribe. I'm interested in trying to find out how others set-up their machines to do this.. Water only or do I add just a little bit of garnet, scribe speed, low pressure psi setting, font style, etc.. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. The material I wi...

idanhum · idanhum

Hello, Normally we cutting at 2700 bar, Quartz and Granite, marble and sintetik stone. If there is very hard material, does it recommend to increase the psi? by 20%? (the limit is 4200 bar) Thank!

cmngnscrwd · cmngnscrwd

When cutting circles that are over three inches thick, I've found that angular lead-in's and lead out's seem to work better than the radius ones that we commonly use on thinner material. I approach the material head on to lead in, (imagine cutting a capital "G" backwards) and leave at a 4...

cmngnscrwd · cmngnscrwd

In Flowpath, when I have a bunch of different sized entities- If I use the Autopath button to make it path everything by itself, it comes out all messed-up. Is there a way to indicate to the software, what should be a lead-in, and what should be a lead-out? I tried making all the lead-ins longer than th...

cmngnscrwd · cmngnscrwd

OK, here's an obscure one: It seems in FlowCut, any circle has as least two nodes directly opposite each other, so it's two identical arcs placed tip to tip. I assume there's a good reason for this. On our machine, we were cutting a circle out of six inch stainless, with the lead-in/lead-out in the one o...

TFabian · TFabian

If anyone has any NFL dxf files, could they please post them to the DXF Exchange or "Designs" area. Thanks!

cmngnscrwd · cmngnscrwd

In Flowcut, when cutting, I notice that at the bottom left corner of the screen, machine codes are displayed that show what the machine is doing, in real time. Codes like DWEL, CIR, LIN, etc with numbers and colons and commas and whatnot. Is there a way to access that the compiled machine code for a part...

Waterjetsunlimited · Waterjetsunlimited

Over the years, and versions of Flowmaster, I have never been able to import an ellipse from an autoCAD file. An ellipse truly drawn as an ellipse in AutoCAD can not be exploded, so it does not import properly. Other than tracing the ellipse with arcs, which is what we currently do, is there a way to imp...

Frazz · Frazz

I believe FM6 may have a few bugs, is any one aware of them. and also how do you stretch a drawing FM6??? Thanks

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Machine Home magically changes during cutting. 0.0 (Preview) Hello all, I use a not even a 1 year old Mach3 with hyperjet and dynamic head Every once in awhile my set home for a run changes while in the middle of cutting an ORD file. Causes and cures? software? file? controller? ???? banging my head and pissing off my boss with waisted material and time gets expens...	octavecircle	1	11226	Nov 7, 2016 by prpacheco
	Can I import a PDF into flow path? (Preview) I was wondering if I can import a PDF file into flow path or do I have to convert it to a dxf? If the conversion is necessary does anyone have any tips on how to do it or what software to use to do it.	P Dosi	1	8653	Jun 26, 2016 by yh75847584
	Text in dxf not reading in software (Preview) I am having trouble with a dxf file of mine. When I open it up in FlowPath it doesn't recognize the text as lines. I have exploded the file in AutoCAD and have noticed that all the curved lines are different entities (not lines). How can I get these to read in FlowPath? I have attached the file so please...	J Arguello	3	8548	Sep 3, 2015 by Walt45806
	Anyone ever experienced "crop circles"? (Preview) So I was cutting a circular grate out of 1" steel, about 20" across with a total of 64 arced slots with round ends. I drew this by drawing a pie shaped segment with the 4 slots decreasing in size towards the center, and then copy/paste/rotate 16 times till I had a complete circle. I zoomed to the...	Realrockdesign	5	9819	Nov 3, 2014 by TAD
	How to calculate the Total length of lines in a Design ? (Preview) We have Microstep water-jet Cutting machines . In order to give the quotation i need to calculate the total length of lines . We used to use an external CNC Router CAM CADD Software which can be installed in any Microsoft Xp Supported PC . But now that Software is not supported by Windows 8. I cannot use m...	fakruddin	0	8645	Apr 29, 2014 by fakruddin
	Flow Bengal programming issue. (Preview) I have a Flow Bengal 2x4 with yaksawa drives that I am trying to upgrade to flowmaster 5.1 . We are having trouble finding the right system file with the correct card ini file. Flow tech support is working on this as well but they are having trouble finding the right file as well. If anyone can help me with t...	megadyne1	0	7520	Mar 18, 2014 by megadyne1
	flow waterjet start up help needed (Preview) I purchased a used Bengal flow waterjet for my students to use , set up , can run in manual (pump on , high pressure) can cut in manual jog , there are lots of parts in the system from previous owner, just can't figure out how to get it to cut a part , I run cnc plasma cam , fadal cnc machine center, it preview cu...	fablab	1	8568	Aug 16, 2013 by Vogel University
	AccuStream Nozzle .315X.030X4.0 CUTTING THREW 2.125 STEAL 4140 (Preview) About how long does a nozzle last for while cutting threw 2.125 material?	ClevelandJET	1	7889	Jul 2, 2013 by ClevelandJET
	Please help, programing this blue print. (Preview) Hello evereybody. Please help me out in this crisis. I took the order for the following gasket. When i quoted i didn't pay attantion to the small details. Now i'm stock. I tried 100 different ways to program this drawing.	rati	2	7492	May 21, 2013 by Maxxheadroom
	Text not reading as line in software (Preview) I am having trouble getting text in a file of mine to read as a path. I am not sure what version of FlowPath the metal fabrication warehouse is using but I have posted my file with this thread. If anyone has any idea please let respond. I will repost soon with the exact software version soon. Thanks! P....	J Arguello	1	7887	May 8, 2013 by OPTION WATERBOY
	Please help, programing this blue print. (Preview) Hello evereybody. Please help me out in this crisis. I took the order for the following gasket. When i quoted i didn't pay attantion to the small details. Now i'm stock. I tried 100 different ways to program this drawing.	rati	0	7143	Apr 4, 2013 by rati
	How to create a bevel with a 1/16 landing (Preview) I am cutting a round tank bottom that is going to be cut in two halfs. The weld procedure calls out a specific bevil of 37 degres with a 1/16 landing on the bottom. how would i draw this using flow expert design software?	bmf	0	7422	Jan 16, 2013 by bmf
	Turn off Dynamic Compensation for common cuts.. (Preview) Hi All, I am wondering if there is a way to select certain cut entities and toggle off the Dynamic Compensation. I am creating groups of parts within FlowDesign and FlowXpertSequencer. Basically all of the 'pathing' per se is done there. So, when I bring the part into FlowCut, the pathing is already do...	WaterSquirter	0	7422	Nov 19, 2012 by WaterSquirter
	Flowpath overshooting interior corners... (Preview) We're running Flow Xpert 7 and having some issues with pathing of interior corners. It is overshooting some corners and then pathing back over itself kind of like the tail on the little closed-line fish. It only does this on accute angle inside corners but not all of them and with no rhyme or reason. The...	WaterSquirter	4	10916	Oct 10, 2012 by WaterSquirter
	Need help with waterjet pro 1313 (Preview) I am an instructor at a technical college. One of my students shut our control of while it was booting up and corrupted the system files. After contacting flow I was able to re-image the hard drive and get the control to function again. The issue now is that the drive image they sent is for a waterjet pro 13...	ndcleveland	0	7722	Oct 5, 2012 by ndcleveland
	3D arcs, ellipses, and splines do not import into Flowpath (Preview) We regularly cut 3 dimensional formed parts on our IFB, using a customer-provided DXF file. Problem is, Flowpath doesn't import 3D arcs, any ellipses, or any splines, and that's about all these DXF files contain. We have to basically trace over all of the geometry using line segments before impor...	sailwa66	6	12966	Aug 11, 2012 by LabradorBob
	Control box problems? (Preview) At my work place I am using a FLOW water jet. It's not the new version, it's pretty old. Maybe around 1998? I also have an Allen Bradley Control Box, not sure what type, that helps me to download the programs so that my waterjet can cut the parts. Recently, someone took the next shift on y machine and presse...	randyl72	0	7335	Jun 23, 2012 by randyl72
	Appropriate dwell time. (Preview) I need to cut parts out of a plate of 1 5/8 inch mild steel. I have never attempted to cut anything this thick, and was looking for information on the appropriate dwell time for something of this thickness. At no point will I be able to start "off the part" and lead into the part. I must pierce...	TxFj85	2	7753	May 8, 2012 by TxFj85
	Etching (Preview) I've been given the task of trying to etch or scribe. I'm interested in trying to find out how others set-up their machines to do this.. Water only or do I add just a little bit of garnet, scribe speed, low pressure psi setting, font style, etc.. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. The material I wi...	Meff	1	8740	Feb 16, 2012 by TFabian
	raising psi-bar (Preview) Hello, Normally we cutting at 2700 bar, Quartz and Granite, marble and sintetik stone. If there is very hard material, does it recommend to increase the psi? by 20%? (the limit is 4200 bar) Thank!	idanhum	0	7190	Dec 17, 2011 by idanhum
	Thick material (Preview) When cutting circles that are over three inches thick, I've found that angular lead-in's and lead out's seem to work better than the radius ones that we commonly use on thinner material. I approach the material head on to lead in, (imagine cutting a capital "G" backwards) and leave at a 4...	cmngnscrwd	4	11395	May 27, 2010 by engunneer
	Pathing (Preview) In Flowpath, when I have a bunch of different sized entities- If I use the Autopath button to make it path everything by itself, it comes out all messed-up. Is there a way to indicate to the software, what should be a lead-in, and what should be a lead-out? I tried making all the lead-ins longer than th...	cmngnscrwd	8	9968	Mar 29, 2010 by cmngnscrwd
	Speeds, etc. (Preview) OK, here's an obscure one: It seems in FlowCut, any circle has as least two nodes directly opposite each other, so it's two identical arcs placed tip to tip. I assume there's a good reason for this. On our machine, we were cutting a circle out of six inch stainless, with the lead-in/lead-out in the one o...	cmngnscrwd	3	8642	Feb 23, 2010 by Barney
	NFL DXF files? (Preview) If anyone has any NFL dxf files, could they please post them to the DXF Exchange or "Designs" area. Thanks!	TFabian	3	12154	Jan 11, 2010 by waterjetgroup
	Machine Code (Preview) In Flowcut, when cutting, I notice that at the bottom left corner of the screen, machine codes are displayed that show what the machine is doing, in real time. Codes like DWEL, CIR, LIN, etc with numbers and colons and commas and whatnot. Is there a way to access that the compiled machine code for a part...	cmngnscrwd	3	9494	Jan 8, 2010 by Applications Lab 1
	Ellipse issues (Preview) Over the years, and versions of Flowmaster, I have never been able to import an ellipse from an autoCAD file. An ellipse truly drawn as an ellipse in AutoCAD can not be exploded, so it does not import properly. Other than tracing the ellipse with arcs, which is what we currently do, is there a way to imp...	Waterjetsunlimited	2	8396	Jan 8, 2010 by Topend1
	Bugs in flowmaster!! (Preview) I believe FM6 may have a few bugs, is any one aware of them. and also how do you stretch a drawing FM6??? Thanks	Frazz	4	10283	Oct 24, 2009 by waterjetphilippines
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