Subject: Example Code Manual
Product: MP2000iec
Doc#: EM.MCD.09.095
Title: Example Code Manual for Linear Flying Shear on MP2300Siec Sigma-5 Demo using camming
July 13, 2009
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Application Explanation
The sample code explained in this manual simulates the linear flying shear application as shown in Figure 1
below. The conveyor is the master. The ball screw unit is the slave that cams to the master axis based on a
registration mark. The cutting axis shown in the figure has not been incorporated into the sample code.
Figure 1: Linear Flying shear unit
The relation between the master and slave is given by the following profile (figure 2).
Figure 2: Stages of slave cam profile
