Thermal metal cutting CNC controller
HYPERTHERM, represented by Westgate Hi-Tech Machinery , has introduced the Voyager II CNC controller for thermal metal cutting, that replaces all earlier versions of Voyager products and offers users increased performance and enhanced flexibility.
The Voyager II CNC controller.
The new six-axis Voyager II features a 15-inch touch screen display and 2.4GHz Intel processor utilising Hypertherm Automation CNC Software Version 6.0. The screen incorporates patented IntelliTouch Surface Wave technology for drift-free touch accuracy and screen clarity.
Voyager II comes standard with a unique machine interface that converts SERCOS (Serial Real Time Communication) fibre optic communication to a traditional analogue interface for motion commands and input/output (I/O).
This SERCOS/analogue technology allows increased system flexibility by offering three different styles of machine interface: a traditional enclosure-mounted analogue, a standard SERCOS communication ring, and a remote-mounted SERCOS-to-analogue conversion card.
The SERCOS machine interface was first offered by Hypertherm with the Mariner CNC controller and allows expansion of up to 12 axes of motion and more than 1000 I/O signals. SERCOS is available on all Hypertherm CNC hardware.
15-Nov-2005