OBELISK

Obelisk: the offline simulation tool for robotic bending

Obelisk is an offline simulation environment for robotized press-brakes programming.

Starting form the drawing, Obelisk allows a complete simulation of the automated bending process giving the final robot program.

The use of this offline tool:

• increases bend cells efficency, minimizing programming and set-up times
• reduced material waste and cycle inefficiency by simulation and evaluation of the best robotized bending solution

We use Obelisk both for robot bend cell programming and feasibility studies of components to be bent by robot:

• checking if positions are reachable
• collision checking
• trajectory calculations
• checking if the gripper is suitable for the whole working cycle
• new gripper simulation
• checking loading/unloading maximum capacity (q.ty, time)