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well I'm 6'4 and around 250ish pounds... I LOVE bridge hammocks. The WBRR is a fantastic hammock, and I highly recommend you check them out. If you'reBic Today, 12:22
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Parasol Tree?
Someone in N.O. recently gave me a tree they
called a parasol tree. Does anyone have any info.
on this plant. Shade/sun.. how big ..how long to
get how big. Does it flower? Self seed?
Any input appreciated, I need to get it inground
before it gets cold.
Oh, while I am here Alocasia (in the elephant ear family)
I just got one and need to know sun or shade.
Thanks again.
Go to Gardenweb home page... in the search box, type
Firmiana simplex Chinese parasoltree; chinese parasol tree
There are pictures there and definitions.
I live in Olive Branch (extreme NW corner of MS). I have them. They grow relatively quickly. I have one that is three years old and it is about 10' tall. It had flowers and seeds this year, for the first time. The roots grow very deeply, so if you ever have to transplant one, do it before it's very old (like in it's first year of growth).
It does self-seed, and you can plant it in full sun.
Good luck!!
About the Alocasia--there's lots of 'em. Some prefer sun and some want at least some shade. Some are large and some can be dainty little edgers. Some are more hardy than others. You can go to the Aroid forum here on GW and check pictures, and there's lots of information there about hardiness and sun/shade, and about places to go to find pictures to help identify yours. You might want to put 'alocasia' in the search at that site to get out of going through a lot of not so relevant material, but watch out! At least to me it's fascinating, and I've learned more in the last year and a half from that site that I had learned in I guess twenty years or more before that of being pretty interested, and even buying a book just about aroids.


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Can I complain for a minute or two?
The kids were informed from step mom that they are not getting anything from their father for Christmas because they already have a mother that buys them everything they want.
REALLY? I ask my kids every year for a list of things they would like and I try my best to get them a few of those things but they are not spoiled. I don�t overspend on Christmas and they are very gracious for the things they receive. Stepmom says it wouldn�t be fair to her son if my kids receive gifts from bio dad because my kids already get things at home. (Bio dad is not the father to her son). Last year my daughter took a picture of bio dad & stepmoms Christmas tree and there were TOWERS of gifts stacked around the tree all for step moms son. Imagine how a child feels to be in their own fathers home and to be left out like this.
Honestly, I think it all comes down to the money. Bio dad is not allowed to spend a DIME on his kids. NOTHING. His child support is automatically deducted and sent to me and she thinks that is enough. He can�t buy birthday gifts, Christmas, clothes, shoes, HELL I�m surprised that they feed the kids when they are with him!
The funny thing is I only ask him to pay HALF of SOME of the extra things that come up sometimes. It might be a school trip or a special course/class or sports fees. Guess what? Most of the time He DOESN�T pay. Not to mention that he�s supposed to provide medical insurance and he doesn�t do that. I have to so most of his child support is going towards that!
I guess since she sees that I have a nice home, we drive nice cars, take trips, etc that she thinks that bio dad is already contributing too much money but fails to see that DH & I go to work EVERYDAY to have these things. And guess what, we would still have these things even if I didn�t get a DIME from bio dad because we have JOBS. I�m also careful about how I spend our money.
I�m just sick of it all really. He confided in me that he fights with his wife about this issue a lot yet, he�s not doing anything to change it. My kids don�t even want to spend EOW weekend at their house. If I don�t send them over there, she WINS! That�s what she wants anyways so she might as well SAY IT!
Sorry for the long rant but I have been fuming thinking about this and needed to get it out.
I feel ya! My 17 year old son hasn't gotten anything from his dad for holidays, birthdays, anything for years now. I also see pictures of her kids and grandkids with mounds of gifts. This year he moved to Florida so he can't even send a ticket to have my son come for a visit.
I also have an issue though that my step son goes to his mothers and comes home with seriously extravagant gifts. She's a disney mom so this is ALL she does. She doesn't (we are custodial) pay for anything else, just $56 in support a week. Like this year she's getting him a northface jacket and an ipad. Must be nice!! Since I'm paying for the rest of his life, I can't afford to get my kids these things and spend that much on him. He's not going to be there with us for Christmas so I'd like to go ahead and get my kids the ipad and still get him gifts (nice gifts just not ipad price)..... I just don't think it's fair that he's coming home with these things and going to school flaunting that he has them and his brothers don't get to. I'm all for equal but sometimes I just want to spend a little more for my boys whose fathers' don't spend a dime on them at Christmas... being that I'm their everything.


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Thoughts on the riser/backsplash on a pro-style range (like Wolf)
Hi! Ready to buy a 36" Wolf All Gas range. It will go on a wall that has exposed brick, with a big ole stainless steel hood (Kobe RA-02) above it. There is no backsplash (exposed brick is impossible to clean, literally). Trying to decide between the 10" riser, the 20" with shelf, and just getting a full panel of stainless steel to go from the range to the hood. Considering stainless counters, though, so the latter option seems like a bit too much steel, I'm afraid. And I worry that the 20" with a shelf will interfere with the hood. If anyone has pics of theirs (and of the three!), I would really appreciate seeing them! I promise to post pics when I'm done!
the stainless steel backsplash looks fine
see 2nd photo from link to wolf's website
Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.wolfappliance.com/DualFuelRanges/DF48DualFuelRange
I just ordered the 36" Wolf rangetop with 20" riser with shelf and the Wolf pro wall hood. The wall hood is going to be 30" above the rangetop. After reading your post I was worried that the shelf would be too high for the vent, but here's a pic from the Wolf website.
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I think there is enough room. I plan to put some decorative conntainers up there for easy access to salt and oil. I think that it would look really nice against the brick backsplash and not too much stainless if you have stainless counters. I think the 10" riser may not offer enough protection for the brick while cooking. Just my thoughts. I'm curious to see what others think.
I'm only thinking it might be too much stainless if I do decide on stainless countertops. Actually, we are waiting for a sample of an "antique matte" stainless; don't know how that would look with all the other stainless in the kitchen.
As for the hood issue, I just don't see how a nine inch shelf could NOT interfere with the suction of the hood... I think I read too much in all the threads about what makes for the most efficient hood!
On the flip side, I just saw a 10" riser on ebay for $75 bucks. Don't know how much the 20" is, but maybe I should just try it, and if it doesn't work out, then I could go for one of the other options...
We have stainless behind our range, with stainless clad cabinets flanking it (to balance out the hood & flanking cooktops), stainless countertops, and stainless hoods:
To offset the stainless, we wood panelled some appliances, chose granite for the island, onyx tile for the backsplash, and stone over the upper cabinets. The range has "island trim" rather than a riser.
Is Wolf one of the ranges that the oven actually vents through their backsplash? (It's hollow, IIRC) If so, you would need the "island trim" if using a plain, flat, stainless generic panel. Which is what you'd have to do if you were bringing a pot filler through it; not that you are...
What is island trim?
gizmonike your kitchen is beautiful, very sleek.
carriage - My Wolf 20" riser wih shelf is about $500. Maybe give the $75 one a try, but it would bother me if all my stainless items didn't match...but I'm a matchy, match type person.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Brands have figured out how to get Super Bowl buzz without paying Super Bowl bucks.
Some of the companies that had the most success during the game were not official sponsors.
Newcastle beer created a hit online campaign spoofing the self-importance of Super Bowl ads. J.C. Penney generated attention on Twitter by posting nonsensical tweets during the game. And Esurance grabbed the spotlight by offering to give away $1.5 million in an ad that aired just after the game ended.
It's the latest proof that companies don't need to pay $4 million to capture the 111.5 million Super Bowl watchers. It's mostly the result of the growing popularity of social media to reach a large number of people who are watching the game on a big screen TV with another eye on their cellphone or tablet computer.
Advertisers really started realizing the power of social media last year after Oreo seized the opportunity when the Super Bowl game was interrupted by a 34-minute power outage. The cookie maker posted a pic of an Oreo that was partially in the dark and tweeted "You can still dunk in the dark." It was retweeted and mentioned on Facebook thousands of times.
"There's an opportunity created by social media for people to have conversation with the Super Bowl-watching consumer ... without having to pay the $4 million," said Kelly O'Keefe, professor of brand strategy at the Virginia Commonwealth University Brandcenter.
Newcastle created a pseudo "Behind the Scenes" video starring "Up in the Air" actress Anna Kendrick, riffing on being asked to star in a Super Bowl ad — the words 'Super Bowl' are bleeped out — by Newcastle. Then, the company backed out of the deal.
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Newspaper mulching Organic practice?
Is newspaper an organic method and safe to mulch a vegetable garden? Please comment
Thank you. -Some of the "organic fellow gardeners" claim newspapers soy based ink is not from organic sources GMO? perhaps, and so they have discouraged some of the others fellow gardenrs to not mulch with newspapers. I myself still practice newspapers and salt marsh, and have for the last 10 -12 years... Again comments and feedbacks are welcome... What level of organic is this practice?
And what is consider extreme organic or Organic period?
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Garotina, you're right to wonder about the safety of the inks in newspapers. I often hear that it is safe for composting, etc because newspapers use soy-based inks. However I can't find anything to substantiate this, only claims made on forums like this.
Often, incorrect information becomes accepted as fact because of constant repeating. I'd like to see something definitive to put my mind at ease.
Although the following is 5 years old and may have changed, the Ohio Division of Recycling says:
"As of 2000, only 25 percent of the nationÂs 50,000 commercial printers use soy ink. 90 percent of newspapers use soy ink for color printing, but not black because black soy ink is significantly more expensive."
Anyone have more current, factual info?
curmudge - citations I've seen say that over 95% of the newspapers printed in the US currently use soy inks - in addition, newspapers use colors primarily in adverts and some pictures, so I'd guess 3/4 of their ink needs are black - in addition soy inks require less material to obtain the same density of print, and save money in many ways so the slightly higher cost is offset, not to mention the fact that the US govt has mandated that printing for the govt should be w/ soy inks
Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute:
"Newsprint inks can contain a high vegetable oil content due to the absorbency of newspaper. Because the ink dries solely by absorption, it is possible to substitute all of the petroleum oil with vegetable oil, and 100% soy formulations are available. For color newsprinting, soy inks provide brighter colors, better color control, and less rub-off. Soy inks are less likely to build up on the plate, have less tendency to skin over, and greater stability. They permit greater latitude in inkwater balance, allowing more flexibility in press settings, and provide greater coverage per pound of ink. Although black soy-based ink can cost up to 30% more than conventional ink, the higher cost may be offset by greater coverage and reduced newsprint spoilage due to its smoother flow."
I'd bet that before long, only soy inks will be used for all litho printing as constant improvements and cost benefits are ongoing, and as large a portion of the "production" population is environmentally concerned as we are
as to the GMO thing:
- if all the printing ink used in the US were soy based, it would use something less than 2% of the soybean production
- the processing that the beans get to render their oil to ink so 'denatures' it that it's nearly indistinguishable from any other vegetable oil material
- the quantity of soy material on a sheet covered w/ printing is miniscule, especially in comparison to the volume of VOC's emitted into the world's atmosphere in the production and use of petro based inks
Carmen - newspaper mulching is organic period, haven't heard of any "levels" of organic practice - gardening involves petro-chemical additions to your soil and food or it doesn't
As with motor oil, which you could say is an 'organic' product, it's the additives that cause concern. I use newspapers only in paths, not around food crops, and even then feel qualms about it.
From the linked article, which says soy ink is overall much kinder to the environment than petroleum based inks:
"While there have been many claims of the ecological benefits to be gained, ink made with soybean oil contain waxes, pigments, and other additives. This makes it no easier to dispose of a soy oil-based Ink than a petro-based ink, printed or non-printed. This requires that the same considerations be taken for disposal in a landfill or incineration as petro-based inks would need."
Here is a link that might be useful: soy ink
Earlier this year I went to the web site of the largest local paper, looking for a phone number or email address where I could contact them to find out about their ink. Lo and behold, they had a big deal about how they only print with soy ink, black and colored. So I don't know what the additives are, but I have been told that for where I live the additives to the soy are less of a concern than the pollution in the air, so not to worry about it. (Due to being zone 5 and WI other gardenwebbers could tell I live in SE WI which is near a huge coal power plant and near Milwaukee, a fairly large city.) So the ink in the newspaper in my garden is really the least of my worries about being organic. I also use plain brown cardboard with very little printing on it.
Since well over 75 percent of the soybeans grown in the USA are gmo soybeans it is highly likely that the soya based inks are made from gmo sobeans. We have been eating gmo foods, without knowing it, for years. Organic purists will not use anything that might contaminate their soil even though pollutants from everywhere drift in on the wind. I find no problem with using newspaper, even knowing that the ink is made from gmo soybeans, because the little bit of contamination that is there is no more, in my estimation, than what comes in on the wind.
Thank you!
Indeed, I believe we all have made valid points. -Brwvo!
I will still continue to mulch with Newspapers, as I have. One of the newspapers that were called by organic gardeners here in MA, confirmed that Indeed, soy ink is used and that mulching was not clear to them to be recomended... Sounded as if it was their legal department talking! -However, I also practice vermicomposting, and I know for a fact that the worms in our bins are fed 85 - 95 organic veggie scraps and cofee with green tea grounds.. and so ,I can very well relate to have the level % of organic castings if you will :)! -Now I can only say or think that for those that feed vermicomposting bins non organic veggie scraps, that the end result is LESS organic than our end result? I think that this relates to the newspapers practice somewhat.
Comments are welcome :)!
Thank you All :)!
Use newspapers and corrugated cardboard as mulch for several years and have seen nor felt no problems. I agree with those who say it is far better than black plastic, etc. Certainly better than the free mulch I brought home from the county recycling center. Believe I also brought home a number of weeds heretofore unknown to my property.
Here is a link that might be useful: Rural Life 2.0
Hi All!
Long before I ever heard of the word organic I used newspapers to keep earthworms and other fishing worms alive. They seemed to have thrived in that moist medium.
Yes, they were also feed orange, apple, and banana peels, with some leaves thrown in for good measure. And they also seemed to relish coffee grounds.
It was so long ago I'll have to guess. Say maybe from about 1944-45 and beyond to the present day of 2005. Today they call it Vermicomposting.
Just as a side note if you don't mind we captured most of these worms after rainstorms in the glow that came from street lamps. I'll never forget the hit I made when I was able to afford buying a Carbide Lamp since flashlight batteries were a no-no even if you could afford one as I child, as I believe batteries were rationed.
I also loved the smell of liquid DDT that we sprayed from hand pumped canisters on something called Victory Gardens that was had by everyone in the neighborhood.
I think it's great that lead (as well as DDT) are no longer used in the papers "I use" for what I have been practicing for 60 years.
I also use sections of newspaper for lasagna gardening and in my 4X8 composter I hand shread newspaper and place in between leaves, hay and other yard waste, again a place where worms thrive.
Since this newspaper thread has come up as it occasionally does I'd like to send a post on something I've been doing for the past 5 or 6 years using newspaper and 5 gallon pails in a manner that I use for kitchen waste.
Out there somewhere there is a USDA site that says that the printers unions forced the removal of any harmful substances from newspapers printed in the USA. I feel this is a more likely scenario than any of the stale arguments about soy and petroleum and colors made from heavy metals.
I would use newspaper, myself.
I called our local paper to find out what type of ink they used. The colored pages are done with soy based ink and the black print is done with petroleum based ink. I really don't want to add petroleum to my soil. Our newspaper sells end roles of blank newspaper very cheap. That seems like a safer and fairly cheap way to mulch.


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FROM a public relations standpoint, the decision by Victoria's Secret to put its annual Manhattan fashion show on its new Internet site early this month was an unqualified master stroke. Three days after a high-profile Super Bowl commercial invited the world to tune in, the lingerie retailer offered up its parade of semiclothed seductresses, live on the Web. A record 750,000 users viewed the event the evening it occurred and millions more heard about it through media coverage.
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A method for cutting out work pieces which have similar contours on both sides of an axis of symmetry thereof comprising the steps of scanning the contour of the work piece for developing control signals corresponding to the shape of the work piece, delivering the control signals for driving a plurality of cutting torches placed on a carrier, displacing the carrier in the direction of the axis of symmetry of the work piece representing the y direction of coordinates, and displaying the cutting devices transversely to the axis of symmetry of the work piece representing the x direction of coordinates, said cutting devices being displaced on equal distance along the x direction but opposite in sense, whereby a pattern having a mirror image on both sides of the axis of symmetry can be cut simultaneously by the cutting torches.
1. A method for cutting out from a piece of predetermined material, a work piece imparting thereto a shape symmetrical about an axis of symmetry, using cutting devices operable to cut the material,
comprising the steps of:
a. mounting the material for axial movement relative to the cutting devices in a direction of the axis of symmetry;
b. mounting two said cutting devices for normally simultaneous perpendicular movements of equal magnitude, relative to, and perpendicular to said axis of symmetry and in directions toward and respectively away from each other;
c. activating said axial and perpendicular movements at the same time or, respectively, separately, as required by the desired shape of the work piece, whereby the sides of the work piece on each side of said axis of symmetry, are simultaneously cut with edges parallel and/or angular relative to said axis of symmetry.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein control signals operating said activating, said cutting by said cutting devices commences on a first edge perpendicular to said axis, said cutting devices comprising a pair of cutting devices normally sapced apart for a minimum distance, disengaging at least one cutting device from said normal mounting and thereafter displacing the other cutting device by said control signals to cut an initial line equal in length on both sides of said axis, the total length of said line corresponding to said minimum distance between said pair of cutting devices.
3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein after completing said initial line cutting with said first cutting device, said second cutting device is coupled with said first cutting device by means of a coupling means causing a reversing of the cutting direction of said first cutting device until the distance between the center axes of said cutting devices will correspond to the total length of said first edge.
4. The method as claimed in claim 3, after coupling said two cutting devices to said reversing arrangement, said first cutting device and said second cutting device are moved by means of said reversing arrangement in a mirror image fashion with respect to each other until they reach the region of a second edge, whereby during cutting lines running parallel to the axis of symmetry, said cutting devices remain stationary and said carrier is driven along the axial direction and during cutting pattern lines running other than parallel or perpendicular to the axis of symmetry, the carrier and the cutting devices are simultaneously displaced to follow said outline.
5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein when the cutting devices reach a region of said second edge intersecting the axis of symmetry said coupling between said cutting devices is released and the remaining line is cut by one of said cutting devices.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said cutting devices are a pair of autogenous plasma jets, laser cutting devices or cutting knives, and wherein said reversing arrangement is an endless belt, said first cutting device being clamped to one side of said endless belt and said control arrangement delivering said control signals to the drive of said endless belt and to said drive of said carrier means, and after completion of the initial cut by said first cutting device said second cutting device is clamped to the other side of said endless belt.
7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein said second cutting device before being clamped to said endless belt is run into a spacing boss provided on said first cutting device, said boss in its length corresponding to a scale defined by said control arrangement.
8. An apparatus for cutting out work pieces from a piece of predetermined material, imparting thereto a shape symmetrical about an axis of symmetry, comprising
two cutting devices operable to cut the material;
a cutting devices carrying member for holding said cutting devices;
a work piece carrying member for holding said material during cutting;
drive means for moving one member relative to the other in a direction of the axis of symmetry;
actuating means for normally moving the two cutters relative to each other perpendicularly of the axis of symmetry, simultaneously for symmetrical distances from the axis of symmetry, toward and respectively away from each other; and
control means for activating said driving means and said actuating means selectively together or separately.
The present inventon relates to a method for cutting out a work piece especially with the help of torch or plasma cutting apparatus and/or drawing the pattern of a work piece, in both instances on a metal plate, wherein the work piece is constructed with an outline which symmetrically lies on both sides of an axis of symmetry.
It is known with the help of a torch or plasma burner having a cutting burner device thereon, to cut a work piece having any desired outline, from a metal plate in which the burner is guided by hand or with the help of appropriate control devices (photoelectric scanning devices or numerical controls, etc.) over the metal plate and, in accordance with the outline of the work piece. The guiding mechanism generally used in such cases is a dual-axle machine which permits the cutting torch or burner to be moved in the x or y directions of this coordinate system.
Such dual-axle machines became known (for example from German laid open application (Auselegeschrift) DOS No. 2,207,873, especially FIG. 1 thereof), in which several cutting torches or burners are mechanically coupled with each other and all cutting torches are operatively moved by a signal of a control device in a uniform fashion. As a result it is possible to cut out simultaneously several similarly shaped work pieces, but each of the work pieces is cut out by a single torch.
In addition to the dual-axle machines there are the so called three-axle machines also known (such as from British Patent No. 917,376). In the last mentioned machines, a pair of cutting torches or burners are provided with a control arrangement so that is becomes possible that both cutting torches can be moved with the same speed in one coordinate direction (y-direction), while they can be moved with different speeds in the other coordinate direction (-x, +x). As a result, one may attain that simultaneously two different work piece outlines can be cut.
Notwithstanding the above-discussed state of the prior art known to applicants, on work pieces which have a similar outline on both sides of an axis of symmetry, that is, which both sides are mirror images of each other, so far exclusively only dual-axle machines have been in use for the cutting. One reason for this was that the dual-axle machines due to their simple controls are substantially less expensive than the three-axle machines.
With such dual-axle machines when a plurality of torches or burners are used to cut the work piece, a substantial increase in the productivity and thereby the economical use of the entire cutting machine could be attained since there is a constant pressure on the user of such machines to increase both of such factors.
An additional factor should also be considered, namely that when work pieces are cut out with torches, they must be free from buckling or warping due to heat in order to save time and costs in their subsequent processing period. Such heat warping usually is especially noticeable and takes place when the length of the work piece is substantially larger than the width of the work piece.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a method of cutting out work pieces of the above type from a metal plate with the help of which the productivity of a dual-axle cutting machine is substantially increased and on the other hand which insures that the work pieces can be produced warp or buckle free due to heating.
According to the present invention, a single control arrangement is employed which delivers control signals according to a desired shape of the work piece to the drive of a carrier and to at least one of the several torches found on the carrier in a displaceable fashion and wherein the carrier is displaced in the direction of the axis of symmetry (y direction) and the burner or torch is displaced transverse to the axis of symmetry and wherein the movements of the burners always equal but opposite in their direction (-x compared to +x directions).
As a result, according to the present invention a work piece which is symmetrically shaped is simultaneously being cut out with two cutting torches or burners. As a result the operating efficiency of the cutting machine (a dual-axle machine) is nearly doubled. Furthermore during cutting the burners engage a work piece at congruent points on the left and right side of the axis of symmetry of the work piece and will therefore deliver on both sides of the work piece, equal heat quantities into the work piece thereby practically eliminate warping due to the heating effect. With the application of the method according to the present invention work pieces having mirror image shape about their axis of symmetry are cut out. It is within the scope of the present invention that work pieces, having a similar form falling on both sides of an axis of symmetry, such as the mirror images of circles or rectangles, can be cut.
The invention is also employed advantageously in that pattern of a work piece or its outline can be drawn on a work piece on both sides of the axis of symmetry by employing a punch marker or a color spray pistol. All that is necessary is that on the burner carrier carrying the torches, a pattern drawing device, such as a punch marker or a color spray pistol, be provided. Such pattern drawing device can be moved into operating position by the control signals by being pivoted into position or by a device which is the subject of German Application No. 2236156.
According to the present invention the beginning of the cutting operation of both cutting torches can be had in different ways. For example, it is possible that both burner axles are tilted with respect to each other in such a fashion that the cutting jets (the oxygen or plasma jets) cut each other in a common point which lies in the region of a point of intersection of the outline of the work piece with the axle of symmetry of the work piece, and wherein the outline and the axis of symmetry are at a right angle. It is, however, necessary that after the performed cutting operation the burners must be again brought into their vertical position in order that a cutting of a work piece outline which lies parallel to the axis of symmetry could be cut with cutting edges which lie perpendicular with respect to the upper surface of the work piece.
It is especially advantageous when the cutting operation starts with a first contour line which can be cut at a right angle to the axis of symmetry during which with the first burner a cut is made which has similar lengths with respect to both sides of the axis of symmetry and the total length of which corresponds to at least the distance between the center axes of the two burners in their vertical position when they are moved toward each other on the carrier wagon. With such cut one will attain that both cutting torches without necessity to be tilted may start simultaneously with the cut. It is also within the scope of the present invention that the second torch or burner becomes coupled with the first burner or torch by means of a device causing the reversing of the transverse movement of the first burner and that the distance between the center axes of the two burners corresponds to the total length of the cut. Subsequently the first burner or torch through signals of the control arrangement and the second burner or torch through the return mechanism are moved in a mirror-image fashion until they reach the region of a second contour line cutting the axis of symmetry at a rectangle.
Under the scope of the present invention a reversing device is preferred, which for example, in a dual-axle machine employs an endless steel belt driven by appropriate control signals from the general control arrangement and in which the first torch or burner is clamped to one side of the belt and after the completion of the starting cut the second burner becomes clamped to the other side of the belt to thereby attain movement of the burners directed opposite but along the same axis. As a result a very simple reversing arrangement is obtained without making changes in the structure of the cutting apparatus itself. It is within the scope of the invention to cover also other reversing arrangements, such as, mechanical, electrical type of arrangements or which employ magnetic devices.
Furthermore, in order to retain an exact distance between the center axes of the burners, it is preferred that the second burner before the clamping will engage a boss provided on the first burner or torch and which boss corresponds to a certain dimension provided by the control arrangement.
After a substantial part of the outline of the work piece has been cut out both burners or torches come to a second contour line of the work piece which cuts the axis of symmetry at a rectangle. The burners according to the present invention are moved along such contour lines toward each other. Inasmuch as the burners, due to their structural size, cannot be dimensioned so that the center axes of them, that is, of both burners, could align with each other, and in order to avoid the above-noted tilting of the burners, the invention proposes that shortly before the burners engage each other the coupling between the two burners becomes released and the remaining portion of the outline will be cut through only by one of the burners.
The present invention will become more readily apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment and the manner of practicing the method thereof shown and described in the specification with respect to the drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a dual axis torch cutting machine showing also the work piece to be cut out; and
FIG. 2 is another work piece having a different shape.
With reference to FIG. 1, it is noted that the two-axle torch cutting apparatus includes substantially a control arrangement 10 (which can be of the photoelectric scanning type, or numerical controls or similar control arrangement such as employed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,502,881), which delivers control signals corresponding to the work piece shape under cutting. The control signals can be readily stored in a numerical device or obtained by scanning a drawing of the work piece pattern. By means of such control signals a carrier carriage 13 is moved in the direction of the arrow 11 (representing the y direction in a rectangular coordinate system and a steel belt 26 will move in the direction of the double arrow 30a, 30b representing the plus x and minus x directions limit. On the steel belt 26 there are a pair of cutting torches 14 and 15 mounted which can be of the autogenous plasma-type, laser or cutting knife type, and can be also a pair of marking devices such as punch markers or paint spray pistols, mounted if needed for some type of work.
As illustrated in FIG. 1 a work piece 31 is being cut out from a plate 16. The work piece 31 is illustrated as having a similar contour or outline on both sides of the axis of symmetry thereof and will have circular cut out portions 32, 33, triangular cut outs 34 and holes 35, 36 rectangular cutouts 37, to be made thereon. The punching marks to be produced are indicated at 40. According to the present invention the burners 14, 15 are simultaneously moved over the plate 16 in the direction of the arrow 11 and being displaced during such movement transversely with respect to the axis of symmetry 12 so that both burners 14 and 15 are displaced by the same distance 17-19 from the axis of symmetry 12. During such movement the movement of the carrier 13 is directed toward the axis of symmetry 12, that is, the longitudinal axis 13a of the carrier 13 is at a rectangle with respect to the axis of symmetry 12.
The method of practicing the present invention in cutting out the work piece 31, for illustrative purposes, is as follows:
The burner 14 at the beginning is clamped or secured to the front part 26a of the steel belt in such a manner that its center axis 24 is aligned with the line A. The burner 15 is not coupled with the steel belt 26. The cutting operation is started on a first contour line 20 which is at a rectangle with respect to the axis of symmetry 12, and during which the first burner 14 by means of control signals is moved from line A to line B to that on both sides 20a, 20b of the axis of symmetry 12, and a cutting 21 having the same length on each side is produced. The length 22 of the cutting 21 corresponds to at least the distance 23 between the center axes 24, 25 of both burners 14, 15 when such burners are displaced adjacent to each other on the carrier 13. At point B the burner 14 becomes stopped, by for example, control pulses from the arrangement 10, and then manually, preferably however under the control of control pulses from the control arrangement 10, the burner 15 is moved toward burner 14 until both burners 14 and 15 will have a distance therebetween defined by the boss 30. The center axis 25 of the burner 15 now falls on the line A and the center axis 24 of the burner 14 falls on the line B. Now the burner 15 is coupled with the back belt portion 26b by being clamped thereto. By means of control signals from the control arrangement 10 now the drive of the steel belt 10 carrying the burners 14 and 15 and also the drive for the carrier 13 will be moved according to the shape of the work piece, following the arrows 38, 39 during which the burner 14 and the burner 15 will describe movements in the x direction, that is, in the direction of the arrow 39a, which have similar lengths, and which movements or paths are however directed opposite to each other. With the two burners 14 and 15 now simultaneously the outline of the work piece up to the points C and D has been cut out. At these points C and D the burners 14 and 15 are stopped by appropriate control signals from unit 10 and separated with respect to each other by releasing the clamping of burner 14 or burner 15 from the steel belt 26. The remaining portion 29 which is to be cut is finished by either burner 14 or 15 which is controlled by control signals from the unit 10 in performing that remaining straight cut.
In the above-described example for the method of operation according to the present invention, a work piece has been cut the length of which in the y direction is much longer than its width in the x direction. It is within the scope of the present invention to cut work pieces which are symmetrical, but shaped differently, for example, a work piece as shown in FIG. 2. It is also within the scope of the present invention to cut at the same time several similarly shaped symmetrical work pieces even with burners which are pair-wise attached to the steel band 26 and controlled by a single unit 10 and during which each burner pair like the one described and identified as 14 and 15, simultaneously will operate on the cutting of a single work piece of the plurality of work pieces cut.
The invention is not limited to the cutting of metallic work pieces since in its broad concept it is applicable to the cutting of work pieces other than metallic. The invention is especially applicable to dual-axis automatic cutting machines for soft materials, such as textiles, and also for the drawing of symmetrical structural elements using numerically controlled drawing machines.
I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.
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