Flux Reference Manual

  • Welcome to Flux
  • Introduction
    • Installing the software
    • The user interface
    • Part workflow
  • CAD
    • 2-D Import
      • 2-D Cleanup
    • 3-D Import
      • Import 3D Model
      • Import assembly
      • Form detection
      • Component detection
    • Modifying the geometry
    • Attachments
  • Laser CAM
    • Part workflow
      • Editing panels
        • Laser cut
          • Approach
          • Withdrawal
          • Microjoint
          • Advanced
        • Contour
        • Scrap cut
        • Part
        • Corner treatment
      • Quick-Nest
    • Job workflow
      • Job panel
        • Sheets tab
        • Parts tab
        • Layouts tab
        • Summary tab
      • Edit layout
        • Nesting modes
        • Placement panel
        • Sequencing
        • Slice sheet
    • Bevel cut
      • Open contours
      • Variable bevel
      • Miscellaneous
    • Advanced
      • Finishing rules
      • Edit LTT
      • FlyLine
      • TwinLine
        • Strategy
        • Microjoints
        • Further settings
      • DetectLine
  • Bend CAM
    • Create bend data
    • Bend navigator
    • Edit bend data
      • Edit a bend
      • Edit a tool mount
      • Edit a bend setup
      • Edit the back-gauges
      • Edit angle measurement
      • Bends spreadsheet
      • Changing the sequence
      • Adding setups and stations
    • Advanced
      • Angle measurement
      • Batch process
      • Recompute solution
      • Tonnage check
    • Bending Aids
  • BendMaster CAM
    • Bend navigator
    • Part pickup
      • Pickup from pallet
      • Pickup from dispenser
    • Robotic bending
      • Insertion
      • Bending
      • Extraction
    • Regripping
      • Regrip panel
      • Add regrip
      • Edit regrip
      • Regrip with jaw
      • RG-Stations panel
    • Part deposit
      • Deposit panel
      • Repeat and sequence
      • Add separator sheets
      • Lock part-rest
      • Deposit pattern types
    • Advanced
      • Waypoints
      • Cell configuration
      • Custom Cell Components
      • Gripper database
        • Create a gripper
        • Import gripper from DXF
        • Import Suction Cup
  • FlexCell CAM
    • Bend navigator
    • Part pickup
      • Pickup from pallet
      • Centering table
    • Robotic bending
      • Insertion
      • Bending
      • Extraction
      • Advanced
    • Regripping
      • Regrip panel
      • Add/Remove regrip
      • Gripper Panel
      • RG-Stations panel
    • Part deposit
      • Deposit panel
      • Deposit Tabs
    • Advanced
      • Waypoints
      • Cell configuration
      • Gripper database
        • Create a gripper
        • Import gripper from DXF
    • Troubleshooting
  • Fold CAM
    • Create fold data
    • The Fold view
    • Editing Fold data
      • Edit a bend
      • Edit a side/section
      • Change the sequence
      • Edit the blank-holders
      • Edit the gauging
      • Edit the blades
      • Edit the loading
      • Edit the unloading
    • Tool inventory
    • Advanced
      • Custom air-gap tables
      • Manual bend completion
      • Required flange length
  • Settings
    • Drawing
      • Layers
      • Dimensions
      • View
    • Bend CAM
      • Machine defaults
      • Bend outputs
      • Bend view
      • Bend cell
    • Cut CAM
      • Layout
        • Nest settings
        • Sheet
        • Sheet handling
        • Skeleton cuts
        • Work support
      • Laser CAM
        • Sequence
      • Cut outputs
      • Cut view
    • Panel bending
      • Defaults
      • ZBW carriers
      • Outputs
    • Reports
      • Item defaults
    • Import/Export
    • Environment
  • Database
    • Materials
    • Machines
    • Bend tools
    • Bend deductions
    • Bend grippers
    • Forms and Components
  • Reports
    • Report designer
    • Fields, pictures and tables
    • Bands (sub-reports)
    • Labels, bitmaps and shapes
  • Appendix
    • Supported 3D formats
    • Separator sheet DXF
    • Bend tool DXF
    • The Adapt Geometry feature
BendMaster CAM
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Robotic bending

Robotic bending

Many of the settings on this panel are the same as for manual press brakes, and they are explained in the page on Editing a Bend. The robotic bending process has several additional settings and controls that have their own panels.

Bend Panels

The image above shows some of the additional panels that can be accessed from the Bend panel to configure the added functionality of the BendMaster.

  • The Robot Strategy link takes you to the Strategy panel where you have more precise control over the processing strategy for different phases of each bending operation.

    • The Part Insertion

    • The actual Bending process

    • The Part Extraction

  • The Waypoints link takes you to the Waypoints panel where you can have precise control over the robot trajectory during the bending process[1].

  • The RG-Stations link takes you to the Regrip Stations panel, where you can configure the position of the regrip stations during this bending cycle[2].


1. The goal of Flux is to minimize the need for you to have to micro-manage the robot trajectory with the Waypoints panel. However, there are rare situations where it becomes necessary.
2. This is rarely needed, except when you are handling very large parts or using a large gripper, and need to move the regrip station out of the way to prevent a collision.
Pickup from dispenser Insertion

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