Current generator · €4,299
BX18 arc generator
The BX18 is the latest BaxEDM generator. It uses EtherCAT and comes with LinuxCNC software, so a custom machine can be a PC, servos, and this generator. The CNC hardware controller drops out of the electrical architecture.
Features
- Single compact universal 19″ 3U enclosure
- High-efficiency switched-mode current source
- Mains input 100–240 V, 50/60 Hz
- EtherCAT interface
- Hardware-controlled E-stop
- Output polarity switched in software
- LinuxCNC integration, including generator settings from G-code
- Fully configurable arc parameters
- Arc current up to 30 A
- Cutting frequency up to 200 kHz
- ISO-frequency mode
- ISO-pulse mode, the same energy in each arc strike
- Differential sense input for arc voltage
- Data I/O galvanically isolated
- Workpiece edge-finding mode
- Switched 12 V output for a high-voltage / EDM-active warning light
- Firmware updates over USB
- Self diagnostics
- Hardware authentication and secure boot
Alongside the generator
A 2-axis wire build uses the BX18, the C-Arc controller (€249) and the BX18 installation kit (€149). The kit includes Litz cable, the BX18 connectors, a warning light, a 10 kg load cell and the USB to RS-485 cable.
Parts list for that build
Firmware 0.4, 12 May 2023
BaxEDM software for LinuxCNC