Starring:
                                         Trisha Dolsky
                                            Eddie G.
                                         Jon Toonkel
                                           Davin Wang
 
 
 

What is the process and how is information transferred?

-CyberCut is a milling machine that uses an extraordinary way of cutting objects. It uses no fixtures, unlike CNC machines, so a part can be cut without having to remove and refixture it, which can lead to many other problems.

-CyberCut parts are produced using WebCAD, a web-based form of AutoCAD.

-Designing in WebCAD is much like in AutoCAD or IronCAD. It uses a Destructive Solid Geometry method of modeling, in which you actually model it like the machine cuts it in the sense that you start off with a solid block and use machine processes to mill it down to the shape you want.

-Once the design is completed, the file is sent to a process planner that creates the manufacturing plan for the part.

-Once the manufacturing plan is completed, the building is executed by the technician-assisted, computer controlled milling machine at Berkeley, which we now know as ... CyberCut! The technician will cut your block for you according to the maximum dimensions of your part, and once this is completed, he will run it in the machine using your processed WebCAD file.
 
 

Materials :

-There are four materials commonly used with CyberCut:

-The most common are aluminum and alloys, and thermoplastics

-The others include carbon steel and dry wood
 
 

Size and Shape Limitations:

-The CyberCut machine can take parts up to 5 inches squared, but the preferred size is 4.5 inches squared

-CyberCut is a 3 axis machine, however, it can create 2.5D and prismatic objects on top of extruded 2D objects
 
 

Cost and Speed:

-Material cost per part: Dependant on material used

-Cost of production: Will vary with each individual part (this includes tooling, and machining

-Cost of shipping: whatever UPS has in mind

-Speed of information transmission: Instantaneous (almost)

-Speed of production: Dependant on complication of part (this will affect setup time, tooling time, and machining time

-Speed of shipping the part: UPS dependant (shown below)
 
 

Actual Process of Manufacturing:
 

-The actual process of getting a part made on CyberCut is actually rather simple. All that needs to be done is one needs to go to the official CyberCut web page at Berkeley and access their version of WebCAD. Then, assuming you know how to use WebCAD, you design the part using Destructive Solid Geometry modeling. After the model is made, one saves it on their database and sends it through to be converted into machine-friendly files. Then, after waiting for all projects already in the machine queue, one's part will be made and sent to you via ground shipping.
 
 

-Here are some examples of objects that can be made using CyberCut. They range from very simple, rectangular objects to a human face.
 

For further inquiries, please go to the link below:

http://cybercut.berkeley.edu/