Introduction to Praxis
General Overview
Praxis is an MES-based Application which handles the complete workflow of production on the Shop Floor. It interfaces with all other modules such as Bend, Cut, RA(Bend Control) and ulcan(LaserControl).
Key Features:
- Manages all parts from different customers.
- Creates Jobs for the machines according to Orders.
- Interacts with Bend and Cut for you to focus on the creative tasks.
- A job with orders is created against the customer. Order status can be tracked easily using colour code.
- Search and Filters are used to get the user requirements which can be saved & used by other users.
- Interactive Nesting makes nesting more simpler with fewer operational steps.
- Switching the Nest result from one machine to another machine and adding parts to the existing Nest can be done with a few clicks.
Praxis Components
Praxis Desktop
This is the primary driver application which helps users interact with the praxis system. The application Prax.exe installs in the Bin folder and uses other components like Praxis Engine, Flux, and MetaCAM to drive the workflow.
Praxis Engine
A background application which performs all automation tasks assigned to the Praxis System. Powered by Core, the application PEngine instances perform automation tasks. The tasks performed by PEngine include Part Import, Bend tooling, Cut tooling, Nesting and so on. MetaCAM Engine, Trek.exe, is used for cutting and core is used for bending tasks.
Flux App
Flux application is used for viewing, editing and simulating part’s bend tech tooling. Flux is also used to troubleshoot geometry errors. The application, Flux.exe is installed in the Bin folder.
MetaCAM
MetaCAM is used for viewing, editing and simulating cutting tech data. The application, MetaCAM.exe is installed in the MetaCAM folder.
Trek
Built over MetaCAM core. Trek is used to perform all cutting automation tasks like cut-tooling, and auto-nesting. Multiple instances of Trek enable PEngine to perform multiple tasks in one go. The application Trek.exe is installed in the Bin\Trek folder.
