Water jet, cutting pipe from inside

[maciej.maleyka]

Hello everyone

I would like to ask about possibity of Fusion 360 to generate G-codes adapted to our water jet machine from "Perndorfer".

View from the cutting tool sideView from the rotating arm side

Here is short description:
We produce fittings from fiber-reinforced polymer pipes. Cutting tool cuts the workpiece from the inside but code generated should refers to the outside of the pipe. Our machine has 4 axis:
X - Rotation of the pipe (move from coordinate X0 to X equal outer circumference of the pipe - 360° rotation)
Y - Movement along the pipe
Z - Height of the cutting tool (constant in one operation for cutting and 50 mm greater for rapid move, it depends only on the work piece outer diameter - wall thickness is not relevant, it is set by the machine operator and the offset is added automatically during process)
A - Rotation of the cutting tool (max 45° +/-)

Y0 point is set by the water jet machine operator. It depends on the length of the work piece.

Scheme

In attachment there is example of the correct G-code to produce elbow 30°. It includes technological gaps as on the sketch below.

Cutting lines2d Cutting linesDrawing of the bend

The question is the Fusion is capable to generate code like that. I was searching the internet and I only found some videos with milling cylindrical workpieces, but the tool was doing that only from the outside not inside like desired here.

Please let me know whether is it possible in general in Fusion. If yes, I kindly ask you to give me some clues how to manage this.

BR Maciek