COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL PROGRAMMING BASICS

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COMPUTERNUMERICALCONTROLPROGRAMMINGBASIC SA Primer for theSkillsUSA/VICAChampionshipsSteve Krar Arthur GillDistributed to educational administrators,instructors, students, and apprentices with the compliments of INDUSTRIAL PRESS, of MACHINERY S HANDBOOK The Bible of the Machine Trades ComputerNumericalControlProgrammingBasic sSteve Krar Arthur GillThis book is not intended for sale under any PRESS Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016CONTENTSSECTIONPAGEForeword1Preface 7Cartesian Coordinate System7Machines Using CNC9Programming Systems11Point-to-Point or Continuous Path13Point-to-Point Positioning14Continuous Path (Contouring)15Interpolation15Programming Format17Programming for Positioning23Work Settings and Offsets26CNC Bench-Top Milling and turning Centers30CNC PROGRAMMING Hints Milling32Milling and Drilling Programming34CNC PROGRAMMING Hints Turning38Fanuc Compatible Pr

Fig. 4 The main axes of a lathe or turning center. (Emco Maier Corp) Milling Machine The milling machine has always been one of the most versatile machine tools used in industry (Fig. 5). Operations such as milling, contouring, gear cutting, drilling, boring, and reaming are only a few of the many operations which can be performed on a milling ...

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