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Introduction to Computer Aided Manufacturing 1 What is computer aided manufacturing? 2 (a) The merits of computer numerical controlled (CNC) machine 3 (b) The restrictions of CNC machine 3 2 The industrial applications of CNC machine 3 (a) The design of CNC machine 3 (b) Supporting machinery components 4 (c) Coordinate system 4 (d) Introduction to various kinds of CNC machines 5 (i) CNC drilling machine 5 (ii) CNC lathe 6 (iii) CNC milling machine 6 (iv) CNC machining center 6 (v) CNC turret press 7 (vi) CNC press brake 8 (vii) CNC spot welder 8 (viii) CNC electro-discharge machine 8 (ix) CNC electron beam machine 8 (x) CNC laser cutting machine 9 (xi) CNC coordinate measuring machine 9 (xii) Other CNC machines 10 3 The operation of CNC machine 10 (a) Basic operation theory 10 (b) ISO code 11 (c) Programming 11 (d) Example on the application of CNC lathe 14 4 Application software of CNC machines 15 5 Safety measures of using CNC machines 16 Exercise 17 Introduction to Computer Aided Manufacturing 1 What is computer aided manufacturing? Most machines need control systems to operate. There are many kinds of control systems, for example, manual control, automatic control, computer control or remote control. For the convenience of mass production, machines need to repeat precise, speedy and automatic actions continuously. These machines may use mechanical, pneumatic and electrical systems to control. However, some fixed procedures, changing procedures or tools may need a lot of time to restore the whole system (Fig. 1). Fig. 1 Industrial mass production facility Fig. 2 CNC machine As technology advances, electronic and computer technologies have been applied to a lot of production machines to reduce the production time and increase both the quality and efficiency. So, modern factories usually use numerical control machines, simply called NC machines. And an NC machine that comes along with a computer is called a computer control numerical machine,