数控技术专业英语 教学课件 作者 黄义俊 电子教案统一模板(数控)Unit1.pptVIP

Unit 1 The Applications of NC/CNCMachining Technology 1.1 Lesson 1 The Applications of C/CNC NC technology has been used in industry for over 40 years. Simply speaking, numerical control is a method of automatically operating a manufacturing machine based on a code of letters, numbers, and special characters. A complete set of coded instructions for executing an operation is called a program. [1]The program is translated into corresponding electrical signals for inputting to motors which run the machine. Numerical control machines can be programmed manually. If a computer is used to create a program, the process is known as computer-aided programming. NC technology has found many applications, including lathes, and turning centers, milling machines and machining centers, punches, electrical discharge machines (EDM), flame cutters, grinders, and testing and inspection equipments. The most complex CNC machine tools are the turning center with a ten-station turret that accepts quick-change tools, the vertical machining center that the tool magazine is on the left of the machine and horizontal machining center equipped with an automatic tool changer, shown in Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-2 respectively. Generally speaking, tool magazines can store 200 cutting tools. 1.2 Lesson 2 Definition of CNC Machines A computer numerical control(CNC)machine is an NC machine with the added feature of an on-board computer. The on-board computer is often referred to as the machine contro1unit or MCU. Control units for NC machines are usually hard wired. This means that the machine functions are controlled by the physical electronic elements that are built into the controller[1]. The on-board computer, on the other hand, is “soft” wired. Thus, the machine functions are encoded into the computer at the time of manufacture. They will not be erased when the CNC machine is turned off．Computer memory that holds such information is known as ROM or read-only