机电专业英语 教学课件 作者 杨寿智 刘水平 Lesson 16.pptVIP

Lesson 16 CNC Program Text Machinists produce precision parts using CNC machine. They set up and operate a variety of machine tools using their knowledge of the working properties of metals. They will also develop the computer programs for the operations required. After determining the sequence of machine operations and other factors, machinists write the program in the language of the machines controls. There are three methods of developing CNC programs: manual programming, conversational programming, and CAM system programming. Telling the machine what to do - the CNC program Almost all current CNC controls use a word address format for programming. (The only exceptions to this are certain conversational controls.) By word address format, we mean that the CNC program is made up of sentence-like commands. Each command is made up of CNC words. Each CNC word has a letter address and a numerical value. The letter address (X, Y, Z, etc.) tells the control the kind of word and the numerical value tells the control the value of the word. Used like words and sentences in the English language, words in a CNC command tell the CNC machine what it is we wish to do at the present time. One very good analogy to what happens in a CNC program is found in any set of step by step instructions. Say for example, you have some visitors coming in from out of town to visit your company. You need to write down instructions to get from the local airport to your company. To do so, you must first be able to visualize the path from the airport to your company. You will then, in sequential order, write down one instruction at a time. The person following your instructions will perform the first step and then go on to the next until he or she reaches your facility. In similar manner, a manual CNC programmer must be able to visualize the machining operations that are to be performed during the execution of the program. Then, in step by step order, the programmer will give a set of commands tha