CNC Control Setup for Milling and Turning

      Mastering CNC Control Systems

       Peter Smid

       Industrial Press, Inc.

      989 Avenue of the Americas

      New York, NY 10018, USA

       http://www.industrialpress.com

Copyright

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Smid, Peter.

      CNC control setup for milling and turning : mastering CNC control systems / Peter Smid.

      p. cm.

      Includes index

      ISBN 978-0-8311-3350-4 (hard cover)

      1. Milling-machines--Numerical control. 2. Turning (Lathe work)--Numerical control. 3. Machining--Automation. I. Title.

      TJ1225.S557

      2010 671.3'5--dc22

      2010007023

      Industrial Press, Inc.

      989 Avenue of the Americas

      New York, NY 10018, USA

      Copyright ©2010

      Printed in the United States of America

      All Rights Reserved.

      This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form without the permission of the publishers.

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About the Author

      Peter Smid is a professional consultant, educator and speaker, with many years of practical, hands-on experience, in the industrial and educational fields. During his career, he has gathered an extensive experience with CNC and CAD/CAM applications on all levels. He consults to manufacturing industry and educational institutions on practical use of Computerized Numerical Control technology, part programming, Autocad®, Mastercam® and other CAD/CAM software, as well as advanced machining, tooling, setup, and many other related fields. His comprehensive industrial background in CNC programming, machining and company-oriented training has assisted several hundred companies to benefit from his wide-ranging knowledge.

      Mr. Smid’s long time association with advanced manufacturing companies and CNC machinery vendors, as well as his affiliation with a number of Community and Technical College industrial technology programs and machine shop skills training, have enabled him to broaden his professional and consulting skills in the areas of CNC and CAD/CAM training, computer applications and needs analysis, software evaluation, system benchmarking, programming, hardware selection, software customizing, and operations management.

      Over the years, Mr. Smid has developed and delivered hundreds of customized educational programs to thousands of instructors and students at colleges and universities across United States, Canada and Europe, as well as to a large number of manufacturing companies and private sector organizations and individuals.

      He has actively participated in many industrial trade shows, conferences, workshops and various seminars, including submission of papers, delivering presentations and a number of speaking engagements to professional organizations. He is also the author of articles and many in-house publications on the subject of CNC and CAD/CAM. For six years he had a monthly column in the ShopTalk Magazine related to CNC programming. During his many years as a highly respected professional in the CNC industrial and educational field, he has developed tens of thousands of pages of high quality training materials.

      Peter Smid is also the author of three other best selling CNC books published by Industrial Press, Inc.:

       CNC PROGRAMMING HANDBOOK

      Comprehensive Guide to Practical CNC Programming

      Third Edition - ISBN 9780831133474

       CNC PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES

      An Insider’s Guide to Effective Methods and Applications

      ISBN 9780831131852

       FANUC CNC CUSTOM MACROS

      Practical Resources for Fanuc Custom Macro B Users

      ISBN 9780831131579

       All books are also available as e-books

      The author welcomes comments, suggestions and other input from educators, students and industrial users.

      You can contact him at [email protected]

Acknowledgments

      I have made a number of references to several manufacturers and software developers in the book.

      It is only fair to acknowledge their names:

       FANUC and CUSTOM MACRO or USER MACRO or MACRO B are registered trademarks of Fanuc Ltd, Japan

       Mastercam is a registered trademark of CNC Software Inc., Tolland, CT, USA

       Edgecam is a registered trademark of Pathtrace, Inc., UK

       NCPlot is a registered trademark of NCPlot LLC, Muskegon, MI, USA

       AutoCad is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc., San Rafael, CA, USA

       Kennametal is a registered trademark of Kennametal, Inc., Latrobe, PA, USA