Written by
Mike Lynch and published by CNC
Concepts, Inc.
$60.00
Tutorial format
Over 150 pictures and
illustrations
Practice exercises
and tests (with answers) included in the text
Includes introduction
to basic machining practices
View the
Table of Contents to see just how
comprehensive this manual is!
Copyright 2009, CNC
Concepts, Inc.
CNC machining centers are very popular in
manufacturing companies. Just about every company that
performs metal-cutting operations has at least one.
Since they are so popular, people beginning their CNC
careers are often exposed to machining centers first.
This makes learning about them an excellent first choice
for people beginning their careers in CNC.
In this text, we assume you have very
little or no previous experience in a manufacturing
environment. Indeed, the first one-hundred pages are
devoted to basic machining practices, and get you ready
to learn about CNC. Topics here include shop safety,
shop math, blueprint reading, tolerance interpretation,
measuring devices, and machining operations performed on
machining centers.
While these topics are often considered
prerequisite to learning about CNC, more and more people
are entering the field of CNC with little or no shop
experience – so we include this important prerequisite
information.
We use a Key Concepts approach to teaching
you about CNC. This proven tutorial method allows us to
stress the reasons why things are done as importantly as
how they’re done. It provides a building blocks approach
to learning. And it limits the number of things you must
master in order to become proficient.
The Key Concepts are further divided into
lessons. Most lessons include quizzes and practice right
in the text (answers provided close by) and every lesson
ends with a test (answers provided at the end of the
text). This combination of tutorial text, explanatory
illustrations, and lots of practice truly turns this
text a self-study course that will teach you what you
need to know in order to become a proficient CNC
machining center setup person or operator.
There are four Key Concepts divided into
twelve lessons:
Key Concept number one: Get
ready to learn about CNC machining centers Lesson One: Basic machining practices
required for machining centers
Lesson Two: What does a CNC machining center do?
Key Concept number two: Know
your machine from a setup person’s or operator’s
viewpoint
Lesson Three: General flow of CNC process
Lesson Four: Machine configurations
Lesson Five: Understanding the control panels
Lesson Six: Important procedures needed to run the machine
Key Concept number three: Know
the three compensation types
Lesson Seven: Understanding compensation
Lesson Eight: Fixture offsets and assigning program zero
Lesson Nine: Tool length compensation
Lesson Ten: Cutter radius compensation
Key Concept number four:
Master the tasks to run a CNC machining center
Lesson Eleven: Tasks related to making setups
Lesson Twelve: Tasks related to completing a production run
When you finish reading this text
and doing the exercises, you will have a firm
understanding of what it takes to setup and run a CNC
machining center. However, we must point out that
there’s more to learning how to setup and run a CNC
machining center than you can read in a book –
regardless of how good the book is. You will need
practice on an actual CNC machining center in order to
fully master its use. If you are enrolled in a technical
school’s CNC course – your instructor will provide the
necessary practice.
If you are not enrolled in a CNC
course, you will need on-the-job training to complete
your education. Unfortunately, no text can provide
hands-on training. But we can provide classroom-type
training and the theory you must understand before you
can spend any meaningful time at a CNC machining center.
Still want to know more?
Here are some pages from the text that will help you see
what is included:
