This is an introductory machine tools text that assumes students have had no previous machining instruction. Students will learn good machining principles and CNC operations that all machine tools now have as standard equipment. The content of this text fits any equipment and supports any career plan. For students involved with machine tools who want training in CNC technology only, CNC TECHNOLOGY is an alternate stand-alone text.
Part I Introduction to Manufacturing
Section 1 Professionalism in Manufacturing
Section 2 Math Skills Self-Review
Section 3 Reading Technical Drawings
Section 4 Introduction to Geometrics
Section 5 Before and After Machining
Section 6 The Science and Skill of Measuring - Five Basic Tools
Section 7 Single-Purpose Measuring Tools, Gages, and Surface Roughness
Section 8 Layout Skills
Part II Introduction to Machining
Section 9 Cutting Tool Geometry
Section 10 Drilling and Operations and Machines
Section 11 Turning Operations
Section 12 Mills and Milling Operations
Section 13 Precision Grinding Operations and Machines
Section 14 Technical Screw Threads
Section 15 Metallurgy for Machinists - Heat Treating and Measuring Hardness
Section 16 Job Planning
Part III Introduction to Computer Numerical Control Machining
Section 17 Coordinates, Axes, and Motion
Section 18 CNC Systems
Section 19 CNC Controls
Section 20 Operating a CNC Machine
Section 21 Program Planning
Section 22 Level-One Programming
Section 23 Level-Two Programming
Section 24 Setting Up a CNC Machine
Part IV Advanced and Advancing Technology
Section 25 Computer-Assisted Machining (CAM) Programming
Section 26 Advancing Technology
Section 27 Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Section 28 Computer Coordinate Measuring