AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE: At the end of the course the students are expected to be able to: design basic units used in modern production machines with a high degree of automation; program different types of machines with CNC control.
DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSE: The main topics concern: General principles of machine design; Functional characteristics of machine tools; Work accuracy; Stiffness; Thermal deflections; Technical performances of production machinery; Main and feed drives – requirements, kinds of drives; Spindle units; Linear drives; Beds and bodies – materials, requirements; Guideways; Forms of flexible manufacturing automation; Basics of programming CNC machines, G-code programming language, Manual programming - compensation for the radius of the tool tip, tool offset, use of cycles; Computer programming for CNC machines, FAPT programming language.
