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This
highly recommended book is an excellent training manual which reflects
both the needs of the classroom and the practices of industry.
Features:
• Develops the subject to include detailed treatment of how
to write both manual point-to-point and manual and computer-assisted (APT)
continuous path programs.
• Presents each topic in a logical and clear manner.
• Places heavy emphasis on concepts and terminology.
Table of Contents:
What is Numerical Control? Numerical Control Machine
Movements. Coordinate System. Numerical Control Tape. Point-to-Point Part
Programming - Manual Method. Contour Programming - Manual method. Numerical
Control and the Computer. Computer Assisted Part Programming, the APT
System. Geometry, Auxiliary and Post Processor Statements as Used in APT.
Writing a Complete APT Program. Appendices. Index.
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