2 CNC Machines
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NC MACHINES
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machine tools have varying compl.
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Introduction to Numerical Control of Machines %
machine tools improved and in addition to maintaining cutter/
workpiece relationship, the material removal was also controlled
by the numerical control system. The mechanical design of the
machine tool was also improved with the development of
recirculating ball screw and better slideways. These machines are
‘Sforrod fo a2 NC miaohines. The instructions othe NC machines
are fod through an external medium i.e. paper tape or magnetic
tape. The information read from the tape is stored into the
memory of the control system called ‘buffer storage’ and is pro-
cessed by the machine step by step. So when the machine is
working on one instruction block, the next block is read from the
tape and stored in the memory of the machine control system.
Since the part cannot be produced without a tape being run
through the machine, these machines are also called tape con-
trolled machines. The tape has to be run repeatedly depending on
the number of components to be produced. Also if there is even a
minor change in the design of the component, the tape has to be
discarded and new tape with changed programme has to be
produced)
\\ONC MACHINES
dn case of computer numerical control machine tools, a dedicated
‘computer is used to perform all the basic NC functions. The
complete part programme to produce a component is input and
stored in the computer. memory and the information for each
operation is fed to the machine tools i.e. motors, ete. The part
programmes can be stored in the memory of the computer and
used in ‘future. The conventional NE machine tools are not much
in use these days, CNC machine tools are widely used due to
many new control features available on these machines.
Some of the additional features available in CNC machine tools
are)