Abstract
Numerical control (NC) is the greatest innovation in the achievement of machine tool automation in manufacturing. In this chapter, first a history of the development up to the advent of NC machine tools is briefly reviewed (Sect. 48.1). Then the machining centers and the turning centers are described with their key modules and integration into flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) and flexible manufacturing cells (FMC) in Sect. 48.2. NC part programming is described from manual programming to the computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system in Sect. 48.3. In Sect. 48.4 and Sect. 48.5, following the technical innovations in the advanced hardware and software systems of NC machine tools, future control systems for intelligent CNC machine tools are presented.
Keywords
- Machine Tool
- Computer Numerical Control
- Flexible Manufacturing System
- Computer Numerical Control Machine Tool
- Numerical Control Program
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- 3-D:
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three-dimensional
- AC:
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alternating-current
- ACMP:
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autonomous coordinate measurement planning
- AGV:
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autonomous guided vehicle
- AIMac:
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autonomous and intelligent machine tool
- AMPA:
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autonomous machining process analyzer
- APC:
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advanced process control
- APT:
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automatically programmed tool
- ATC:
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available transfer capability
- CAM:
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computer-aided manufacturing
- CAPP:
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computer aided process planning
- CCC:
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Chinese Control Conference
- CL:
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cutter location
- CMM:
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capability maturity model
- CNC:
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computer numerical control
- CPU:
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central processing unit
- DSP:
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digital signal processor
- FFT:
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fast Fourier transform
- FMC:
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flexible manufacturing cell
- FMC:
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flight management computer
- FMS:
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field message specification
- FMS:
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flexible manufacturing system
- FMS:
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flight management system
- HDD:
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hard-disk drive
- I/O:
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input/output
- IEC:
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International Electrotechnical Commission
- IT:
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information technology
- MDI:
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manual data input
- MIT:
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- MIT:
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miles in-trail
- NC:
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numerical control
- OAC:
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open architecture control
- ORTS:
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open real-time operating system
- PID:
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proportional, integral, and derivative
- PKM:
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parallel kinematic machine
- PM:
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process module
- TRV:
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total removal volume
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Shirase, K., Fujii, S. (2009). Machine Tool Automation. In: Nof, S. (eds) Springer Handbook of Automation. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78831-7_48
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