20.8 LABORATORY - CNC INTEGRATION

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Purpose:

Integration of CNC equipment.

Overview:

Students will develop programs to load and unload the NC machines with robots, and then produce parts.

Pre-Lab:

1. Use your NC programming software to generate an NC program to cut the top 1/2" of a 3" radius ball on the mill. Test the program on-line.

2. Use the NC generation software to cut a 1/4" deep, 2"long oval into the surface of a 1" brass bar. Test the program on-line.

3. Simulate both programs before arriving at the laboratory.

4. Develop a robot program to load/unload the NC mill with the RV-M1. Test the program on-line

5. Develop a program for the RT-3000 to load/unload the lathe. Test the program on-line.

In-Lab:

1. In the lab test the programs on the different devices in groups of 3

2. One group of (6?) should connect the RV-M1 to the Mill, and the other group should connect the RT-3000 to the lathe.

3. The groups that did the connection should split into smaller groups and modify the programs on the robots and NC machines.

Submit:

1. Your individual NC and robot programs.

2. The final group NC and robot programs.