This chapter describes computer numerical control (CNC) programming methods at different levels of automation, manual programming, conversational programming, and computer‐aided manufacturing. It ...

3D Insider is ad supported and earns money from clicks, commissions from sales, and other ways. In the modern manufacturing field, the use of Computer Numeric Control (CNC) is considered the norm ...

Conversational Interface: Javatrol's browser-based conversational interface allows users to generate toolpaths and create CNC programs without the need for manual coding. The intuitive commands make ...

The human-machine interfaces in modern CNC machine tools are not very intuitive and still based on archaic input systems, i.e., switches, handwheels, and buttons. This type of solution has two major ...

I entered the Army in 1988 as a military occupational specialty (MOS) 44E (machinist) under the Army Civilian Acquired Skills Program. Since I had received industry standard manual machinist training, ...