286 page manual with quizzes, tests, &
answers, and 4-hour CD-rom disc
By sheer numbers alone, a company's CNC environment
is populated most with operators and setup people. A company
having ten CNCs may have but one programmer - but they'll likely
have several setup people, and as many as fifteen to thirty
operators (depending upon the number of shifts they run).
For this reason, companies have the most
trouble finding, hiring, and keeping people to setup and
run their CNC machines. If you're a person who's
looking to get into the field of CNC, this course makes a great
place to start. If you're an employer who needs to
quickly bring newcomers up to speed, this course will
jump-start your in-plant training program.
Students will learn what is involved with setting up and
running CNC machining centers.
Startup page:
Content and scope
In this course, we assume the student has very
little or no previous experience in a manufacturing
environment. Indeed, the first Key Concept is devoted to
teaching basic machining practices, and gets the
student ready
to learn about CNC. Topics here include shop safety,
shop math, blueprint reading, tolerance interpretation,
measuring devices, and machining operations performed on
machining centers.
While these topics are often considered
prerequisite to learning about CNC, more and more people
are entering the field of CNC with little or no shop
experience – so we include this very important prerequisite
information.
We use a Key Concepts approach to teaching
CNC. This proven tutorial method allows us to
stress the reasons why things are done as importantly as
how they’re done. It provides a building blocks approach
to learning. And it limits the number of things the
student must
master in order to become proficient.
The Key Concepts are further divided into
lessons. Most lessons include quizzes and practice right
in the text (answers provided close by) and every lesson
ends with a test (answers provided at the end of the
text). This combination of visual and audio
presentation, tutorial text, explanatory
illustrations, and lots of practice dramatically
simplifies the task of learning how to setup and run a
CNC machining center. And it can be used over and
over again - an important consideration for any
employer.
There are four Key Concepts divided into
twelve lessons:
Key Concept number one: Get
ready to learn about CNC machining centers Lesson One: Basic machining practices
required for machining centers
Lesson Two: What does a CNC machining center do?
Key Concept number two: Know
your machine from a setup person’s or operator’s
viewpoint
Lesson Three: General flow of CNC process
Lesson Four: Machine configurations
Lesson Five: Understanding the control panels
Lesson Six: Important procedures needed to run the machine
Key Concept number three: Know
the three compensation types
Lesson Seven: Understanding compensation
Lesson Eight: Fixture offsets and assigning program zero
Lesson Nine: Tool length compensation
Lesson Ten: Cutter radius compensation
Key Concept number four:
Master the tasks to run a CNC machining center
Lesson Eleven: Tasks related to making setups
Lesson Twelve: Tasks related to completing a production run
When finished with this course,
students will have a firm
understanding of what it takes to setup and run a CNC
machining center. However, we must point out that
there’s more to learning how to setup and run a CNC
machining center than can read in a book or watched on a
video. Students will need hands-on practice with an actual CNC machining center in order to
fully master its use. This means employers must
still provide some on-the-job training in conjunction
with this course.
Even with this limitation, we do provide
the classroom-type training and the theory that a
student must understand before they
can spend any meaningful time at a CNC machining center.
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CDR-MCSO-D ~ Courseware (CD-rom disk) only ~ $99.00~[
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Note: This product is not available
for delivery by downloading.
Pricing alternatives- To facilitate
affordable pricing, we sell the components of this course
separately. The CD-rom disk ($89.00) makes a formidable
training tool all by itself. When combined with the student
manual ($60.00 additional), the student will have a portable
reference to use long after completing the course. When you purchase the complete CD-rom course package (at
$149.00), you receive an $10.00 discount compared to purchasing
the items separately.
Multiple course discount: We offer a
substantial discount for each additional (identical) course
purchased. First course is $149.00 (full price). Each additional
Machining Center Programming, Setup, & Operation course:
$80.00. Each additional course includes an additional CD and
another manual. If you order five courses of the same title,
for example, the total price will be $468.00 and will include
five CDs and five manuals. There is no time limit.
You can purchase additional (identical) courses at any time and
still get the discount.
