NC Technology

1.

Introduction:
Conventional machines used for operations like Turning, Drilling, Milling were commonly
used and operated manualy. the worker had to use a detailed working drawing sheet of the
workpart that included dimensions, tolerances, surface roughness,.
He also had to use process sheet, which includes production steps, cutting speed, feed,
feedrate, revolutions,..
This sheet was used to develop the NC coded program.

2.

Basic Components of NC Machine System:

NC Machine

Program Instruction

Machine Control Unit (MCU)

(Computer)
Machine Tool

To produce the program instruction we use the process sheet and convert it to NC coded
program.
The NC coded program is then punched into a tape to be transferred to the machine
control unit.
The machine control unit (MCU) contains a tae reader, it also has register and buffer,
they are used to convert the data from the punched tape into electric signals that are sent
to the machine tool.