CNC PROGRAMMING - FANUC METHOD

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OVERVIEW

This specialized CNC Programming course aims to satisfies the training needs of
industrial manufacturers with Fanuc controls as well as vocational and engineering
schools. This training tool is designed to assist you in every step of the CNC
Programming process on Fanuc controls which are prevalent in manufacturing world
today.

Whether you are a technical school student, CNC beginner or advanced CNC
Programmer, or you are owner of a small machine shop, this course will guide and
provide you with the knowledge you have to have in order to be competitive. CNC
stands for Computer Numerical Control. It is a versatile system that allows you to
control the motion of tools and parts through computer programs that use numeric
data. CNC can be used with nearly any traditional machine. The most common CNC
machines today found in the machine shops include Machining centers (mills) and
Turning centers (lathes) and they are very often with Fanuc controls.
Our courses are aimed directly at the needs of CNC personnel and those with
programming responsibility. They provide the essential and specialized Fanuc ‘hands-
on’ experience which can be applied to other CNC controls as well, because the G-
Code method of Fanuc is also followed by almost every major control manufacturer.

CONTENTS

CNC Machine basics

FLOW OF THE CNC PROCESS

CNC PROGRAMMING
- Coordinate systems
- Plane designation
- Machine coordinate system
- Setting m/c coordinate system
- Direction of motion (axes)
- Workpiece coordinate system
- Definition of workpiece position
- Polar coordinates
- Motion types
- G - codes (preparatory function)
- M - codes (miscellaneous function)
- Absolute command (G90)
- Incremental command (G91)
- Understanding of interpolation
- Rapid motion (G00)
- Linear interpolation - Feeding (G01)
- Feed rate (F function)
- Circular interpolation - circular motion (G02 and G03)
- Other interpolation types
- Program zero, workpiece zero – positions of zero points
 - Z axis zero
- Metric/Imperial dimensions G70, G71, G700, G710
TOOL OFFSETS
- What are offsets
- Why we need offsets
- Organizing offsets
- Types of compensation
- Tool length compensation) - G43 (machining centers)
- How to consider tool length compensation
- Cutter radius compensation G40-G42 (machining centers)
- Reasons for cutter radius compensation
- How to program cutter radius compensation, example
- Dimensional tool (wear) offsets
- Tool nose radius compensation
- Other types of compensation
LANGUAGE ELEMENTS OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
- Address, Data, Word, Block, Sequence, Program
- Types of programs
PROGRAM FORMATING
- Reasons to format CNC programs
- Types of program format (program start-up, tool ending, tool start-up, and
program ending)
Read and write numerous other DNC File formats
Recording of Work Numbers and Tooling Information and other important info
Store Programs
- Program configuration, structure and contents of an CNC program
LET’S START WRITING CNC PROGRAMS
- About Fanuc CNC programming
- Prepare the work piece drawing
- Steps to prepare (mark up print, machining process, calculate coordinates, select
tooling, plan setup)
Print Hard copies of your programs
Display programs on your computer screen
- Define machining sequences
- Create a machining plan
- Translate the work steps into the machining language
- Combine all individual steps in a program
- Simple programming examples
Verify your Toolpaths with the Dynamic tooling display
- Program sample for machining a groove
- Practical examples of CNC programs
- Setting of selected cutting conditions
- CNC program examples
Convert CNC Programs between Control Types so that your older machines can run programs
created in newer control types

SPECIAL PROGRAMMING FEATURES

- Canned cycles
- Rigid tapping
- Grinding cycles