英文原文CNC machine toolsWhilethespecificintentionandapplicationforCNCmachinesvaryfromonemachinetype toanother,allformsofCNChavecommonbenefits.Herearebutafewofthemoreimportant benefitsofferedbyCNCequipment.ThefirstbenefitofferedbyallformsofCNCmachinetoolsisimprovedautomation. The operatorinterventionrelatedtoproducingworkpiecescanbereducedoreliminated.ManyCNCmachinescanrununattendedduringtheirentiremachiningcycle,freeingtheoperatortodoother tasks.ThisgivestheCNCuserseveralsidebenefitsincludingreducedoperatorfatigue,fewer mistakescausedbyhumanerror,andconsistentandpredictablemachiningtimeforeach workpiece.Sincethemachinewillberunningunderprogramcontrol,theskilllevelrequiredof theCNCoperator(relatedtobasicmachiningpractice)isalsoreducedascomparedtoamachinistproducingworkpieceswithconventionalmachinetools.ThesecondmajorbenefitofCNCtechnologyisconsistentandaccurateworkpieces.TodaysCNCmachinesboastalmostunbelievableaccuracyandrepeatabilityspecifications.Thismeans thatonceaprogramisverified,two,ten,oronethousandidenticalworkpiecescanbeeasily producedwithprecisionandconsistency.AthirdbenefitofferedbymostformsofCNCmachinetoolsisflexibility.Sincethese machinesarerunfromprograms,runningadifferentworkpieceisalmostaseasyasloadinga differentprogram.Onceaprogramhasbeenverifiedandexecutedforoneproductionrun,itcan beeasilyrecalledthenexttimetheworkpieceistoberun.Thisleadstoyetanotherbenefit,fast changeover.Sincethesemachinesareveryeasytosetupandrun,andsinceprogramscanbe easilyloaded,theyallowveryshortsetuptime.Thisisimperativewithtodaysjust-in-time(JIT) product requirements.Motioncontrol-theheartofCNCThemostbasicfunctionofanyCNCmachineisautomatic,precise,andconsistentmotion control.Ratherthanapplyingcompletelymechanicaldevicestocausemotionasisrequiredon mostconventionalmachinetools,CNCmachinesallowmotioncontrolinarevolutionarymanner2.AllformsofCNCequipmenthavetwoormoredirectionsofmotion,calledaxes.Theseaxes canbepreciselyandautomaticallypositionedalongtheirlengthsoftravel.Thetwomostcommonaxistypesarelinear(drivenalongastraightpath)androtary(drivenalongacircularpath).Insteadofcausingmotionbyturningcranksandhandwheelsasisrequiredonconventionalmachinetools,CNCmachinesallowmotionstobecommandedthroughprogrammedcommands.Generallyspeaking,themotiontype(rapid,linear,andcircular),theaxestomove,theamountofmotionandthemotionrate(feedrate)areprogrammablewithalmostallCNCmachinetools.ACNCcommandexecutedwithinthecontroltellsthedrivemotortorotateaprecisenumberoftimes.Therotationofthedrivemotorinturnrotatestheballscrew.Andtheballscrewdrives thelinearaxis(slide).Afeedbackdevice(linearscale)ontheslideallowsthecontroltoconfirm thatthecommandednumberofrotationshastakenplace3. Thougharathercrudeanalogy,thesamebasiclinearmotioncanbefoundonacommontablevise.Asyourotatethevisecrank,yourotatealeadscrewthat,inturn,drivesthemovablejawonthevise.Bycomparison,alinearaxisonaCNCmachinetoolisextremelyprecise.Thenumberofrevolutionsoftheaxisdrivemotorpreciselycontrolstheamountoflinearmotionalongtheaxis.Howaxismotioniscommanded-understandingcoordinatesystems.ItwouldbeinfeasiblefortheCNCusertocauseaxismotionbytryingtotelleachaxisdrivemotorhowmanytimestorotateinordertocommandagivenlinearmotionamount4.(Thiswouldbelikehavingtofigureouthowmanyturnsofthehandleonatablevisewillcausethemovable jawtomoveexactlyoneinch!)Instead,allCNCcontrolsallowaxismotiontobecommandedinamuchsimplerandmorelogicalwaybyutilizingsomeformofcoordinatesystem.Thetwomost popularcoordinatesystemsusedwithCNCmachinesaretherectangularcoordinatesystemand thepolarcoordinatesystem.Byfar,themorepopularofthesetwoistherectangularcoordinate system.TheprogramzeropointestablishesthepointofreferenceformotioncommandsinaCNC program.Thisallowstheprogrammertospecifymovementsfromacommonlocation.Ifprogramzeroischosenwisely,usuallycoordinatesneededfortheprogramcanbetakendirectlyfromtheprint.Withthistechnique,iftheprogrammerwishesthetooltobesenttoapositiononeinchtotherightoftheprogramzeropoint,X1.0iscommanded.Iftheprogrammerwishesthetooltomovetoapositiononeinchabovetheprogramzeropoint,Y1.0iscommanded.Thecontrolwill automaticallydeterminehowmanytimestorotatee