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Article: STEP-NC is an advancement still searching for its markets.(machine controls)
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- Tooling & Production
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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You could say that NC code (RS274D) is the devil that most manufacturers have learned to live with when it comes to working with CNC machine tools.
Though NC code has a base structure, each make, model, and configuration of machine tool potentially introduces its own subtle nuances. To fully utilize the machine tool's full set of capabilities, each of its unique codes needs to be supported. Some classes of machines are simple enough to be programmed by hand; the programmer writes complete programs specifying tool changes and coolant control, as well as performs the necessary mathematical calculations to determine the coordinates of the move to, go-to commands. ...