CNC Tech Talks
3 Ways to Help New Engineers Understand Manufacturing
Priorities, processes and personnel are three things new engineers must understand about the shop floor.
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5 Mistakes We Find in Most CNC Machine Programs
While the mistakes listed here will not sound an alarm or cause a program to fail, they will cause confusion, wasted time and scrap parts.
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How to Improve Peck Drilling Canned Cycles
Most CNCs don’t have a canned cycle for machining deep holes into malleable materials. Here’s what you do.
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How to Effectively Train CNC Machine Operators
A blended-learning approach uses external resources to teach the basics, saving in-house training for company-specific issues.
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5 Ways the External Work Offset Can Help You
External work offsets can be valuable because they let you shift the point of reference for fixture offset entries from the machine’s home position to a more logical one.
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What to Include When Developing Your Company Playbook
Like a sports team, your company can also benefit from a written plan.
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5 Things New CNC Machine Operators Must Know
These subjects are the building blocks of training newcomers on a specific CNC machine tool.
Read MoreMonitoring Time for Preventive Maintenance Tasks
Not all maintenance tasks should be performed based on a calendar date. You can use a custom macro to monitor your machines.
Read MoreConverting Time and Date to a More Useful Format
FANUC and FANUC-compatible CNCs have multiple ways to monitor time. They are accessed by four system variables: milliseconds clock, hours clock, current date and current time. Here’s how to format information in a helpful way.
Read MoreUsing Offset Data to Determine Turret Index Position
Determine the optimal index position based on cutting tools’ current geometry offset settings.
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