[Dummies 01] • Machining For Dummies, 1 by Hanson, Kip -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Table of Contents Introduction

About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

Part 1: Turning Cranks and Pulling Handles

Chapter 1: Climbing the Manufacturing Ropes

Going Caveman: A World without Machining Meeting Our Founding Fathers Grappling with Machine Basics

Chapter 2: Demystifying Machine Tools

Making Machine Tools Automatic Milling About: Mills and Machining Centers Turning It Up: Exploring Lathes It’s a Mill, It’s a Lathe … It’s Supermachine!

Chapter 3: Rounding Out the Rest of the Machining Processes

Touring Toolmaking Peering into the Niches Appreciating the Alternatives

Chapter 4: Being Materialistic

Grappling with the Elements Meditating on Metal Removal Exploring Metals Wrapping It Up with the Easy Stuff

Part 2: Tooling Up

Chapter 5: The Cutting Edge: Staying Sharp

Facing the Hard Facts Getting Tough with High-Speed Steel Going Fast and Furious: Carbide Round Tools: Notating on Rotating Sticking with Stick Tools Cutting Advice

Chapter 6: Hanging on Tight with Workholding

Chucking Up on Lathes It’s Not Spelled Vice: Going Orthogonal with Workholding Hanging On to the Weird Ones

Chapter 7: Entering the Toolholding No Spin Zone

Hanging around with Rotary Tools Cruising through the Toolholding Catalog Turning about Is Fair Play Going Faster with Quick-Change

Chapter 8: Accessorizing for Success

Palletizing Your Parts Giving Rotary Tables a Whirl Raising the Bar with Bar Feeders Collaborating with R2D2 Measuring Up Taking It Offline Choosing the Right Machine Options Cooling Down with High Pressure Making Your Job Easier (and Safer)

Part 3: Putting It All Together: Making Parts

Chapter 9: Succeeding with Software

Deciphering Software Acronyms Here’s to Being a CAD Playing with Models CAMming It Up Simulating Reality Having Meaningful Conversations Exploring File Formats Making It Manufacturable Managing the Shop Floor

Chapter 10: Measuring Up

Drawing Pretty Pictures Blocking and Tackling: Hard Gages Meeting Mic(rometer) Filling the Shopping Cart Measuring with Machines Hitting the Quality Road

Chapter 11: Demystifying G-Code

Eating the CNC Alphabet Soup Moving along with G-Codes Coordinating Coordinates Compensating for Size (and Location) Cycling About: Canned and Multiple Repetitive Cycles Switching On with M-Codes Making It with Macros

Chapter 12: Touring Some Machining Operations

Happy Holemaking Threading the Needle Taking the Right Turn Facing About Milling Madness Boring Better Taming Interpolation Getting the Burrs Off

Chapter 13: Looking toward Tomorrow

Turning Out the Lights Unplugging Along Staying Bug-Free Making Tools Smarter

Part 4: The Part of Tens

Chapter 14: Ten Ways to Make Processes Predictable

Thinking Scientifically Learning Your Feeds and Speeds Watching for Tool Wear Writing It Down Staying Cool Keeping Machines Healthy Getting Torqued Poka-yoking Buying Right Standardizing Everything

Chapter 15: Ten Terrific Tools, Tips, and Technologies

Adding It Up with Additive Surfing the Internet of Things Looking to the Cloud Automating Everything Riding Virtual Rollercoasters Becoming Sustainable Lightweighting the World Losing the Paper Trail Having Fun with Hybrids Getting Small: MEMS Devices and Other Lilliputian Parts

Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Successful Machining

Machining Is Not a Dirty Word Returning to School: Certification Staying Lean Developing Vertical Markets Taking Tools Faster and Farther Keeping Parts and Tools Put Keeping Things (and People) Cool, Clean, and Safe Setting Up Successfully Taking Off the Gloves (and Putting On the Safety Glasses) Embracing Change

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