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Machine Tool Automation

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Numerical control (NC) is the greatest innovation in the achievement of machine tool automation in manufacturing. In this chapter, first a history of the development up to the advent of NC machine tools is briefly reviewed (Sect. 48.1). Then the machining centers and the turning centers are described with their key modules and integration into flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) and flexible manufacturing cells (FMC) in Sect. 48.2. NC part programming is described from manual programming to the computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system in Sect. 48.3. In Sect. 48.4 and Sect. 48.5, following the technical innovations in the advanced hardware and software systems of NC machine tools, future control systems for intelligent CNC machine tools are presented.

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Abbreviations

3-D:

three-dimensional

AC:

alternating-current

ACMP:

autonomous coordinate measurement planning

AGV:

autonomous guided vehicle

AIMac:

autonomous and intelligent machine tool

AMPA:

autonomous machining process analyzer

APC:

advanced process control

APT:

automatically programmed tool

ATC:

available transfer capability

CAM:

computer-aided manufacturing

CAPP:

computer aided process planning

CCC:

Chinese Control Conference

CL:

cutter location

CMM:

capability maturity model

CNC:

computer numerical control

CPU:

central processing unit

DSP:

digital signal processor

FFT:

fast Fourier transform

FMC:

flexible manufacturing cell

FMC:

flight management computer

FMS:

field message specification

FMS:

flexible manufacturing system

FMS:

flight management system

HDD:

hard-disk drive

I/O:

input/output

IEC:

International Electrotechnical Commission

IT:

information technology

MDI:

manual data input

MIT:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT:

miles in-trail

NC:

numerical control

OAC:

open architecture control

ORTS:

open real-time operating system

PID:

proportional, integral, and derivative

PKM:

parallel kinematic machine

PM:

process module

TRV:

total removal volume

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kobe University, 1-1, Rokko-dai, Nada, 657-8501, Kobe, Japan

    Keiichi Shirase MSc

  2. Graduate School of Science and Technology, Sophia University, 7-1, Kioicho, Chiyoda, 102-8554, Tokyo, Japan

    Susumu Fujii Prof

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Shirase, K., Fujii, S. (2009). Machine Tool Automation. In: Nof, S. (eds) Springer Handbook of Automation. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78831-7_48

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