南通職業(yè)大學(xué)畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)第1頁(yè)共16頁(yè)九、外文翻譯NUMERICALCONTROLOFPRODUCTIONEQUIPMENTSNumericalcontrol(NC)isaformofprogrammableautomationinwhichtheprocessingequipmentiscontrolledbymeansofnumbers,letters,andothersymbols.Thenumbers,letters,andsymbolsarecodedinanappropriateformattodefineaprogramofinstructionsforaparticularworkpartorjob.Whenthejobchanges,theprogramofinstructionsischanged.ThecapabilitytochangetheprogramiswhatmakesNCsuitableforlow-andmedium-volumeproduction.Itismucheasiertowritenewprogramsthantomakemajoralterationsoftheprocessingequipment.BASICCOMPONENTSOFNCAnumericalcontrolsystemconsistsofthefollowingthreebasiccomponents:ProgramofinstructionsMachinecontrolunitProcessingequipment南通職業(yè)大學(xué)畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)第2頁(yè)共16頁(yè)ThegeneralrelationshipamongthethreecomponentsisillustratedinFig.2.1.Theprogramisfedintothecontrolunit,whichdirectstheprocessingequipmentaccordingly.Theprogramofinstructionsisthedetailedstep-by-stepcommandsthatdirecttheprocessingequipment.Initsmostcommonform,thecommandsrefertopositionsofamachinetoolspindlewithrespecttotheworktableonwhichthepartisfixtured.Moreadvancedinstructionsincludeselectionofspindlespeeds,cuttingtool,andotherfunction.Themostcommonmediuminuseoverthelastseveraldecadeshasbeen1-in.-widepunchedtape.Becauseofthewidespreaduseofthepunchedtape,NCissometimescalled“tapecontrol”.However,thisisamisnomerinmodernusageofnumericalcontrol.Comingintousemorerecentlyhavebeenmagnetictapecassettesandfloppydiskettes.Themachinecontrolunit(MCU)consistsoftheelectronicsandcontrolhardwarethatreadandinterprettheprogramofinstructionandconvertitintomechanicalactionsofthemachinetoolorotherprocessingequipment.TheprocessingequipmentisthethirdbasiccomponentofanNCsystem.Itisthecomponentthatperformsusefulwork.Inthemostcommonexampleofnumericalcontrol,onethatperforms南通職業(yè)大學(xué)畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)第3頁(yè)共16頁(yè)machiningoperations,theprocessingequipmentconsistsoftheworktableandspindleaswellasthemotorsandcontrolsneededtodrivethem.TYPESOFCONTROLSYSTEMSTherearetwobasictypesofcontrolsystemsinnumericalcontrol:point-to-pointandcontouring.Inthepoint-to-pointsystem,alsocalledpositioning,eachaxisofthemachineisdrivenseparatelybyleadscrewsand,dependingonthetypeofoperation,atdifferentvelocities.Themachinemovesinitiallyatmaximumvelocityinordertoreducenonproductivetimebutdeceleratesasthetoolreachesitsnumericallydefinedposition.Thusinanpotationsuchasdrillingorpunching,thepositioningandcuttingtakeplacesequentially.Aftertheholeisdrilledorpunched,thetoolretracts,movesrapidlytoanotherposition,andrepeatstheoperation.Thepathfollowedfromonepositiontoanotherisimportantinonlyonerespect:Thetimerequiredshouldbeminimizedforefficiency.Point-to-pointsystemsareusedmainlyindrilling,punching,andstraightmillingoperations.Inthecontouringsystem,alsoknownasthecontinuouspathsystem,positioningandcuttingoperationsarebothalongcontrolledpathsbutatdifferentvelocities.Becausethetool南通職業(yè)大學(xué)畢業(yè)設(shè)計(jì)第4頁(yè)共16頁(yè)cutsasittravelsalongaprescribedpath,accuratecontrolandsynchronizationofvelocitiesandmovementsareimportant.Thecontouringsystemisusedonlathes,millingmachines,grinders,weldingmachinery,andmachiningcenters.Movementalongthepath,orinterpolation,occursincrementally,byoneofseveralbasicmethods.Inallinterpolations,thepathcontrolledisthatofthecenterofrotationofthetool.Compensationfordifferenttools,differentdiametertools,ortoolwearduringmachining,canbemadeintheNCprogram.Thereareanumberofinterpolationschemesthathavebeendevelopedtodealwiththevariousproblemsthatareencounteredingeneratingasmoothcontinuouspathwithacontouring-typeNCsystem.Theyinclude:LinearinterpolationCircularinterpolationHelicalinterpolationParabolicinterp