Includes bibliographical references (p. 857-858) and index.

Contents: Essentials of CNC technology: Introduction to numerical control -- NC systems -- NC/CNC control hardware and operating software -- Machine axes and coordinate systems -- NC code systems -- Planning for NC operations -- Tooling for NC -- Workholding for NC -- Manual CNC programming: Milling programming fundamentals -- Compensation and offset in milling -- Fixed cycles in milling -- Repetitive programming: loops, subprograms and macros -- Turning programming fundamentals -- Compensation and offset in turning -- Fixed cycles in turning -- Integration of NC planning and programming -- Computer-assisted programming in APT: APT: Basic geometry definition -- APT: Cutter motion definition -- Postprocessor statements -- Generation and execution of APT programs -- Advanced geometry definitions -- Advanced tool motion statements -- Computation, repetitive programming and matrix transformation programming in APT -- CAD/CAM NC programming: Introduction to computer aided design and its industrial applications -- 2-D Tool path fundamentals -- 3-D Surface tool path fundamentals -- CNC networking: Communications and computer networking fundamentals for DNC -- DNC implementation --