Beginners CNC Programming Lathes with Fanuc Controls – Turning

Course description

To ensure a positive learning experience course size is limited to 6 – 8 attendees maximum.

Cost of course is £975.00 + VAT per attendee.

This course is for people looking to acquire the basic knowledge for a CNC programming career.

This is an entry level course. Attendees do not need to be familiar with CNC machine tools or understand their layout and configuration as this will be  covered during the course along with an introduction to Fanuc controls.

Course Content

• Introduction and review of a lathe and its layout
• General safety and best-practice instruction
• Overview of codes used in programming – i.e – G Codes, M Codes
• Understanding CNC programs – structure and content
• Explanation of 1st and 2nd Reference Point Returns
• Programming with absolute and incremental values
• Calling up tools with geometry and radius offsets
• Tool nose radius compensation and vector quadrants
• Rapid traverse and other feed-rate commands i.e. mm/rev and mm/min.
• Creating simple programs using simulation – and how to edit them
• Using multi repetitive cycles – G70~G76
• Writing extended programs to also include sub programs and sub routines

Safety and PPE Requirements

Safety footwear and other PPE is NOT required for this course.

Course Times

Beginner Programmer courses run at the Mills CNC Training Academy last for 3 days:

• Day 1: Start: 9:00am – Finish: 4:00pm
• Day 2: Start: 8:45am – Finish: 4:30pm
• Day 3: Start: 9:00am – Finish: 4:30pm

Light lunch and soft drinks are provided. For special dietary requirements please contact the Mills CNC Training Academy on 01926 438363 or email sales@cnctrainingacademy.co.uk