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Lbyme14 Activity No. 4
Lbyme14 Activity No. 4
Activity No. 4
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Task 4-5: Setting the Stock Parameters
2. What basic principles does a mechanical vise use to hold an object in place?
A mechanical vise uses ramps and levers.
TOOLING
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Task 5-5: Questions
The two types of automatic tool changing systems are automatic tool changers
and carousel tool changers.
2. What type of tool would you use to cut a contoured shape from a workpiece?
3. True or False It is perfectly safe to handle cutting tools with your bare hands
False
4. True or False You should never leave any tools or other hardware in the
enclosure.
True
How would it affect the control program if you had not defined the tool, or if you
input the wrong information?
The machine would produce a different output compared to the actual output.
LBYME14
Activity No. 6
HOME POSITIONS
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Task 6-4: Questions
1. What is a coordinate?
It returns the machine to the machine zero point, and acts as a reference point
for all operations.
1. What do you think would happen if you set the workpiece origin first, and then
homed the machine, to the wrong position?
The machine would not be able to execute its function properly due to the
location of the workpiece on the cross slide not being established properly by the origin.
2. Do you think you could have the workpiece origin somewhere other than the
top-front-left corner of the workpiece?