A DEVELOPMENT OF CNC SOFTWARE FOR A SUPER SMALL PRECISION LATHE

摘要

Micro Turning System 4 (MTS4) is a super small CNC (computer numerical control) precision lathe that has a machine base size of 300 x 200 mm (A4 paper size). The MTS4 was developed for exclusively machining micro-parts as a substitution of conventional precision lathes that were too big compared to the size of parts to be machined. When the MTS was developed, one of the technical objectives was to improve the operationality in software of the conventional CNC machine tools. The software was developed so that the operation can be processed visually. As a result, the users could machine micro-parts for a few hours even if they were beginners. Figure 1 shows the picture of MTS4.