Publisher's Synopsis
This is the Book and CD-ROM combination version of "Machine Tool Technology Basics". It comes with a CAD/CAM software program on the enclosed CD-ROM, making it possible to design a part on the computer, generate machining codes (G&M), and simulate the tool path to check for programming errors. It begins each section with a new Section opener collage and includes an introduction, learning objectives, key terms summary, and knowledge review questions. This work: highlights safety precautions throughout, making them stand out from the text and more visible; covers 14 key operations, in various sections, using Visutext format where each major step of an operation is illustrated, labeled and explained with minimum text; includes the latest direct ironmaking and direct steelmaking processes and mini mills; and, contains five Modern Technology overviews for some sections that give a brief history of the topic and a look at advanced and future developments.
