- What is CAM?
Your answer:
Computers Assisting Machinists
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Computer Allied Machining
Computation and Metallurgy
- What happens if you decide not to accept a tool path operation?
Your answer:
The tool path is not created, and the program shuts down.
The tool path is created anyway, and you must change the drawing.
The tool path must be deleted manually.
The tool path is not created, and you may go back and revise the operation.
- You generate a toolpath by __________________.
Your answer:
selecting Toolpath from the Generate Menu
starting the post processor
clicking the Generate toolpath button on the Operations toolbar
clicking the Go button
- Overshoot is defined by _________________.
Your answer:
How far beyond the centerline the cutoff tool will travel
how far into the next layer a toolpath will go
How far the cutting tool will travel beyond the end of the stock
The absolute limit of usable stock
- Spindle speeds __________________.
Your answer:
stay the same regardless of the turning operation
only change when you select a different material
vary according to the turning operation and tool
determine how fast the tool spins
- What is the workpiece origin?
Your answer:
The point where the first tool path begins.
The point where the drawing begins.
The point the X and Z axes meet.
The point where the last tool path ends.
- What is the purpose of the post processor file?
Your answer:
Helps set layers for tool paths.
Opens the NC browser window automatically.
Allows spectraCAM to generate NC code for different machines.
Selects tools for use in machining.
- When would you hide a toot path?
Your answer:
When you need to change it.
When you need to select other geometries in the same area.
When it is wrong.
When you want to slow the rate that spectraCAM redraws the screen.
- When spectraCAM generates an NC file from a session, what information is it using?
Your answer:
Operations setup dialog box, NC Browser, Layer information.
Previous NC files, this session, the post processor file.
The post processor file, the Operations Setup dialog boxes, and tool paths.
Tool paths, student files, CAD Drawings.
- What do you use to hold stock on the lathe?
Your answer:
Wire.
Your lab partner.
The chuck.
Your hands.
- What is a Dry Run?
Your answer:
Another way to verify your NC program.
Running the program with no stock mounted.
A way to check that all tool motions make sense
All of the above
- What is the purpose of the safety shield?
Your answer:
To hide the operator's view of the turning process.
Protect the operator from flying chips.
To make the machine look nice.
All of the above
- When you design a part to be turned, what is the first step?
Your answer:
Perform a dry run.
Determine stock size.
Write the program.
Sketch the part.
- Safety is ______________.
Your answer:
a position in Football
the least important thing to think about when operating a lathe
the most important thing to think about when operating a lathe
something to consider when operating a lathe
- Profiling and parting tools are ______________.
Your answer:
tools used for cutting
tools used for grinding
tools used for boring
None of the above
- The axes on a lathe are called the ________________.
Your answer:
X and Z axes
J and l axes
M and O axes
R and T axes
- You should press the Emergency Stop button on the turning center when _______________.
Your answer:
never
anytime you open the Safety shield
you want to ask the instructor a question
you are changing stock on the lathe
- Tool path verification is used ______________.
Your answer:
after a part is turned
to home the lathe
before a part is turned
to jog the lathe
- An NC file _______________.
Your answer:
is never stored on the computer
is where you keep all of your NC programs
can be edited
is used to fine tune the workpiece
- What is the Comments section at the beginning of an NC program for?
Your answer:
Test Instructions.
Design statistics.
Secret messages.
NC program operating parameters.