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Introduction to Basic CNC and CAM - MEC 119 at Blue Ridge Community College

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MEC 119 - Introduction to Basic CNC and CAM: Teaches the basic concepts of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) programming of Numerical Control Machinery with emphasis on Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)/Computer Aided Drafting (CAD). Program writing procedures will be based on using the following: basic G-code programming language for CNC machinery, CAD/CAM programming systems to produce correct code for CNC Machinery, basic computer usage, CAD/CAM integraion, and Code-to-machine transfer via Distributive Numeric Control (DNC).

Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 2-4 hours. Total 3-5 hours per week.

2-3 credits

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Not scheduled at this time

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