Testing Machine Tools

Excerpt from The Testing of Machine Tools In this book an attempt has been made to deal with the various aspects of machine-tool testing in such a way as to make the book suitable for engineer apprentices and students as well as responsible engineers. Considerable space in the book has been devoted to the testing of machine tools and machine-tool elements for accuracy since the author believes that this subject is of prime importance at the present day with its increasing demands for accuracy and efficiency. Generally, more space has been given over to the description of methods and instruments than to the consideration of published results of tests, though the latter have by no means been neglected in view of their importance from the point of view of machine-tool design. From the general subject of machine-tool testing it is impossible to separate the lesser subject of the testing of cutting tools; hence exclusive consideration has been given to this in a chapter towards the end of the book. It is hoped that the book may prove useful to engineering teachers and others who have charge of classes in machine-tool testing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The purpose of this book is to develop capacity building in strategic and non-strategic machine tool technology. The book contains chapters on how to functionally reverse engineer strategic and non-strategic computer numerical control machinery. Numerous engineering areas, such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, control engineering, and computer hardware and software engineering, are covered. The book offers guidelines and covers design for machine tools, prototyping, augmented reality for machine tools, modern communication strategies, and enterprises of functional reverse engineering, along with case studies. Features Presents capacity building in machine tool development Discusses engineering design for machine tools Covers prototyping of strategic and non-strategic machine tools Illustrates augmented reality for machine tools Includes Internet of Things (IoT) for machine tools