Design and manufacturing of a 3-axes vertical CNC at the service of education

n today's manufacturing, held by traditional tool machines like lathes and milling machines, are advanced to automatic CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines due to machining time speed, cost, and precision advantages. The products designed with Computer-aided design (Computer Aided Drawing) are progressed with the method of processing raw material via a production file created by computer-aided manufacturing software (Computer Aided Manufacturing). The motors on the machine are controlled using this production file with op-code processor software. In this thesis, a CNC machine has been manufactured to aid university studies. Instead of using a ready-to-use product software for CAM process, a new software program was written in "Visual C#" language, thus the command list can be controlled by the user. Algorithms for frequently used commands were developed on ARM microprocessor architecture based Texas Instruments Stellaris LM3S811 evaluation board as we did in the computer interface. It fulfils the role of a teaching material for both mechanical and electronical engineering students.