leitmotif
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Can someone with basic knowledge take on "basic" CNC and learn as he goes?
I finished 6 months at Seattle Community COllege studying PLC - I do not pretend to know it all and have some learning curves ahead of me -- real education and learning starts in the field I know.
Starting to talk with outfit that is a fabrication shop generally plate steel. Have presses and laser cutter, and of course lots of welders (MIG). They say they want CNC guy. I need to know if I can realistically do the job for them.
Let me as the question this way
Is CNC control basically PLC control?
Granted there is a lot of position sensing with CNC (ie X,Y,Z, etc axis)
AND the program changes with the part to be make design / configuration which may require changing the tool list.
Thanks
Dan Bentler
I finished 6 months at Seattle Community COllege studying PLC - I do not pretend to know it all and have some learning curves ahead of me -- real education and learning starts in the field I know.
Starting to talk with outfit that is a fabrication shop generally plate steel. Have presses and laser cutter, and of course lots of welders (MIG). They say they want CNC guy. I need to know if I can realistically do the job for them.
Let me as the question this way
Is CNC control basically PLC control?
Granted there is a lot of position sensing with CNC (ie X,Y,Z, etc axis)
AND the program changes with the part to be make design / configuration which may require changing the tool list.
Thanks
Dan Bentler