Ko te whakakapi CNC, arataki i te huringa i te hoahoa matihiko o tētahi wāhanga ki tētahi takotoranga tohutohu e mōhiotia ana e te mīhini, ko te hinengaro e whakahaere ana i te whakaputa tinana. I te nuinga o te wā ka whai wāhi ngā reo G-code me M-code ki tēnei āhuatanga, i rerekē mai i te whakamātautau ā-ringa ki te pūkoro CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing) matatau, engari kua noho tonu tana kaupapa matua: arataki i ngā nekehanga tika o ngā tapa mīhini, ngā tere pūtau, ngā tere kawe, me ngā mōhio hāngai. Ko te hanga i tētahi kaupapa CNC kaha he mahi tōiri ake e here ana ki te mōhio whānui ki ngā tikanga whakaputa, ki te pūkenga tapa, me ngā āhua motuhake o te tapa mīhini e whai ana. Me whiriwhiri te kaiwhakarāwekanga i te tukunga pai rawa atu o ngā mahi, me kōwhiri i ngā tapa tika, me whakarārangi i ā rātou ara kia iti ai te wā kore-kapeka me te whakawā kei te patua, me whakarārangi i ngā tautuhinga kapeka (tere, kawe, te rōrahi o te kapeka) hei whakapau tere pūngaonga matēria, kia roa ai te ora o te tapa, me te eke ki te mata mutunga e hiahiatia ana. Ko ngā tikanga matatau pērā i te Whakaputa Rawa (High-Efficiency Machining - HEM), e pupuri ana i te kona whai wāhitanga tapa me te uta paruaki, ka whakakapia kia iti ake ngā wātaka mōhio me te kōmaikuku mō te tapa me te taonga. Mō ngā āhua 3D herenga, me whakaputa i te whakakapi mō te whakaputa tūmatanui 5-tapa kia taea ai te whakapiri tūtata tonu ki te āhua, he mahi e here ana ki te pūkoro CAM kaha me ngā kai-whakarāpopototanga (post-processors) e hāngai ana ki te whirinakitanga kinematic o te mīhini. Anuanu noa i te hanga tuatahi i te whakakapi, ko te whakamātau me te whakapūmau he waahanga matua hei whakapono mā te karu i ngā ara tapa me te whakarere i ngā patunga mīhini kuaite. I ngā wharepaku anuanu o nāianei, ko te whakakapi CNC e whakahaeretia ana, e tukuna ana ki ngā tapa mīhini mā te whatunga (DNC), ka tiakina te putanga, ka uru tino māmā ki ngā Pūnaha Whakahaere Whakaputa (MES). I te mutunga, ko te whakakapi CNC matatau ehara i te tuhinga noa i ngā tohutohu; engari ko te kohikohi i te whai whakaaro inehi me te pono whakaputa kia eke ki te uara tuarangi o te hangarau CNC.
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