Basic APT Training Course

Course Overview

This five day educational offering instructs the student to define geometric definitions.   Create an APT program to drive the definied geometry.   Use logical statements and other advanced features.

Intended Audience

This course is structured for manufacturing engineers, NC programmers, machinists with some knowledge of computers and middle managers.

Course Objective

To teach each student to:

Program lathes and 3-axis mills.
Create repetitive routines using MACRO and LOOPING logic.
The fundamentals of family part programs.

Prerequisites

The student should have a working knowledge mathematics (i.e. algebra and trigonometry).   Additionally, the student should have a machine shop background and understand basic machine shop fundamentals.

Course Materials

A student will be issued an APT and an APT Lathe Module programming manual.   A variety of visual aids will be provided as well.

Summary of Course Topics

• Introduction to the APT programming.
• Definitions for POINT, LINE, CIRCLE and PLANE.
• Tool conditions and tool directions.
• MACRO definitions.
• LOOPING logic.
• COPY logic.
• MATRIX logic and definitions.
• APT Lathe Module .