TOOLING COURSE

Course duration is one day at a cost of £100

PROVIDER:

SANDVIK COROMANT LTD

Manor Way
Halesowen
West Midlands B62 8QZ

Both companies prefer to have at least 10 trainees on a course and can offer either:

• Training at their respective premises.
• Training on site at a members company.

The basic content of the tooling course is:

• ISO Toolholder and Insert Identification
• An Introduction to Carbide Grades
• Application & Cutting Data
• Tool Geometries
• Insert wear patterns and correction factors
• Understanding Parting Off and trouble shooting
• Full course material will be provided along with hands on instruction

This course should be completed prior to commencing the various BTMA CNC Setter Training Courses

COURSE 1 - BASIC CNC Setting

(Generic and does not need to be machine specific)

Course Duration is 4 full days 8.00am to 4.00pm Monday – Thursday at a cost of £500

Entry Requirements

• BTMA test paper must have been completed to assess level of knowledge and to help with course grouping.
• BTMA Tooling Training Course must have been completed.

Course Content

The progression award is designed for those seeking a basic understanding of CNC engineering principles, enables candidate to gain a range of skills:

• M&G codes
• Safe Working practices
• Bar preparation
• Basic 2axis programming
• Reading basic drawings
• Threading & tapping

COURSE 2 Intermediate CNC Setting

(Machine type specific)

Course Duration is 4 full days 8.00am to 4.00pm Monday – Thursday at a cost of £600

Entry Requirements

• BTMA test paper must have been completed to assess level of knowledge above course one and to help with course grouping
• BTMA Tooling training course must have been completed.

Course Content

Training to be done on a middle of the range spec machine.

5-6 axis machine.

Standard Machine Operations

• Front turning / Roughing – Finishing
• Back turning
• Radius turning
• Advanced screw cutting options
• Boring
• Internal screw cutting
• Internal grooving
• Knurling/ Cut / Pressure
• Face grooving

Material basics

• Importance of bar quality (straightness, roundness)
• Barfeed considerations (preparation, remnant, ejection)

Making a program (machine dependent)

• Turning, drilling, boring, tapping, grooving, screw-cutting & parting off
• Intermediate rotary tool, cross drilling & milling

CNC control screen – hands on experience

• Explanation of intermediate controls & screen functions
• Procedures for proving out
• On screen editing- soft key option
• Precautions after editing
• Good working practices to avoid collisions

Saving Proven Process

• Procedure to save proven programme
• Procedure to save tool geometries & offsets
• Saving of other useful information (tool life, component datum’s, cycle time)
• How to import or export programs
• Learn to write a program from scratch
• Tool counts – management
• How to reduce cycle times

All the Intermediate Courses are designed to be very similar to the existing courses run for companies who buy a new machine and require training at this level.

COURSE 3 Advanced CNC Setting

(Machine type specific)

Course Duration is 4 full days 8.00am to 4.00pm Monday – Thursday

Entry Requirements

• BTMA test paper must have been completed to assess level of knowledge above course 2 and to help with course grouping.
• BTMA Tooling training course must have been completed.

The Advanced Course content will include:

• Safe Working practices
• Power tooling - Y axis
• Basic 4-7 axis programming
• Complex & advanced techniques
• Understanding macros
• Waiting codes
• 3-4 axis simultaneous machining

All the Advanced Courses will be designed to be very similar to the existing courses run for companies who buy a new machine and require training at this level