3 AXIS CNC MILLING MACHINE

1. INTRODUCTION:Computerized Numerical control machine which is based on computer programming and get work with less human work and less effort. The CNC PCB Milling Machine project is the complete specifications for the software and hardware for a complete light duty Computer and Numerical Control (CNC) milling machine designed primarily to mill isolation traces in copper clad printed circuit board material. Additionally, it can handle milling of soft materials such as plastics and aluminum. CAM Software is used for development of computer numerical control programs based on the applications of CNC machines. Advanced programming techniques have been incorporated with in CNC controllers by CNC machine tool manufacturers to facilitate the flexibility in production of the job. CNC Programming for Square Pass profile Template on CNC Milling machine was under taken. This template is used as gauge while turning profiles on rolls.

2. LITERATURE SURVEY:2.1 MILLING OPERATION:2.1.1 PLAIN MILLING:Plain mill is the milling of flat surface with the axis of the cutter parallel to the machine surface. It can be carried out either on a horizontal machine or a vertical machine. 2.2.2 SLOTTING:Slotting is the milling of flat surface with the axis of the cutter perpendicular to the machine surface and make a slot in material. 2.2.3 DRILLING Drill is the general operation in form of make a hole in material.

2.2 CNC MILLING MACHINE:As the name is Computer Numerical Control, CNC has a control system that can control the machine by a specific program. By doing the programming on CNC machine, the machine then read the instruction and performs the series of motion. CNC machines have a specific range of motiontypically between 2 to 5 linear and rotational axes. Each direction of motion of a CNC Machine is called an axis. It is simply a direction of motion under the influence of the CNC controller. It can either be linear or rotary. For machine movement two types of motor are used either stepper motor or servo motor. The CNC PCB Milling Machine project is the complete specifications for the software and hardware for a complete light duty Computer and Numerical Control (CNC) milling machine designed primarily to mill isolation traces in copper clad printed circuit board material. Additionally, it can handle milling of soft materials such as plastics and aluminum. This entire project is now open source. This includes the design of the physical machine itself (most of which I owe to many other excellent sources), the design of the electronic motor driver circuit, the PIC assembly source code for the firmware embedded in the driver circuit, and the Java source code for the GUI based application that runs the machine.

Reference:1. CAD/CAM By new age publication. 2. Advance Manufacturing System by C.M.Desai. 3. http://engineeringshare.blogspot.in/ 4. http://code.google.com/p/cnc-milling-machine/wiki/ProjectDetails 5. http://www.ohloh.net/p/cnc-milling-machine

3. DESCRIPTION: We have purchased M.S. frame as L section 35mm X 35mm . We have purchased drill machine. We have purchased drill bit as 4 mm. We made electronics circuit as design. We have purchased vertical axis screw jack. Weld a structure of ms frame as per design. We have purchased gear motor for axis traveling.

4. FUTURE PLANNING: We will make Axis traveling shaft. We will make arrangement of table attach with axis travel shaft. We will make table as per design. We will make work holding devices. We will purchase end mill as 4 mm dia. We will purchase gear for screw jack rotation. We will purchase M.S. material pulley for support traveling shaft. We will purchase M.S. material shaft as 10 mm diameter. We will apply a limit switch as per design. We will assemble all parts like gear motor, threaded shaft, drill machine, etc. as per design.