This digital student book offers comprehensive coverage of the Cambridge Advanced National in Engineering Unit F136: Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM). Mapped to the OCR specification, this book has been designed to help students and teachers build the confidence, knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the new qualification. Ideal as both a learning and reference tool, it is structured to follow the order of the specification and unpack its content in an easy-to-follow, digestible way. It will help students learn key concepts and information, while providing teachers with guidance on the breadth and depth of content they're required to teach. Written by Andrew Hewitt, an experienced teacher and practitioner, this book will help students to understand how Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM) systems are used in manufacturing. It will support them to develop the skills needed to program and use computer numerical control (CNC) machines to produce prototypes. They will also learn how to use CAD and CAM to manufacture a component and to evaluate a component against a working drawing. As well as this, they’ll explore how CAM now plays a critical role in driving technological advancement and is an ever-developing tool that affords design engineers new possibilities within creative product design. This book is written to be engaging and motivating. “Learning in Context” examples help students relate the concepts they are learning to the real world, and worked examples guide their development of essential skills, step-by-step. Furthermore, frequent quick-check questions help them to assess their progress and understanding of each topic. The flexible digital format means content can be accessed anywhere, at anytime. We are working towards endorsement by OCR.
Features
- The book provides comprehensive coverage of the OCR specification and unpacks it in an easy-to-follow, digestible way. This supports students’ learning of key concepts and essential information, while providing teachers with comprehensive guidance on the depth of content they need to teach. We are working towards endorsement by OCR.
- Written for students, using accessible and appropriate language, short and focused paragraphs, as well as modern and useful contextual examples.
- Engaging “Learning in context” features highlight how concepts can be applied within the industry or role, helping students to make connections between what they are studying and the real world.
- Written by expert author Andrew Hewitt, an experienced teacher and practitioner.
- Worked examples guide students' development of essential skills, step-by-step.
- Frequent quick check questions empower students to assess their progress and understanding of each topic. Answers to these can be found as a downloadable PDF within our online platform, Cambridge Go.
- Key words in bold and a glossary help students to grasp and master new vocabulary.
- Great for use in class, as well as for setting homework tasks or independent learning.
- Designed to better prepare students for and build confidence ahead of assessments.
- Digital format means content can be accessed anytime, anywhere – on a phone, tablet or computer.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- About the author
- How to use this book
- Unit F136: Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM)
- TA1: Subtractive and additive Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) processes
- TA2: Three dimensional (3D) Computer Aided Design (CAD) modelling of prototype components' TA3: Manufacturing prototype components using subtractive processes
- TA4: Manufacturing prototype components using additive processes
- TA5: Evaluating prototype components manufactured using subtractive and additive manufacturing processes
- Answers
- Glossary
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