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In recent years there has been an increasing interest in control of machine tools by digital computer (DNC). To determine the problems of DNC a research program was initiated to control three machine tools by digital computer. The system of control was different for the three machines, and was composed of a machining centre with GE control, a milling machine with ICON control and a lathe — retrofitted with electrohydraulic pulse motors. The computer used in this research was an IBM 360/44 situated approximately 1000 ft from the machine tool laboratory.
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French, D., Knight, J. (1973). Computer Control of Machine Tools. In: Tobias, S.A., Koenigsberger, F. (eds) Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Machine Tool Design and Research Conference. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01857-4_20
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