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The objective was to develop a reasonably priced machine tool with tool pre-setting and manual data input applying principles of computer language integrated in the machine concept. The base of this new machine is the well-known hand-operated standard NC-turning machine. The electronic control produces contours with the aid of high performance servo drives. It is stressed that microprocessors are a vital part of the electronic control applied. The cost-effectiveness to be achieved with this new solution is shown in a diagram (Figure 8).
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© 1977 The Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham
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Gohren, H. (1977). NC-Technique for Small Batches. In: Tobias, S.A. (eds) Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Machine Tool Design and Research Conference. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81484-8_7
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