In machining, numerical control, also called computer numerical control (CNC), is the automated control of tools by means of a computer. It is used to...
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The history of numerical control (NC) began when the automation of machine tools first incorporated concepts of abstractly programmable logic, and it...
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Direct numerical control (DNC), also known as distributed numerical control (also DNC), is a common manufacturing term for networking CNC machine tools...
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A numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) is a digital signal generator which creates a synchronous (i.e., clocked), discrete-time, discrete-valued representation...
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result, it is necessary to employ numerical methods to solve optimal control problems. In the early years of optimal control (c. 1950s to 1980s) the favored...
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Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms that use numerical approximation (as opposed to symbolic manipulations) for the problems of mathematical...
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Siemens CNC (computer numerical control) control systems. During the early to late 1980s the Sinumerik "System 8" used G-code to control industrial systems...
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Turret lathe (section Computer numerical control)
and stops, or via digitally-directed servomechanisms for computer numerical control lathes. The name derives from the way early turrets took the general...
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In numerical analysis, a numerical method is a mathematical tool designed to solve numerical problems. The implementation of a numerical method with an...
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FANUC (category Numerical control)
provide automation products and services such as robotics and computer numerical control wireless systems. These companies are principally FANUC Corporation...
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