机械专业英语董建国快第24章.pptVIP

TEXT READING MATERIAL ;TEXT Computer Aided Manufacturing Computer aided manufacturing(CAM) started with NC in 1949 at MIT. This project, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force, was the first application of computer technology to control the operation of a milling machine.; Standard NC machines greatly reduced the machining time required to produce a part or complete a production run of parts, but the overall operation was still time-consuming. Tape had to be prepared for the part, editing the program would result in making a new tape, and tapes had to be rewound each time a part was complet