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Which technology revolutionized machining processes?
Which technology revolutionized machining processes?
- Digital computers
- NC machines (correct)
- Cams
- Analog computers
What were the early servomechanisms in NC machines augmented with?
What were the early servomechanisms in NC machines augmented with?
- Analog computers
- Digital computers (correct)
- Punched tape
- Motors
Who built gun-copying lathes in the 19th century?
Who built gun-copying lathes in the 19th century?
- CNC machines
- Christopher Miner Spencer
- NC machines
- Thomas Blanchard (correct)
What technology did the automation of machine tool control begin with in the 19th century?
What technology did the automation of machine tool control begin with in the 19th century?
True or false: The history of numerical control (NC) began in the 19th century with the automation of machine tool control using cams?
True or false: The history of numerical control (NC) began in the 19th century with the automation of machine tool control using cams?
True or false: The first NC machines were built in the 1920s and 1930s?
True or false: The first NC machines were built in the 1920s and 1930s?
True or false: Analog and digital computers were rapidly added to early servomechanisms in NC machines?
True or false: Analog and digital computers were rapidly added to early servomechanisms in NC machines?
True or false: The automation of machine tool control began with the modification of existing tools in the 1940s and 1950s?
True or false: The automation of machine tool control began with the modification of existing tools in the 1940s and 1950s?
True or false: CNC technology has not evolved since the development of the first NC machines in the 1940s and 1950s?
True or false: CNC technology has not evolved since the development of the first NC machines in the 1940s and 1950s?
