CNC

Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines have been around the machining industry since the 1970's. They were first created in the USA and were basically ignored by the US manufactures. Japan got ahold of this technology and took the lead in the development and implementation of these machine tools. The most common cnc machines you see in machine shops today are the Mori-Seki machines. CNC machines operate from a program that is loaded into the machine telling the machine what to do with a series of codes and numbers. They read blocks of information one line at a time. The control panels on these machines can allow the operator to do various functions such as stop the machine from moving at any time, rapid traverse overrides allows you to slow down or speed up the movements of rapid travel. They make manufacturing of machined parts faster and more accurate.