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14th Aug 2016, 12:42 AM #1
CNC in the 1950s interesting video
Cheers, Joe
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14th Aug 2016, 01:17 AM #2Most Valued Member
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It is NC, no computer.
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14th Aug 2016, 12:47 PM #3
When they say "no computer" they are referring to the fact that there is not a "conventional" computer directly attached to and driving the machine.
The machine is still computer driven.
Google definition of "Computer"
noun
noun: computer; plural noun: computers
an electronic device which is capable of receiving information (data) in a particular form and of performing a sequence of operations in accordance with a predetermined but variable set of procedural instructions (program) to produce a result in the form of information or signals.
I operated NC lathes and a mill (once only) during the late 70's and early 80's. The programming was done in an office and this program was transferred to the NC via a floppy disk. The machine then ran the program in order to machine parts. It had a computer inside the control panel.
Back then computers were very expensive in comparison to the cost of the machine itself. It was a big cost saving to use only the minimal parts required to actually run the machine and provide the programming externally.
Today, the cost of a very high end PC would be negligible compared to the cost of manufacturing a machine comparible to the one shown in the video. The Mill that I had a short run on back in the early 80's, was worth somewhere towards $200k. The company got it at half this price as a sort of prototype. Back then a mini computer was the basic minimal computer available for industry. One of these would cost a fair chunk of that $200k.
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The video is still not of a CNC but of an NC machine.
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14th Aug 2016, 02:35 PM #5
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Thanks for that Joe, very interesting as to what was available back then. Here's me thinking that it was the late 20th century invention.
Dean, some people HAVE to be pedantic!!!!!!
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There is no computer and the machine has no memory, the tape controls the movements, the tape must be reloaded to cycle again.
It works in a similar way to a Jacquard loom that dates to early 1800
The next generation of machines used tape transfer the code and the machines had memory ( you ran the tape once to load the code and then could cycle multiple times with out reference to the tape)
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14th Aug 2016, 06:15 PM #8
@Pipeclay: why don't you make your protest know to the originator of the Youtube video instead of here?
You and I clearly know the difference - the originators obviously don't. So there is no point to discussing it here....
For what its worth, I saw my first tape operated machine tools in Germany when I was 12, 53 years ago. Significantly, one of the machines was a very large brige type planer. Very impressive at the time.Cheers, Joe
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14th Aug 2016, 08:52 PM #9
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Converts the hole in the paper tape to a signal for the servo motors
Last edited by twopintsplease; 14th Aug 2016 at 09:32 PM. Reason: added paper to tape to clarify
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14th Aug 2016, 09:46 PM #11Most Valued Member
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14th Feb 2017, 10:30 PM #14Intermediate Member
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Great video. I never realised 5 axis had been around for so long. Was there ever 5 axis full manual machines?
There's an video on YouTube about the Repco Brabham F1 days which shows a few ticker tape lathes and mills.
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15th Feb 2017, 12:25 AM #15
Anyone interested in "computers" by some definitions - ahem - try looking at the Antikythera machine from 2300 years ago, probably designed by Archimedes. Pity he was murdered by the Romans. We might be 2000 years further down the track with technology,....
Or you could start here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXjUqLMgxMCheers, Joe
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