1NumericalControlWithChinabeingfasttobecomeglobalmanufacturingcenter,ofourcountrymanufacturingindustryinrecentyearsdevelopswiftandviolent,numericalcontrolisitbecomemarketcompetitionandenterprisedevelopmentnewandonalreadytoprocess,CADandmanufacture(CAD/CAM)becomeahotissueofthemechanicalmanufacturingindustry.Oneofthemostfundamentalconceptsintheareaofadvancedmanufacturingtechnologiesisnumericalcontrol(NC).PriortotheadventofNC,allmachinetoolsweremanuallyoperatedandcontrolled.Amongthemanylimitationsassociatedwithmanualcontrolmachinetools,perhapsnoneismoreprominentthanthelimitationofoperatorskills.Withmanualcontrol,thequalityoftheproductisdirectlyrelatedtoandlimitedtotheskillsoftheoperator.Numericalcontrolrepresentsthefirstmajorstepawayfromhumancontrolofmachinetools.Numericalcontrolofmachinetoolsisreportedtohavebeenfirstdevelopedbetween1947and1952attheMassachusettsinstituteofTechnology,inconjunctionwiththeParsonsAircraftCorporation.Thedevelopmentofnumericalcontroltechniquesisaccreditedtotheneedforproducingveryaccuratelysizedandintricatelyshapedpartsforaircraft,principallyspacevehicles.Becauseofthecomplexshapes,considerabletimeswasbeingspentinensuringthatthework/toolrelationshipwascorrectbeforemachiningtookplace；thisledtolongmanufacturingtimesandhencehighcosts.Inordertoreducecosts,attemptsweremadetocontrolautomaticallythework/toolrelationship.ThisresultedinthedevelopmentofpositionalcontrolusingnumericalprinciplesonaCincinnatiHydrotelverticalmill.Numericalcontrolmeansthecontrolofmachinetoolsandothermanufacturingsystemsthroughtheuseofprerecorded,writtensymbolicinstructions.Ratherthanoperatingamachinetool,anNCtechnicianwritesaprogramthatissuesoperationalinstructionstothemachinetool.Foramachinetooltobenumericallycontrolled,itmustbeinterfacedwithadeviceforacceptinganddecodingtheprogrammedinstructions,knownasareaderNumericalcontrolwasdevelopedtoovercomethelimitationofhumanoperators,andithasdoneso.Numericalcontrolmachinesaremoreaccuratethanmanuallyoperatedmachines,theycanproducepartsmoreuniformly,theyarefaster,andthelong-runtoolingcostsarelower.ThedevelopmentofNCledtothedevelopmentof2severalotherinnovationsinmanufacturingtechnology:Electricaldischargemachining.Lasercutting.Electronbeamwelding.Numericalcontrolhasalsomademachinetoolsmoreversatilethantheirmanuallyoperatedpredecessors.anNCmachinetoolcanautomaticallyproduceawidevarietyofparts,eachinvolvingancontrolhasallowedmanufacturerstoundertaketheproductionofproductsthatwouldnothavebeenfeasiblefromaneconomicperspectiveusingmanuallycontrolledmachinetoolsandprocesses.Likesomanyadvancedtechnologies,NCwasborninthelaboratoriesoftheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.TheconceptofNCwasdevelopedintheearly1950swithfundingprovidedbytheU.S.AirForce.Initsearlieststages,NCmachinesereabletomakestraightcutsefficientlyandeffectively.However,curvedpathswereaproblembecausethemachinetoolhadtobeprogrammedtoundertakeaseriesofhorizontalandverticalstepstoproduceacurve.theshorterthestraightlinesmakingupthesteps,thesmootheristhecurve.Eachlinesegmentinthestepshadtobecalculated.Thisproblemledtothedevelopmentin1959oftheAutomaticallyProgrammedTools(APT)language.ThisisaspecialprogramminglanguageforNCthatusesstatementssimilartoEnglishlanguagetodefinethepartgeometry,describethecuttingtoolconfiguration,andspecifythenecessarymotions.ThedevelopmentoftheAPTlanguagewasamajorstepforwardinthefurtherdevelopmentofNCtechnology.TheoriginalNCsystemswerevastlydifferentformthoseusedtoday.Themachineshadhardwiredlogiccircuits.Theinstructionalprogramswerewrittenonpunchedpaper,whichwaslatertobereplacedbymagneticplastictape.Atapereaderwasusedtointerprettheinstructionswrittenonthetapeforthemachine.Together,allofthisrepresentedagiantstepforwardinthecontrolofmachinetools.However,therewereanumberofproblemswithNCatthispointinitsdevelopment.Amajorproblemwasthefragilityofthepunchedpapertapemedium.Itwascommonforthepapertapecontainingtheprogrammedinstructionstobreakortearduringamachiningprocess.Thisproblemwasexacerbatedbythefactthateachsuccessivetimeapartwasproducedonamachinetool,thepapertapecarryingtheprogrammedinstructionshadtobererunthroughthereader.Ifitwasnecessarytoproduce100copiesofagivenpart,Ifitwasalsonecessarytorunthepapertapethroughthereader100separatetimes.Fragilepapertapessimplycouldnotwithstand3therigorsofashopfloorenvironmentandthiskindofrepeateduse.Thisledtothedevelopmentofaspecialmagneticplastictape.Whereasthepapertapecarriedtheprogrammedinstructionsasaseriesofholespunchedinthetape,theplastictapecarriedtheinstructionsasaseriesofmagneticdots.Theplastictapewasmuchstrongerthanthepapertape,whichsolvedtheproblemoffrequenttearingandbreakage.However,itstilllefttwootherproblems.Themostimportantofthesewasthatitwasdifficultorimpossibletochangetheinstructionsenteredonthetape.Tomakeeventhemostminoradjustmentsinaprogramofinstructions,itwasnecessarytointerruptmachiningoperationsandmakeanewtape.Itwasalsostillnecessarytorunthetapethroughthereaderasmanytimesastherewerepartstobeproduced,fortunately,computertechnologybecamearealityandsoonsolvedtheofNCassociatedwithpunchedpaperandplastictape.Thedevelopmentofaconceptknownasdirectnumericalcontrol(DNC)solvedthepaperandplastictapeproblemsassociatedwithnumericalcontrolbyeliminatingtapeasthemediumforcarryingtheprogrammedinstructions.Indirectnumericalcontrol,machinetoolsaretied,viaadatatransmissionlink,toahostcomputer.Programsforoperatingthemachinetollsarestoredinthehostcomputerandfedtothemachinetoolasneededviathedatatransmissionlinkage.Directnumericalcontrolrepresentedamajorstepforwardoverpunchedtapeandplastictape.However,itissubjecttothesamelimitationsasalltechnologiesthatdependonahostcomputer.Whenthehostcomputergoesdown,themachinetoolsalsoexperiencedowntime.Thisproblemledtothedevelopmentofcomputernumericalcontrol.Thedevelopmentofthemicroprocessorallowedforthedevelopmentofprogrammablelogiccontrollers(PLCs)andmicrocomputers.Thesetwotechnologiesallowedforthedevelopmentofcomputernumericalcontrol(CNC).WithCNC,eachmachinetoolhasaPLCoramicrocomputerthatservesthesamepurpose.Thisallowsprogramstobeinputandstoredateachindividualmachinetool.Italsoallowsprogramstobedevelopedoff-lineanddownloadedattheindividualmachinetool.CNCsolvedtheproblemsassociatedwithdowntimeofthehostcomputer,butitintroducedanotherproblemknownasdatamanagement.Thesameprogrammightbeloadedontendifferentmicrocomputerswithnocommunicationamongthem.Thisproblemisintheprocessofbeingsolvedbylocalareanetworksthatconnectmicrocomputersforbetterdatamanagement.Asapplicationthatnumericalcontrolisprocessedbeingextensivewithdeepeningdaybyday,CADandmanufacture(CAD/CAM)becomeahotissueofthe4mechanicalmanufacturingindustry.MakebyBeijingInstituteofAeronauticsCAXAthatHaierdevelopengineerrelyoncharacteristiconfunctioncomplete,easytolearnandusetheiruseextensively.CAXAisusedinnumericalcontrolmillingmachine,numericalcontrollathe,wirecuttingmachinetoolandmachiningcenter,etc.mainly.ThistextdiscussesapplicationonthemachiningcenterofCAD/CAMsystem,itsessenceisthatCAXAmakestheengineerXPapplicationonmachiningcenter.Atthisstage,manyplantscommonlyusedtwo-dimensionaldesignsoftwarefor2Ddesignpartsoftheplans,andthec