NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINES: HOW THEY WORK

Today we talk about one of the key points of modern mechanics and industrial automation. We refer to numerical control or better known as CNC. The Computerized Numerical Control is a control system that coordinates the movements of a machine tool in such a way that the tool follows predefined trajectories on specific axes excluding the intervention of the operator.

This machine is intended to create patterns and add details to the material (most commonly metal) in processing that cannot be created by hand.
CNC machines are used in almost every branch of the metal industry, from motor vehicle manufacturing to shipbuilding. Examples of CNC lathes, milling machines, machining centres, welding machines and sheet metal cutting machines.