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数控外文翻译@#@NumericalControl@#@@#@Oneofthemostfundamentalconceptsintheareaofadvancedmanufacturingtechnologiesisnumericalcontrol（NC）.PriortotheadventofNC,allmachinetoolsweremanualoperatedandcontrolled.Amongthemanylimitationsassociatedwithmanualcontrolmachinetools,perhapsnoneismoreprominentthanthelimitationofoperatorskills.Withmanualcontrol,thequalityoftheproductisdirectlyrelatedtoandlimitedtotheskillsoftheoperator.Numericalcontrolrepresentsthefirstmajorstepawayfromhumancontrolofmachinetools.@#@Numericalcontrolmeansthecontrolofmachinetoolsandothermanufacturingsystemsthoughtheuseofprerecorded,writtensymbolicinstructions.Ratherthanoperatingamachinetool,anNCtechnicianwritesaprogramthatissuesoperationalinstructionstothemachinetool,Foramachinetooltobenumericallycontrolled,itmustbeinterfacedwithadeviceforacceptinganddecodingthep2ogrammedinstructions,knownasareader.@#@Numericalcontrolwasdevelopedtoovercomethelimitationofhumanoperator,andithasdoneso.Numericalcontrolmachinesaremoreaccuratethanmanuallyoperatedmachines,theycanproducepartsmoreuniformly,theyarefaster,andthelong-runtoolingcostsarelower.ThedevelopmentofNCledtothedevelopmentofseveralotherinnovationsinmanufacturingtechnology:

@#@@#@1.Electricaldischargemachining.@#@2.Lasercutting.@#@3.Electronbeamwelding.@#@Numericalcontrolhasalsomademachinetoolsmoreversatilethantheirmanuallyoperatedpredecessors.AnNCmachinetoolcanautomaticallyproduceawidevarietyofpar4s,eachinvolvinganassortmentofundertaketheproductionofproductsthatwouldnothavebeenfeasiblefromaneconomicperspectiveusingmanuallycontrolledmachinetoolsandprocesses.@#@Likesomanyadvancedtechnologies,NCwasborninthelaboratoriesoftheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology.TheconceptofNCwasdevelopedintheearly1950swithfundingprovidedbytheU.SAirForce.Initsearlieststages,NCmachineswereabletomakestraightcutsefficientlyandeffectively.@#@However,curvedpathswereaproblembecausethemachinetoolhadtobeprogrammedtoundertakeaseriesofhorizontalandverticalstepstoproduceacurve.Theshorteristhestraightlinesmakingupthestep,thesmootheris4hecurve.Eachlinesegmentinthestepshadtobecalculated.@#@Thisproblemledtothedevelopmentin1959oftheAutomaticallyProgrammedTools（APT）languageforNCthatusesstatementssimilartoEnglishlanguagetodefinethepartgeometry,describethecuttingtoolconfiguration,andspecifythenecessarymotions.ThedevelopmentoftheAPTlanguagewasamajorstepforwardinthefurtherdevelopmentofNCtechnology.TheoriginalNCsystemwerevastlydifferentfromthoseusedpunchedpaper,whichwaslatertoreplacedbymagneticplastictape.Atapereaderwasusedtointerprettheinstructionswrittenonthetapeforthemachine.Together,all/fthisrepresentedgiantstepforwardinthecontrolofmachinetools.However,therewereanumberofproblemswithNCatthispointinitsdevelopment.@#@Amajorproblemwasthefragilityofthepunchedpapertapemedium.Itwascommonforthepapercontainingtheprogrammedinstructionstobreakortearduringamachiningprocess,Thisproblemwasexacerbatedbythefactthateachsuccessivetimeapartwasproducedonamachinetool,thepapertapecarryingtheprogrammedinstructionshadtorerunthoughtthereader.Ifitwasnecessarytoproduce100copiesofagivenpart,itwasalsonecessarytorunthepapertapethoughtthereader100separatetimes.Fragilepapertapessimplycouldnotwithstandtherigorsofshopfloorenvironmentandthiskindofrepeateduse.@#@Thisledtothedevelopmentofaspecialmagnetictape.Whereasthepapertapecarriedtheprogrammedinstructionsasaseriesofholespunchedinthetape,theThismostimportantofthesewasthatitwasdifficultorimpossibletochangetheinstructionsenteredonthetape.Tomakeeventhemostminoradjustmentsinaprogramofinstructions,itwasnecessarytointerruptmachiningoperationsandmakeanewtape.Itwasalsostillnecessarytorunthetapethoughtthereaderasmanytimesastherewerepartstobeproduced.Fortunately,computertechnologybecomearealityandsoonsolvedtheproblemsofNC,associatedwithpunchedpaperandplastictape.@#@Thedevelopmentofaconceptknownasnumericalcontrol（DNC）solvethepaperandplastictapeproblemsassociatedwithnumericalcontrolbysimplyeliminatingtapeasthemediumforcarryingtheprogrammedinstructions.Indirectnumericalcontrol,machinetoolsaretied,viaadatatransmissionlink,toahostcomputerandfedtothemachinetoolasneededviathedatatransmissionlinkage.Directnumericalcontrolrepresentedamajorstepforwardoverpunchedtapeandplastictape.How