Human error, time inefficiencies, and inconsistent quality are among the factors that machine shops can overcome, and improve their competitiveness, by adopting a more automated method of programming.

A category of automated machine tools, such as drills and lathes, that operate from instructions in a program. Numerical control (NC) machines are used in manufacturing tasks, such as milling, turning ...

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