Definition von numerical control im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
industrial process in which tools operate by a digital processor which supervises the work
Control of a process or machine by encoded commands that are commonly prepared by a computer. (NC) Control of a system or device by direct input of data in the form of numbers, letters, symbols, words, or a combination of these forms. It is a principal element of computer-integrated manufacturing, particularly for controlling the operation of machine tools. NC is also essential to the operation of modern industrial robots. The two basic types of NC systems are point-to-point, in which a device is programmed to perform a series of motions with fixed starting and stopping points, and continuous-path, in which a point-to-point programmed device has sufficient memory to be "aware" of its former actions and their results and to act in accordance with this information
(Ticaret) (NC) A machine tool that uses machine-readable sets of numeric codes that control the activities used in its operation