A Simplified Approach To The Control System On A 4-Axis Curve Generator

Wayne Langdon

doi:10.1117/12.962969

22 December 1989 A Simplified Approach To The Control System On A 4-Axis Curve Generator

Wayne Langdon

Proceedings Volume 1168, Current Developments in Optical Engineering and Commercial Optics; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962969
Event: 33rd Annual Technical Symposium, 1989, San Diego, United States

Abstract

The simplest approach in developing a Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) machine tool would be to take a manually-operated machine and fit it with a standard, commercially available computer control system and drive packages, or so it would appear from a machine designer's viewpoint. This approach does tend to minimize the overall machine/system development costs; however, it can result in a control system too sophisticated, overly complex, and more expensive than necessary to control the machine.

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Wayne Langdon "A Simplified Approach To The Control System On A 4-Axis Curve Generator", Proc. SPIE 1168, Current Developments in Optical Engineering and Commercial Optics, (22 December 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.962969

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