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Applying toolroom automaton.
When I think of current toolroom operations, I'm reminded of a cartoon image showing an extremely modern factory. There are guided vehicles buzzing around; robots with vision are loading machines; and sensors of every sort are watching, checking, gaging, and testing.
Everything is slick, polished, refined--except off in one dark corner, where a caveman is swinging a large club. He's setting cutting tools. It's not quite that bad, but in the course of our travels, we often encounter tool-control systems that contrast the sophistication of the plant almost that much. It's surprising to find sho...See the full content of this document
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