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Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Machine Tool Design and Research Conference

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The year 1958 saw the introduction of the first NC machine into Rolls-Royce. This was a three axis machine to which a control system had been retrofitted. Its main use was in the manufacture of former plates and three-dimensional model blocks from which die blocks for engine blades were copied. This combination demonstrated to the company the potential value of NC.

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  1. NC Computer Group, Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd, Derby, UK

    C. G. Scarborough (Chief Applications Engineer)

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  1. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK

    F. Koenigsberger (Professor of Machine Tool Engineering) (Professor of Machine Tool Engineering)

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK

    S. A. Tobias (Chance Professor and Head of Department) (Chance Professor and Head of Department)

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© 1974 Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Scarborough, C.G. (1974). NC-Your Choice. In: Koenigsberger, F., Tobias, S.A. (eds) Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Machine Tool Design and Research Conference. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01921-2_5

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