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VIEWPOINT

WITH A WINNING EDGE

A look at how CNC machines can prove beneficial to the Indian manufacturing

industry and the initiatives taken by Mitsubishi Electric India towards supporting
the industry through its innovative offerings of the domain…

Source: Magic Wand Media

with
tools
a
E very sector has seen trolling machine machine is an The systems are controlled
transformations and ad-
CNC
by sequential programs
computer. A
such
vancements over the electromechanical device that as G-code or M-code, which
years. The days of numerical uses computer programming in- are written by coders or gen-
controls being solely about ser- puts to operate machine shop erated by Computer-Aided
vomechanisms are long gone. tools. CNC machining is a widely Manufacturing (CAM) sys-
We are now living in the era of used process in the manufactur- tems. The codes may be sliced
CNC (Computerized Numerical ing industry. or modified depending on
Control) systems. These control their area of application. The
systems have aided in a variety An overview of machine unit is connected to
of ways, ranging from simple the microcontroller unit or
MASAYA TAKEDA CNC systems
General Manager turning to complex machining. A CNC system is an automat- controller, which stores the
CNC Systems coded programs. With the
Factory Automation & The controllers that operate ed method of controlling ma-
Industrial Division these CNC systems are even chine tools, 3D printers, and constant advancement in tech-
Mitsubishi Electric nology, CNC systems have
India Pvt Ltd more fascinating. Mitsubishi other devices through the use
Electric looks ahead to partner of software-programmed mi- found use in a variety of in-
with the brands that are focused crocontrollers. CNC systems dustries, including Electronics
on global and future-oriented de- have helped achieve the re- and Healthcare.
velopment. CNC stands for Com- quired specifications and out- When it comes to the Manu-
puter Numerical Control, and it put much faster, with little facturing sector in India, CNC
refers to the concept of con- or no manual intervention. machines have had a signifi-

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