Automatic tape punch cuts costs, saves time in n/c machine tool work

Control tapes for general-purpose machine tools are usually prepared on tapepunching machines or computers in a separate room, often by a specially trained person. A significant advance appears to have been made recently in numerical control — the automation ot short-run production — with the introduction of an automatic tape punch. The new device enables the machinist to generate control tapes without leaving his post as he works at the automated machine tool.