George Braswell’s shop in Maryland, Command Technology, has 23 CNC Vertical machining centers and 5 CNC Horizontals centers with capabilities to do 4th and 5th axis work with pallet changers and significant tool capabilities.
3. “Machining is any of various processes in
which a piece of raw material is cut into a
desired final shape and size by a controlled
material-removal process” according to
Wikipedia.org.
5. Numerical controlled machines started out in
the 1940’s and 1950’s. They were operated by
programmed commands encoded on what they
called punched tape with servomechanisms.
6. Numerical controlled machines were faster and
more accurate then using manual machines.
With a manual machine an operator had to
either turn handles, flip levers or use
handwheels.
7. It did not take long for these early
servomechanisms to be augmented with analog
and digital computers, creating what we know
now as the computer numerical control machine
(CNC) which has skyrocketed the machining
processes since the early 1970’s.
8. The whole idea behind manufacturing products
is to machine a good quality part, as fast as
possible, at a price that makes your customer
happy and you some money.
9. CNC’s make that possible; not that you couldn’t
make a good part with a manual machine or a
NC machine.
CNC’s are super accurate. They can hold
tolerances from .001 to .00005 mils of an inch
and better depending on how much money you
want to spend for a particular machine.
10. George Braswell’s shop in Maryland, Command
Technology, has 23 CNC Vertical machining
centers and 5 CNC Horizontals centers with
capabilities to do 4th and 5th axis work with
pallet changers and enough tool capabilities to
make any machinist’s mouth water
11. Command Technology, Inc is one of the top
leaders in machining.