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What is numerical control of machine tools? I would answer by saying that it is a system of machine-tool control in which the machining operation is guided by instructions in the form of coded numbers. These instructions may be inserted via punched ...

Advanced data-processing and control techniques can be used in many ways to effect substantial improvements in present manufacturing processes. A good example is the application of numerical control to machine tools. As currently used in this connection,...

Preceding the design of the original DIGIMATIC computer and control system, Electronic Control Systems Inc., (ECS) performed technical and economic surveys to determine the requirements for successful entry into the commercial automatic machinetool ...

The master terrain model system is an automatic data reduction system which will extract three-dimensional contour information from maps of various projections, aerial stereo photographs, or existing master models, and store these data in a universal ...

The coordinated data logging and computer equipment, which has been constructed for Esso Standard Oil's Belot Refinery, Havana, Cuba, measures and records the true value of 101 process variables and 11 operating guides. The measured variables are gas ...

Before the detailed design of a computer may be begun, it is necessary to set up some fairly detailed specifications which define the operating characteristics of the proposed system. It is the purpose of this paper to show how these specifications were ...

By optimum control of a process we mean the achievement of a series of objectives in the production of a specific product. The objectives to be achieved are primarily of an economic nature, although they frequently are expressed in terms of the process ...

The effective use of wind-tunnel testing in determining aerodynamic properties of a body is very much dependent upon the reliability and speed with which wind-tunnel data can be reduced. The ability to provide reduced aerodynamic coefficients in real ...

Why mechanize the storing of letter mail? After all, billions of letters are mailed and delivered every month for just a few cents each.

It is considered appropriate to remark at the outset that part of the computer programming system subsequently to be described has been used extensively in performance of tracking calculations for artificial earth-satellites. This operational use ...

Recent developments in computer instrumentation have permitted a vast increase in speed and complexity with no increase in the size of the large-scale digital computers designed for scientific computation. These developments have also made possible a ...

One of the human operator's most important tasks in contemporary bombing and navigational systems is crosshair error correction or "tracking." Due to navigational or intelligence errors, the system's crosshairs may not fall on the target or other ...

The Multiweapon Automatic Target and Battery Evaluator, to be referred to from now on as the MATABE, is a large-scale, real-time, automatic-control computing system developed and built under the sponsorship of the U. S. Army Signal Corps, originally for ...

Automobile traffic in urban areas has been characterized as one of our most serious engineering problems. Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 show respectively for one particular area the recent increases in population, motor vehicle registrations, and motor vehicle ...

One method of control of a heterogeneous boiling reactor uses the steam pressure in the reactor vessel to control the height of the water reflector surrounding the core. As the steam pressure increases, the reflector height and the reactor power level ...

Current advances in automobile stability and control studies can be credited largely to modern electronic computers. Solution of the lateral control problem, like problems from other areas of automotive technology, has been deterred by the extreme ...

Under sponsorship of the Aero Medical Laboratory, Wright Air Development Center, the National Bureau of Standards is designing a simulator facility for research on man-machine systems. The facility is specifically intended to enable experimentation with ...

The design and testing of the aeroelastic flight control system for the B-58 has been accomplished with the aid of numerous studies conducted on the analog computers at Convair, Fort Worth, Texas. These studies have evolved from simple two-degree-of-...

In the summer of 1951, the Research Laboratories Division of Bendix Aviation Corporation initiated the development of a high-performance three-axis flight systems simulator for the Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy. This effort was ...

A large, important area of use for automatic computing machines is the study of the dynamic operation of physical systems, especially guidance and control systems. If the mathematical model under study describes in substantial detail an existing or ...

From the title of this paper, one might expect to find in it exclusively a detailed account of self-repairing facilities in computers. However, the objective here is to identify the place of self-repairing facilities in computers with deadlines to meet. ...

Adeadline requirement on a data-processing job usually implies a high over-all problem-solving speed. When the basic computing components available at any time have inadequate top-speed limits, the system designer must attempt to produce the required ...

In a computer complex now under development at IBM for the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, a major objective is to improve performance by eliminating unnecessary waiting. A fundamental concept is that of multiple data processing units sharing a common ...

In recognition of the special needs of the situation, a unique team was organized to develop this computer. Early in the development program, the usual project organization was augmented with engineers trained in quality control, specifications, ...

The computer referred to in this paper is contained in a package about desk size. It is intended to sell at a relatively low cost as compared to other general purpose type computers and accordingly would be considered in the "small" class. The basic ...

This paper concerns the synthesis of systems in which a single digital computer is to be used in conjunction with an array of output "holds" or filters either to simulate the dynamic transfer characteristics of a number of linear continuous systems or ...

During the past decade, the continental United States has faced the continually increasing threat of enemy air attack. High-speed, high-altitude intercontinental bombers can deliver thermonuclear weapons to any part of our country. Even though ICBM ...

The Coordinate Data-Transmitting Set AN/FST-2 is a real-time special-purpose digital-data processing machine which is operated at heavy radar sites as part of the SAGE air-defense system. The AN/FST-2 has a twofold mission in SAGE, conveniently ...

Large scale digital computers perform the routine control and data-processing functions of SAGE direction centers. For practical air defense, the SAGE direction centers must operate around the clock, a goal not yet achieved by present-day computing ...

One of the most important functions in the air traffic control (ATC) system is that of aircraft position reporting. A large fraction of the equipment and effort required in CAA operations is involved in the initiation and handling of position reports. A ...