Manufacturing used to be very manual and analogue, but with changing times and technology everything seems to be moving towards a digital era. Although it can seem difficult to change and adapt to this wave of modernity, it is advisable to move forward and keep up.
CNC machining underpins many processes in the manufacturing industry, in which machines controlled by computer programs are used to make parts and even other machine tools.
CNC, short for Computer Numerical Control, is the system that collects data, processes the information and acts according to how it has been programmed. CNC machines are controlled numerically by a computer.
The computers usually run a CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) program, which is used to create the control code for CNC machines: you enter the code and settings and let the computer do the rest!
Because the machine can move along several linear and rotary axes (X, Y and Z), the CAM program manages drilling, cutting, facing, boring, profiling and shaft machining, among other operations, working from a three-dimensional computer model or prototype.