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Drake, he is an employee of General Motors.

He is one of the people selected to cooperate with Xunlei.

Xunlei Lab recently developed a powerful ternary computer.

He heard that this kind of computer could be a cup smaller than the computer used in the original CNC machine tools and increase its reliability by at least five times, so he was very interested in this product.

In front of Drake, a machine tool stopped. This was a new CNC milling machine that cooperated with Xunlei Lab last time. This milling machine has an SED screen instead of the previous CRT screen.

Although the color is only black and white, it is better than crt in terms of image stability.

The sed screen does not have geometric distortion, so it is more suitable for use as a CNC machine tool screen.

Especially when the system is simulated and running, the images seen are completely straight lines, instead of various curves like the CRT monitor, but in fact they are also straight lines, but

It's just because there is a problem with the monitor. And at that time, for observers, the misjudgment they may have caused may be fatal!

Moreover, as a control screen, CRT monitors are more likely to have various problems, such as high-voltage package errors, picture tube problems, etc. These are all more likely to have problems than SED screens. If it gets damp, it will also affect the display of the screen.

Sometimes, Drake also wonders why the development of CNC machine tools can advance by such a rapid pace.

CNC machine tools need to process a program and perform "programming".

This programming is the same as writing software. The programmed program is used to process the product.

First of all, it is necessary to know how to use machine tools. Ten years ago, Drake used CNC machine tools. Such products are not uncommon in General Motors.

But the products at that time required paper tape for input.

But now, a small "mo3" can make the lathe's spindle rotate. Then input a "5600", and the spindle will rotate forward at a speed of 600 rpm.

Enter another "601" command, and the spindle will start working, and then the system will process.

And m98, you can also call a subroutine, and then perform programming in the subroutine... Once you get used to it, this kind of thing seems very simple, but if you think about it carefully, it can always make people

It's an incredible feeling.

By inputting a small string of characters into the computer, you can control the CNC lathe to carve out the part you want.

As for me, I just need to watch from the side.

With a small command, you can do a lot of things that you once needed to control manually... everything is like a miracle.

Simply, the processing that previously took a long time to be completed manually was completely completed. This is something that only digital machine tools can do.

And the only thing that needs to be done manually is just to line up the knives.

Easily turn a blank into a perfect part.

This incredible thing is a CNC lathe.

"Mr. Drake, I just read some instructions from General Motors about the use of new products." At this time, a researcher came over. Li Fang was still holding a large stack of documents in his hand.

"What?" Derek asked strangely.

There is a cooperative relationship between the two parties. Xunlei Lab is an emerging laboratory after Bell Labs. It is also a very powerful laboratory with strong technology. Next in line is Rama, who developed mobile phones.

It's the laboratory.

The reason why Xunlei was chosen was that, in addition to its relationship with Intel, Xunlei's technical content was also one of the original areas that GM chose to cooperate with.

"I think your company's plan has not fully utilized the performance of the ternary computer. The ternary computer has a more powerful effect in logic application... I think your kindness can continue to be bolder.

Some……"

"Be bolder?" Drake feels that his products are bold enough.

"Yes, you can leave all the work to the computer. You only need to enter the program and you can forget about it. The computer will take care of everything. Of course, as long as there is no problem with the program itself," the technician said.

Lie is very confident in his own technology: “Our CNC shed bed can fully realize integrated processing. As long as there are sufficient conditions, we only need to perform one-time processing and we can complete all the work.

, and it’s all done by computers.”

"...Oh?" Derek really didn't expect that the other party would dare to say such a thing.

In fact it's more than just that.

Lucas and Spielberg's use of supercomputers to create 3D graphics has also inspired these researchers. They are now thinking about whether they can create a tool that can truly realize biological drawing, and then create 3D objects in the computer.

Then let the computer automatically perform processing calculations and command generation based on the shape of the object, thereby achieving complete automation. This is what they have always wanted to study.

"One by one, in fact, if the work is completely handed over to the computer, our design can actually be easier..."

In fact, this sentence was the main meaning of the other party, but Drake didn't care.

"Then our plan..."

"We have designed a new plan." Lie Fang handed over a document.

But Drake is a little strange.

Why do they feel more positive than themselves?

Shouldn't your side be the leading party?

Derek was a little surprised, but the other party seemed to be still talking to him enthusiastically.

"...What is going on?"

Of course he didn't understand that Catherine had already promised the other party a bonus, which was what made the other party so active... After ten months of development, Catherine's cloud system spread at lightning speed in the United States.

Having obtained more than 50% of the cable TV market share, it is only a matter of time before we can get the remaining 50%.

The power of the cloud system has completely replaced the previous generation of cable TV networks. For these ordinary people, the biggest manifestation is that they have now increased their net profits by more than 100%.

Of course, Catherine knows that if you really want to make money, investing in industrial products is also a very important thing.

The economy cannot stay sluggish like this forever.

On the other side, the development of such CNC machine tools will also get better and better.

From the perspective of the development of CNC systems, CNC machine tools have developed for five generations - the 21st century since Catherine came. In actual applications, in addition to the machine tool industry, CNC technology is also used in other departments, producing various CNC equipment.

Catherine was not a mechanical major at the time, so she couldn't explain this very clearly.

Initially, people considered how to increase the degree of automation on a piece of equipment. For example, increasing the number of control axes, such as a multi-axis CNC system (before Catherine came to this world, the most powerful CNC system in the world could have up to

Supports 24 axes.). Another example is to realize multi-process automatic control on one device, "machining center"

"It is a multi-process CNC machine tool. On one machine tool, multiple functions such as turning, milling, drilling, hammering, tapping, etc. can be realized. Later, people discovered that electronic computers can process data faster than the processing speed of CNC equipment.

, one-in-one computer can be used to control multiple CNC equipment, which is commonly called a group control system or a direct CNC system.

Catherine didn't know much about this, but when she came to this world, she heard a piece of news. Although it was a long time ago, Catherine was very clear about those memories.

The news is that Americans have developed a rapid prototyping system that can process thin metals.

The so-called rapid prototyping system is also called "three-dimensional printing technology" by some. This technology allows machines to quickly turn originally designed products into physical objects.

This kind of high-precision technology is the representative of the development of digital machine tools.

So as far as this is concerned, no matter what you do, you will not lose money - and even now, if other people want to develop CNC machine tools, they must go to Catherine's company to hire some experts to manufacture new CNC machine tools.

In terms of programming, the ternary computer industry can make this process more convenient, and the system is more stable and efficient.

Although Catherine's main business cannot be said to be CNC machine tools, since she now wants to develop a ternary computer, she must have a new mechanism.

Although the development of CNC machine tools has not been so far.

As far as the future is concerned, Catherine has grasped the development trend of digital airports: main control computers are developing towards multi-bit microprocessors: CNC equipment

The equipment is developing in the direction of integration and intelligence: the CNC system adopts a modular structure; the controllable programming is more graphical and automated; the CNC system is more reliable and user-friendly.

These factors are the key points for the development of CNC machine tools.

And these developments are almost the development of digital computers!

As for the development of digital computers, in Catherine's opinion, the current ternary computer is the best.

Although the industrial control version of the z80 is very good, it can only be used for general CNC machining. For precision machining, more complete equipment is needed.

Catherine's idea was to use a more stable and simple ternary computer.

——As far as the current ternary computer technology is concerned, this technology was born out of the Soviets. And the products of the Soviets, to put it crudely, are durable... This is also reflected in their

on the computer.

…

Well, when it comes to my major, I accidentally wrote a little more...

(To be continued)