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Numerical Control of Machine Tools

Article in IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics · April 1980

DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.1980.4308460 · Source: IEEE Xplore

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 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS, MAN, AND CYBERNETICS, VOL. SMC-10, NO. 3, MARCH 1980
This reviewer has noted the appearance of control texts apparently
printed by photo-offset, directly from a typed manuscript. The print
quality of such texts is markedly inferior to that of a type-set text and
can impede the student's comprehension of the material. Shinners' text is
an example of quality printing.
The weaknesses of this text are that
1) its relatively concise treatment of many subjects leaves out detail
that some individuals may want or need; and
2) many relationships are stated and not proven. The familiar phrase,
"It can be shown that...," is no stranger to Shinners' text.
Weighing various factors subjectively, objectively, and intuitively, it is
this reviewer's opinion that Shinners belongs in that select group of
authors comprised of Ogata, Tou, Kuo, Elgerd, and a few others who
have somehow managed to write a broad-ranging, relatively complete
and relatively clear control theory text, intended for senior under-
graduate engineering students.
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Numerical Control of Machine Tools-Y. Koren and J. Ben-Uri (Delhi,
India: Khanna, 1978, 310 pp.). Reviewed by Thomas J. Higgins, Depart-
ment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI 53706.
Numerical control (NC) as applied to machine tools covers three
different fields: machine tool operation, design of control loops, and
programming of the part being produced. The present book is unique
insofar as it covers all three aspects of the subject within a single volume.
The book is divided into nine chapters covering the entire NC field,
starting with conventional automatic machines and NC systems and
progressing to more recent developments-DNC, CNC, and adaptive
control. A comprehensive overview of the subject is provided, together
with the necessary technical fundamentals for the design of NC systems.
This book can be used as a textbook for a one-semester advanced
undergraduate course in a mechanical, electrical, or manufacturing en-
gineering curriculum; or it can be used as a sourcebook for the practic-
ing engineer.