Glossary for technical terms

Among other things for laser, welding, additive manufacturing, 3D printing of metal and directed energy deposition

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There is currently 1 technical term in this directory beginning with the letter N.

numerical control (NC)


The NC means the ‘automatic control of a process performed by a device that makes use of numeric data introduced while the operation is in progress.’

[ISO 2806:1994, Industrial automation systems - Numerical control of machines - Vocabulary]

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