HI-CUBE COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEM FOR FLAME CUTTING MACHINES

The cutting of ship hull material requires accurate control of the flame cutting equipment. To date, this has been achieved with numerical control devices. But as labor costs rise and experienced labor becomes more difficult to find, a different method has been developed. This system employs a superior computer and a series of subordinate mini-computers in a hierarchy system that permits more fully automated control of the plate cutting operation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the International Conference on Computer Applications in the Automation of Shipyard Operation and Ship Design, held by IFIP/IFAC/JSNA, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 28-30, 1973.
• Corporate Authors:

  North Holland Publishing Company

  335 Jan Van Galenstraat, P.O. Box 103
  Amsterdam-W,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • YAMAMOTO, Y
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Pagination: 11 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: III2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Control systems; Flame cutting; Information processing; Shipyards
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computer systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Automatic flame cutting; Shipyard automation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051819
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Purdue University
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 18 1974 12:00AM