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Capabilities of Tube Bending Equipment

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Wicsteve

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Dec 10, 2001
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Can someone explain the differences between NC and CNC tube bending equipment?
 
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CNC uses a computer controller--(Computer numerical control)----NC (numerical control), uses the old style punch tape I believe
 
There is a tremendous price difference between NC and CNC tube bending machines and I keep hearing that the capabilities of a CNC machine is much greater than NC machines. There needs to be more of a difference than just the tape reader these days. By the way, I thought the difference was just like you said, tape reader and computer programmed.

Does anyone know of a good reference book on tube bending?
 
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