Tools with CNC variant

1. Drills
2. EDMs
3. Lathes
4. Milling Machines
5. Sheet metal works
6. Wire bending machines
7. Hot wire foam cutters
8. Plasma cutters
9. Water jet cutters
10. Laser cutter
11. Surface Grinder
12. 3D printing

Ealier forms of automation

• Cams
• Trace Control

Definition of CNC machines

The automation of machine tools that are operated by abstractly programmed commands encoded on storage medium,as opposed to manually controled viahandwheels or leavers, or machinecally automated via cam alone.