Advanced Numeric Controller
System Features Guide
Control system engineering is faced with a wide range of challenges in making a machine work like it should. Coordinating the linked operations of
machinery, computers, and software so all will work together to get the job done can be a
daunting task. Add the further complications inherent in real-time control and it can turn
into an almost impossible task (and sometimes it's just that).
ATR has developed a solution to this with the Advanced Numeric
Controller (ANC). It uses ATR's pioneering Real-Time Control System Methodology, an
innovative task-based open architecture that integrates hardware, software, and motion
control concepts into a simple and adaptable modular structure. This approach simplifies
the design of a control system to make it flexible to a variety of needs, keeps it easy to
learn, maintain, and modify, and ensures that it is adaptable to future changes to prevent
obsolescence.
The ANC combines the principles of RCS Methodology with a powerful and
precise operating system and a suite of development and diagnostic software unmatched in
other controllers. The result is a package of technology and capability that's loaded with
features to improve productivity, enhance usability, and minimize costs.
The ANC can handle a wide range of industrial applications. Current
ones include waterjet, abrasive waterjet, and laser cutting. Development is underway to
broaden this range into turret punch, milling and boring, turning, and virtually every
other type of industrial machining operation. Future development will include automated
and robotic factory operations such as painting, welding, assembly, and inspection.
The advantages designed into the ANC will keep it on the cutting edge
of control systems technology for years to come, while offering a wealth of features
unmatched by other controllers today.
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