The history of CNC (Computer Numerical Control) is a journey from human handiwork to digital perfection. It began not with computers, but with the urgent needs of the post-WWII aerospace industry.
Parsons collaborated with the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory to develop a method for producing helicopter rotor blades. They utilized punched cards to store coordinate data, leading to the birth of Numerical Control (NC). The first NC machine was a modified Cincinnati Milling Machine, which proved that machines could follow pre-programmed instructions without a human operator’s constant touch
