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Abstract
The process of designing the tool layout for a single spindle multi-station automatic chucking lathe has been analysed and formulated as a set of algorithms which enable the process to be performed automatically on a digital computer. A simple, cheap and natural means of communication between the design office and the computer has been designed, and the computer output has been arranged to convey the resulting information clearly by means of layout drawings for each station and of tabulated operating data.
The procedures developed should be of great value to machine tool manufacturers, particularly at the quotation stage, and to companies possessing such machines.