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For TL & FTL
NC special-
Special-purpose MC of
machine tools purpose machine line type
tools
for TL
System machines for
flexible manufacturing
Head changing type
MC
Head indexing type
System Culture- and mindset-
Simplified function type machines harmonized type
Special type: Enhancement
of flexibility for machining
TC
methods (e.g., innovative
turret configuration and/or
spindle allocation ) Multiple-function
integrated type
FMC of flat Compact FMC of
type cubic type

Traditional horizontal
boring & milling (Modernization)
machine
Figure 2-15 History of system machines.

Turret

ATC
Y axis
Milling head

C axis

Turret column
X axis Z axis
Main spindle
Figure 2-16 A TC of extended type in the late 1970s (courtesy of Okuma Co.).