MACHINE CONTROL APPARATUS
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A CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MACHINES SUCH AS PRODUCTION MACHINE TOOLS AND WORK TRANSFER MACHINES, ARE PROVIDED TO PERMIT AUTOMATIC MACHINE TOOL OPERATION. IN ONE FORM, A PLURALITY OF MACHINE TOOLS OR OPERATING PORTIONS OF A SINGLE MACHINE TOOL ARE REMOTELY CONTROLLED FROM A COMPUTER TO SIMULTANEOUSLY OPERATE ON THE SAME OR DIFFERENT ARTICLES OF WORK BY THE SIMULTANEOUS GENERATION OF COMMAND CONTROL SIGNALS. MEANS ARE PROVIDED AT EACH TOOL OR OPERATING COMPONENT THEREOF FOR DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN DIFFERENT SIMULTANEOUSLY GENERATED MESSAGES SO THAT THE MESSAGE DESTINED TO CONTROL THE MATCHINE TOOL OR COMPONENT MAY BE UTILIZED WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM OTHER MESSAGES.
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