Hot Tech, Cold Steel : : how Computer-Aided Manufacturing Caught Fire in Ann Arbor and Spread Around the World
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Before robotic factories and 3-D printers and CAD-CAM, there was the invention of “numerical control”—the earliest use of computers to program metalworking machines. But the technology didn’t take off until MDSI’s software program Compact II, developed by Chuck Hutchins, was introduced to machine shops around the world. At its height, Manufacturing Data Systems, Inc., was one of Ann Arbor’s largest employers, with a huge corporate campus on Plymouth Road and offices in Europe and Asia. This engaging read introduces MDSI’s engineers, programmers, salesmen, and executives like characters in an adventure tale, taking readers from the machine shop of the 1940s to the 1981 sale of MDSI to Schlumberger for 10 million. It is a foundational story in the history of computing, venture capital, tech IPOs, and automated manufacturing, with captivating insights for business leaders, engineers, and today’s tinkerers.
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PUBLISHED
[Place of publication not identified] : Timepieces Personal Biography LLC , 2021
Year Published: 2021
Description: 284 pages ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781737153702
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Taras, Stephanie Kadel,
SUBJECTS
Manufacturing Data Systems, Inc -- History.
Metalworking -- History.
Programming -- History.