Errol Groff wrote:
I am preparing a research assignment for my students on this subject.
Looking for suggestions as to names which might be used as search
terms or links to sites that would be appropriate.

Also, I am not remembering the names that were involved in the
creation of the first NC machines back in the late forties/early
fifties. I know that the info is back in my head somewhere but it is
not coming forward. Help would be appreciated!

I don't want togfive the kids everything obviously but I do need to
give them enough to get started It is tough to do research on a
subject when you don't know enough about it to even know what
questions to ask.

Thanks for your help!

Errol Groff
Instructor, Machine Tool Department
H.H. Ellis Tech
613 Upper Maple Street
Danielson, CT 06239

860 774 8511 x1811

http://pages.cthome.net/errol.groff/

http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/

A few topics to consider:

The impact of electrification and the availability of small reliable
electric motors, the change from main lineshaft driven machinery to
individually powered mobile machines.

The role of the machine tool in the general shift toward standardized parts
and procedures, the advent of "scientific management", Taylorism, the
rationalization movement.

Backlash against machinery/technology in general, Luddites. Who gained, who
lost, as machine tools/manufacturing facilities became more advanced and
capable?

A thorough treatment of these topics would be beyond the scope of the
assignment, but some students might want to explore how machine tools
developed in a larger context.