Old computers at McCormick Place in. This was at IMTS (International Machine Tool Show) where companies from all over the world would come and display their new equipment, tools, manufacturing, or anything that was industrial related. Basically, anything industrial was advertised at the week long show. Eric Higgins worked the Bridgeport booth at the IMTS show that year. This was Eric’s first job right out of college. Eric’s title was an applications engineer. This was a CAD/CAM system; CAD being computer aided drafting/design and CAM, computer aided manufacturing. This system was used to graphically program using computer aided design drawings and you could program a CNC mill, lathe, or wire EDM (electric discharge machine) machine to cut metal parts. This was state of the art equipment back then and new technology with the computers. This is still used now, 2015, but machines have been replaced with newer computers, iPads, etc.
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Old computers at McCormick Place in. This was at IMTS (International Machine Tool Show) where companies from all over the world would come and display their new equipment, tools, manufacturing, or anything that was industrial related. Basically, anything industrial was advertised at the week long show. Eric Higgins worked the Bridgeport booth at the IMTS show that year. This was Eric’s first job right out of college. Eric’s title was an applications engineer. This was a CAD/CAM system; CAD being computer aided drafting/design and CAM, computer aided manufacturing. This system was used to graphically program using computer aided design drawings and you could program a CNC mill, lathe, or wire EDM (electric discharge machine) machine to cut metal parts. This was state of the art equipment back then and new technology with the computers. This is still used now, 2015, but machines have been replaced with newer computers, iPads, etc.