Digital Signal Processing Reference
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Backup system
Main system
Start-
finish line
8 m
Race direction
Control unit
Reader
Figure 13.44
A control station consists of a main system and a reserve system. The systems
are made up of arrays of antennas in mats
Figure 13.45
Runners passing the control station at the end of the 101st Boston Marathon. In
the foreground we can see the mats containing the readers. The times can be displayed on a
screen immediately (reproduced by permission of ChampionChip, NL-Nijmegen)
CNC machines equipped with tool holders and automatic tool changers fulfil tasks
that are increasingly associated with small batch production. This increases the pro-
portion of manufacturing costs incurred by retooling and tool-change times.
Another consideration is the fact that a CNC woodworking machine differs from a
metalworking machine because of its higher rotation and path speeds. Rotation speeds
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