据有关资料报导,美国国防部委托通用电气公司研究和发展中心为主的十个单位从事一项有关某些国防重要材料的高速切削加工的研究工作,此项工作耗资210万美元,历时46个月.有关单位的代表于198O年7月中旬在Schenectady 开了两天的工作会议,以报告在各自的研究工作中迄今已取得的进展和讨论某些小组的新发现对其他小组正在进行的工作可能产生的影响.该计划由通用电气公司的DonaldG.Flom 博士领导.Flom 博士在谈到这项研究工作的目的时说:“本课题的长远目标是要通过提供金属高速切削的科学基础来降 According to relevant data, the U.S. Department of Defense commissioned ten research and development centers of the General Electric Corporation to conduct research on high-speed machining of certain key national defense materials. The work cost US$2.1 million and lasted 46 years. Month. Representatives of the relevant units opened a two-day working meeting in Schenectady in mid-July 198O to report on the progress made so far in their respective research work and to discuss the new findings of certain groups on the ongoing work of other groups. Possible impacts. The program was led by General Electric’s Donald G. Flom. Dr. Flom, referring to the purpose of this research work, said: "The long-term goal of this project is to provide a scientific basis for high-speed metal cutting.