Editing Pierre Bézier (section)

==Renault==
From 1933 to 1975 Bézier worked for [[Renault]], where he would ultimately develop his [[UNISURF]] [[Computer-aided design|CAD]] [[Computer-aided manufacturing|CAM]] system.

He began his 42-year tenure at Renault as a Tool Setter.  In 1934, Bézier  became Tool Designer and in 1945 became Head of the Tool Design Office. As Director of Production Engineering in 1949, he designed the "transfer machines" that produced most of the mechanical parts for the [[Renault 4CV]].<ref name="Bézierobit"/> The transfer machines were high-performance work tools designed to machine engine blocks.  While imprisoned during WWII, Bézier developed and improved on the "automatic machine principle" introduced before the war by [[General Motors]]. The new "transfer station", with multiple workstations and electromagnetic heads (antecedents to robots), enabled different operations on a single part to be consecutively performed by transferring the part from one station to another.<ref name="Bézier">{{cite web
  | title = Renault History
  | publisher = Renault, via conceptcarz.com
  | url = http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/makehistory/127%2C0/Renault_History.aspx}}</ref>

In 1957, Bézier became Director of the Machine Tool Division, responsible for the automatic assembly of mechanical components and for the design and production of [[numerical control]] drilling and milling machines. Bézier began managing technical development at Renault in 1960.  He retired from Renault in 1975.<ref name="Bézierobit">{{cite web
  | title = Obituary
  | publisher = flutterby.com
  | url = http://www.flutterby.com/archives/1999_Dec/7_DeadPierreBezier.html}}</ref>