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CNC machining tool setting operation

With the rapid development of industry, there are many CNC parts processing around us, which is enough to prove that the development prospect of this industry is still OK, otherwise there will not be so many in use. So in the process of operation, many steps are very important. What are the effective methods of CNC machining tool setting operation?

  1. Jog the tool setting hair

Press the zero point (z) of the initial tool, and then press the zero point and Z key on the surface of the designed tool to clear the initial position of the workpiece, and then press the zero point and Z key to get the initial position of the tool. Determine the initial position of each cutter in turn, and then adjust to the accurate design position (starting point) after trial processing. This method can be operated easily without any auxiliary tools, but it takes a long time. Especially, the tool must be readjusted once every grinding.

  1. Tool setting instrument

Now many lathes are equipped with tool setting instrument. The error caused by measurement can be avoided by using the tool setting instrument, which greatly improves the accuracy of tool setting. Because the tool setting instrument can automatically calculate the difference between the length and width of each knife, and store it in the system. When processing other parts, only the standard tool is needed, which greatly saves time. It should be noted that there is no standard tool for tool setting with the tool setting instrument. When setting the tool, first set the standard tool. Its disadvantage is that the tool setting instrument needs to be equipped with auxiliary equipment for tool setting instrument, which has high cost and laborious loading and unloading.

  1. Use CNC tools

After the initial positioning of CNC machining tools, wear occurs after cutting for a period of time and needs to be sharpened. After grinding, the position of the re installed tip of the common tool has changed, and it needs to be re aligned. The characteristic of CNC tool is that the manufacturing accuracy of the tool is high, and the repeated positioning accuracy after the blade is rotated is about 0.02mm, which greatly reduces the tool setting time. At the same time, the blade is coated with metal layer (SiC, tic, etc.) greatly improves its durability, but the cost is also a little high.

  1. Use the tool setting block to set the tool, and use the self-made tool setting method

The simple tool block made of plastic and plexiglass can easily realize the repeated positioning after tool grinding, but the positioning accuracy is poor, which is usually 0.2 ~ 0.5mm. Single tool is a fast positioning method, and then it can be adjusted quickly and conveniently.

Speed requirements of parts processing

Generally speaking, the following methods are used by the mold parts processor:

  1. Washing and cutting: mainly use milling cutter to mill the plane. 2. Grinding: mainly use grinding wheel to grind the surface of workpiece
  2. Planing: it is mainly used for planing the surface of workpiece with planer.
  3. Special processing: is the direct use of electrical energy, chemical energy and other processing methods.
  4. CNC machining: mainly through digital information to control the machine tool, so that the parts and cutting tools to produce the required relative movement, from the surface to achieve parts processing.

The following methods are generally used in the processing of die parts:

  1. Geometric accuracy the geometric accuracy of the Journal (roundness, cylindricity) should be limited within the range of diameter tolerance points. When the accuracy of geometric shape is high, the allowable tolerance can be specified on the part drawing.
  2. The surface roughness can have different surface roughness values according to the different surface working parts of the parts. For example, the surface roughness of the bearing journal of the main shaft of the ordinary machine tool is ra0.160.63um, and the surface roughness of the matching journal is ra0.632.5um. With the increase of the machine speed and the improvement of the precision degree, the requirements of the surface roughness value of the shaft parts will become smaller and smaller
  3. Dimension accuracy journal is the main surface of shaft parts, which affects the rotation accuracy and working state of shaft. The diameter accuracy of journal is usually it69 according to its application requirements, and the precision journal can reach it5.
  4. Position accuracy mainly refers to the coaxiality of the matching Journal of the assembly transmission parts relative to the supporting Journal of the bearing, which is usually expressed by the radial circular runout of the matching journal to the supporting journal; according to the use requirements, the high-precision shaft is 0.0010.005mm, while the general precision shaft is 0.010.03mm. In addition, the coaxiality of the inner and outer cylindrical surface and the perpendicularity requirements of the axial positioning end face and the axis line are also included.

Thread machining of CNC machining center

With the improvement of the performance of CNC machining center and the improvement of cutting tools, the method of thread processing is constantly improved, and the accuracy and efficiency of thread processing are also gradually improved. Thread processing is one of the most important applications of CNC machining. The quality and efficiency of thread processing will directly affect the machining quality of parts and the production efficiency of machining center. In order to enable the process personnel to reasonably choose the thread processing method in the processing, improve the production efficiency and avoid the quality accident, several thread processing methods commonly used in CNC machining are summarized as follows:

  1. Tap processing method

1.1 classification and characteristics of tap processing

The tap is the most commonly used processing method for threaded hole, which is mainly applicable to the small diameter (d < 30) and low accuracy requirement of hole position.

In the 1980s, the flexible tapping method was adopted for the threaded hole, that is, the flexible tapping chuck was used to clamp the tap, and the tapping chuck could be used to compensate the feed error caused by the machine tool’s axial feed and spindle speed, so as to ensure the correct pitch. Flexible tapping chuck has complex structure, high cost, easy damage and low processing efficiency. In recent years, the performance of CNC machining has gradually improved, and the rigid tapping function has become the basic configuration of CNC machining.

Therefore, rigid tapping has become the main method of thread processing.

In other words, the rigid spring chuck is used to hold the tap, and the spindle feed and spindle speed are controlled by the machine tool.

Compared with the flexible tapping chuck, the spring chuck has the advantages of simple structure, low price and wide application. In addition to the tap, it can also clamp the end mill, drill and other tools, which can reduce the cost of the tool. At the same time, the use of rigid tapping can make high-speed cutting, improve machining efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs.

1.2 the bottom hole of thread before tapping

The processing of thread bottom hole has great influence on the life of tap and the quality of thread processing. In general, the drill diameter of the bottom hole is close to the upper limit of the diameter tolerance of the bottom hole,

For example, the diameter of the bottom hole of the M8 thread hole is Ф 6.7 + 0.27mm, and the diameter of the drill bit is selected to be Ф 6.9mm. In this way, the machining allowance of the tap can be reduced, the load of the tap can be reduced, and the service life of the tap can be improved.

1.3 selection of taps

When selecting taps, first of all, the corresponding taps must be selected according to the processed materials. The tool company produces different types of taps according to the different processing materials, and special attention should be paid to the selection.

Because the tap is very sensitive to the processed material relative to milling cutter and boring cutter. For example, using taps for processing cast iron to process aluminum parts is easy to cause thread missing, thread disorderly and even tap breaking, resulting in workpiece scrapping. Secondly, we should pay attention to the difference between the through-hole tap and the blind hole tap. The front-end guide of the through-hole tap is longer, and the chip removal is the front row chip. The leading edge of the blind hole is short, and the chip removal is the back row chip. The processing depth of thread can not be guaranteed when the blind hole is machined with through-hole tap. Furthermore, if flexible tapping chuck is used, the diameter of tap shank and the width of four sides should be the same as that of tapping chuck; the diameter of shank of rigid tapping should be the same as that of spring jacket. In short, only reasonable selection of taps can ensure the smooth processing.

1.4 NC programming of tap machining

The programming of tap machining is simple. Now the machining center generally solidifies the tapping subroutine, which only needs to assign the parameters. However, it should be noted that the meaning of some parameters is different due to different NC systems and different formats of subroutines.

For example, Siemens 840C control system, its programming format is: g84x_ Y_ R2_ R3_ R4_ R5_ R6_ R7_ R8_ R9_ R10_ R13_。 In programming, only these 12 parameters need to be assigned.

  1. CNC thread milling method

2.1 features of thread milling

Thread milling is to use thread milling tool, machining center three axis linkage, namely x, Y axis arc interpolation, Z axis linear feed milling method.

Thread milling is mainly used for machining large hole thread and thread hole of difficult to machine material. It has the following characteristics:

(1) high speed, high efficiency and high precision. The cutting tool material is generally cemented carbide material, and the cutting speed is fast. The manufacturing precision of cutting tool is high, so the precision of thread milling is high.

(2) milling tools are widely used. As long as the pitch is the same, whether it is * * thread or right-hand thread, one tool can be used, which is conducive to reducing the cost of the tool.

(3) milling is easy to chip removal and cooling. Compared with the tap, the cutting condition is better, especially suitable for the screw thread processing of difficult to machine materials such as aluminum, copper, stainless steel, etc,

It is especially suitable for thread processing of large parts and components of valuable materials, which can ensure the quality of thread processing and the safety of workpiece.

(4) because there is no tool front-end guide, it is suitable for machining blind holes with short thread bottom holes and holes without undercut groove.

2.2 classification of thread milling tools

Thread milling tools can be divided into two types, one is the machine clip type carbide blade milling cutter, the other is the integral cemented carbide milling cutter. It can be used for machining holes with thread depth less than blade length and holes with thread depth greater than blade length. Integral cemented carbide milling cutter is generally used for machining holes with thread depth less than tool length.

2.3 NC programming of thread milling

The programming of thread milling tool is different from that of other tools

Thread machining of CNC machining center

With the improvement of the performance of CNC machining center and the improvement of cutting tools, the method of thread processing is constantly improved, and the accuracy and efficiency of thread processing are also gradually improved. Thread processing is one of the most important applications of CNC machining. The quality and efficiency of thread processing will directly affect the machining quality of parts and the production efficiency of machining center. In order to enable the process personnel to reasonably choose the thread processing method in the processing, improve the production efficiency and avoid the quality accident, several thread processing methods commonly used in CNC machining are summarized as follows:

  1. Tap processing method

1.1 classification and characteristics of tap processing

The tap is the most commonly used processing method for threaded hole, which is mainly applicable to the small diameter (d < 30) and low accuracy requirement of hole position.

In the 1980s, the flexible tapping method was adopted for the threaded hole, that is, the flexible tapping chuck was used to clamp the tap, and the tapping chuck could be used to compensate the feed error caused by the machine tool’s axial feed and spindle speed, so as to ensure the correct pitch. Flexible tapping chuck has complex structure, high cost, easy damage and low processing efficiency. In recent years, the performance of CNC machining has gradually improved, and the rigid tapping function has become the basic configuration of CNC machining.

Therefore, rigid tapping has become the main method of thread processing.

In other words, the rigid spring chuck is used to hold the tap, and the spindle feed and spindle speed are controlled by the machine tool.

Compared with the flexible tapping chuck, the spring chuck has the advantages of simple structure, low price and wide application. In addition to the tap, it can also clamp the end mill, drill and other tools, which can reduce the cost of the tool. At the same time, the use of rigid tapping can make high-speed cutting, improve machining efficiency and reduce manufacturing costs.

1.2 the bottom hole of thread before tapping

The processing of thread bottom hole has great influence on the life of tap and the quality of thread processing. In general, the drill diameter of the bottom hole is close to the upper limit of the diameter tolerance of the bottom hole,

For example, the diameter of the bottom hole of the M8 thread hole is Ф 6.7 + 0.27mm, and the diameter of the drill bit is selected to be Ф 6.9mm. In this way, the machining allowance of the tap can be reduced, the load of the tap can be reduced, and the service life of the tap can be improved.

1.3 selection of taps

When selecting taps, first of all, the corresponding taps must be selected according to the processed materials. The tool company produces different types of taps according to the different processing materials, and special attention should be paid to the selection.

Because the tap is very sensitive to the processed material relative to milling cutter and boring cutter. For example, using taps for processing cast iron to process aluminum parts is easy to cause thread missing, thread disorderly and even tap breaking, resulting in workpiece scrapping. Secondly, we should pay attention to the difference between the through-hole tap and the blind hole tap. The front-end guide of the through-hole tap is longer, and the chip removal is the front row chip. The leading edge of the blind hole is short, and the chip removal is the back row chip. The processing depth of thread can not be guaranteed when the blind hole is machined with through-hole tap. Furthermore, if flexible tapping chuck is used, the diameter of tap shank and the width of four sides should be the same as that of tapping chuck; the diameter of shank of rigid tapping should be the same as that of spring jacket. In short, only reasonable selection of taps can ensure the smooth processing.

1.4 NC programming of tap machining

The programming of tap machining is simple. Now the machining center generally solidifies the tapping subroutine, which only needs to assign the parameters. However, it should be noted that the meaning of some parameters is different due to different NC systems and different formats of subroutines.

For example, Siemens 840C control system, its programming format is: g84x_ Y_ R2_ R3_ R4_ R5_ R6_ R7_ R8_ R9_ R10_ R13_。 When programming, only these 12 parameters need to be assigned

CNC machining of hand model

There are several common technologies for making hand board model: CNC hand board processing, 3D printing hand board, silicone compound mold hand board, sheet metal hand board, low pressure perfusion hand board, etc. Today, we will briefly describe the steps and advantages of CNC processing.

Hand model, many people also known as the first board model. Generally speaking, after the design of an industrial product is completed, it is not immediately put into production. Instead, a small number of models should be made according to the drawings. The purpose is to see the sample of the finished product in advance. If it is not satisfied, modify the drawing, and then start batch manufacturing after there is no objection. This small number of models is the hand model in the mouth.

The steps of CNC hand board processing are as follows:

1) Discuss CNC processing price and delivery time, sign processing contract.

2) Analyze the part drawing and product assembly drawing, and analyze the process of parts.

3) Select the blank.

4) CNC programming.

5) Determine the machining allowance of each process, calculate the process size and tolerance.

6) Determine the equipment and tools, fixtures, measuring tools and auxiliary tools used in each process.

7) Determine cutting parameters and man hour quota

The problem of tool disorder in CNC machining

The following machining center for you to introduce the machining center disordered tool solution (solve).

  1. This situation may be caused by the upper and lower machining ports of the machining center. The operator will use the reset button to change the calculation method or simply press the emergency stop button.
  2. At the same time, the typical PLC program of machining center (PLC programming is an electronic system of digital operation, specially designed for application in industrial environment) refreshes the tool list after the modification. Your program should be like this, but after you have a problem with the tool cover, you just need to put the knife down. After repairing, I think there should be no problem on the original tool holder, and there will be a confused knife.
  3. Communicate with the manufacturer you purchased. If the manufacturer has after-sales service or after-sales maintenance, you can ask their technicians to check the security. In addition, do not operate the keyboard on the operation panel of the machining center after the tool is out of order. If you do not know PLC, please try to use external force to help the tool sleeve complete the action. Pay attention to safety during operation. Try to get the machining center tool library itself to complete the entire M6 cycle, so it certainly won’t be messy.
  4. During normal tool change, the tool change process is stuck due to insufficient air pressure. After manual tool magazine reset (reset), the tool magazine may be disordered.
  5. When the manipulator of machining center changes tool, the operator presses the reset key or emergency stop key. As a result, the tool change is terminated unexpectedly and the tool magazine may be disordered.
  6. Due to the damage of the mechanical structure of the machine tool (damage), or the loss of the parameters of the CNC system, disordered failure caused by the phenomenon of tool disorder.

Processing method for disordered tools in tool magazine of machining center:

1) Check whether the switch of the counter is loose and whether there is knife jamming. If there is, it is easy to mess the knife.

2) Check your clamping loose tool signal, tool sleeve up and down signal, spindle position signal.

3) If there is a shift function between high and low gears, check the low and high gear signals. When an alarm appears, see which signal does not arrive or is caused by a flicker. Another possibility is that the authorized t diagram is not strict.

4) If the machining center is used by others, ask them if they have adjusted the phase sequence of the forward and reverse motors of the magazine. If they do, the magazine can only rotate in one direction, so the tool magazine can not be found nearby and the magazine will be in disorder.

CNC machining center guide rail difference

The so-called CNC machining is also known as CNC machining, which refers to a kind of processing which is operated by CNC machining operators after the programmer uses the computer to program the work order to be processed. There are three kinds of guide rails for CNC machining center. The differences between these three kinds of guides are quite big. Therefore, if you need to select the guide rails of CNC machining centers, it is better to have a detailed understanding of these three kinds of guides in advance, so that we can better select the guide rails for our CNC machining centers. The following is an introduction to the guide rails of CNC machining centers:

According to the motion track, the guide rail can be divided into linear motion guide rail and circular motion guide rail; according to the working nature, it can be divided into main motion guide rail, feed motion guide rail and adjustment guide rail; according to the friction property of contact surface, it can be divided into sliding guide rail, rolling guide rail and hydrostatic guide rail.

Slide guide

The sliding guide has the advantages of simple structure, convenient manufacturing, good stiffness and high vibration resistance. The traditional cast iron cast iron and cast iron quenched steel guide rail has the disadvantages of large static friction coefficient, dynamic friction coefficient changes with the speed, and the friction loss is large. It is easy to crawl at low speed / (1-60mm / min /), which reduces the positioning accuracy of moving parts. Therefore, it is not used in other CNC machine tools except economical CNC machine tools.

At present, most CNC machine tools use plastic guide, that is, a layer of plastic film soft belt composed of plastic and other chemical materials is pasted on the friction surface of moving guide rail.

There are two kinds of guide rail Plastics: PTFE soft belt and epoxy wear-resistant rail coating. The characteristics of plastic sliding guide are good friction characteristics, good wear resistance, smooth movement, good vibration damping and good technology.

Rolling guide

Rolling guide is to place ball, roller, needle and other rolling elements between the guide surfaces, so that the sliding friction between the guide surfaces becomes rolling friction. Compared with sliding guide rail, rolling guide has the advantages of high sensitivity and little difference between dynamic friction coefficient and static friction coefficient, so it can move stably, and it is not easy to crawl when moving at low speed; (high positioning accuracy, repeated positioning accuracy can reach 02um; low friction resistance, light movement, small wear, good accuracy retention and long service life. However, the anti vibration performance of rolling guide is poor, which requires high protection.

The rolling guide rail is especially suitable for the working parts of machine tools requiring uniform movement, sensitive motion and high positioning accuracy. This is the reason why rolling guide is widely used in CNC machine tools.

Hydrostatic guideway

There is an oil cavity between the two working faces of the hydrostatic guideway. After the lubricating oil with certain pressure is injected, the hydrostatic oil film can be formed, so that the working surface of the guide rail is in pure liquid friction, without wear, and has good accuracy retention; at the same time, the friction coefficient is also very low, which greatly reduces the driving power; at low speed, there is no creeping, the bearing capacity is large, and the rigidity is good; In addition, the oil has the function of vibration absorption and good vibration resistance. Hydrostatic guideway can be divided into hydrostatic guideway and aerostatic guideway.

Its disadvantage is that the structure is complex, there must be an oil supply system, and the cleanliness of the oil is required to be high. Hydrostatic guideway is widely used in machine tools. The hydrostatic guideway of CNC turret punch press can be divided into open type and closed type

There are lines on the machined parts of grinder

In the process of grinding machine processing, the surface of the workpiece often appears to have a ripple, which affects the accuracy and the appearance. According to experience, there are three situations:

There are irregular lines and scratches on the surface: This is mainly due to the problems of the grinding fluid and filtering system used, resulting in the particles and debris falling from the grinding wheel circulating in the grinding fluid to scratch the surface of the workpiece. At this time, the grinding fluid should be replaced or the filtering device should be added.

There are several reasons for the appearance of helix on the surface

  1. When dressing the grinding wheel, the grinding wheel at the exit is convex, and the workpiece is just grinded to the surface by the convex point when it comes out of the grinding area, forming spiral pattern. The solution is that the grinding wheel at the exit can be trimmed more or the edge of the grinding wheel at the exit can be rounded with a file.
  2. Small cracks appear in the alloy part of the tool plate supporting the workpiece, resulting in uneven surface and scuffing. The tool plate needs to be repaired or replaced.
  3. The uneven bond hardness of grinding wheel leads to uneven wheel threshing. If the grinding wheel can not be improved after sanding, it is necessary to replace the grinding wheel.
  4. The feeding speed or discharging speed is inconsistent with the normal speed of the guide wheel (it is easy to appear when there is an automatic feeding device). It is necessary to adjust the feed and guide wheel speed.
  5. The relative position of the axis of the same grinding wheel deviates when the guide wheel is adjusted and R is hit, which needs to be re aligned.

Oscillation pattern on the surface: it is mainly caused by the vibration of the machine itself or the vibration in the grinding process of the workpiece.

  1. The grinding wheel is clamped tightly, and the grinding wheel is not in stable operation. This requires new grinding wheel installation and balancing.
  2. The bearing in the spindle is worn or improperly adjusted, which drives the grinding wheel to vibrate. The bearing clearance should be readjusted or replaced.
  3. The vibration of other equipment is transmitted to the grinder to cause resonance, so it is necessary to keep away from other vibration sources or dig anti vibration ditch.
  4. Due to the increase of the center height of the tool plate supported by the pad wood, the tool plate is not firm and vibrates when the workpiece passes through. The screws that hold the cutterhead need to be tightened.
  5. The grinding wheel spindle is driven by the motor through the triangle belt. The length of the triangle belt is different or there is wear, which causes the vibration of the machine tool. Need to check and replace.
  6. When the center of the workpiece is too high, the grinding wheel presses the workpiece to the cutter plate through grinding force, and the component force of the guide wheel is reduced, resulting in uneven force of the workpiece and vibration. At this time, lower the center height of the cutterhead.

Requirements for CNC machining rolling bearing

  1. With the development of science and technology of rotation and temperature rise, the spindle speed of CNC machining of aluminum cavity is higher and higher, and the range of speed change is wider and wider.

Therefore, the requirements of bearing high-speed operation stability are higher and higher. The temperature rise of machine tool spindle bearing is an important factor to limit the bearing speed. Generally, the correct selection of bearing type, worse grade, configuration mode, clearance (preload), lubricant and lubrication mode can improve the high-speed performance of rolling bearing to a certain extent.

  1. Service life and bearing capacity for heavy machine tools or heavy cutting machines, the bearing capacity of air filter bearing should be the first.

Because for general machine tools, the life of the spindle assembly refers to the service life to maintain the accuracy of the spindle. Therefore, the bearing accuracy is required to meet the life requirements of the spindle assembly.

  1. Stiffness and vibration resistance in order to ensure the machining quality of aluminum cavity CNC machining, the spindle system must have enough stiffness, otherwise there will be a large re mapping error or even vibration.

Anti vibration refers to the ability to resist forced vibration and self-excited vibration. The anti vibration performance of the main shaft depends on the stiffness and damping of the spindle and bearing. The stiffness of the spindle system can be effectively improved by using preloaded rolling bearings.

  1. Noise in high-speed grinding machine, the noise of grinding head bearing is an important part of the whole noise, and it is advantageous to select low-noise rolling bearing.

In the fault detection of CNC machining of aluminum cavity, reasoning can be carried out from two aspects: forward and backward. Forward: that is, from the cause of the fault, explore its functional relationship, and check the impact of the cause on the results.

In other words, according to the possible causes of the fault, to see whether it is consistent with the fault phenomenon, to determine the fault point.

By using reasoning method, the object of reasoning analysis is often vague, because in many fault causes or phenomena, we should find out their common characteristics.

So as to determine the fault point, with the deepening of reasoning step by step, we will realize that the personality characteristics of reasoning analysis object is the fault to be found.

Lathe processing can reach the accuracy

The accuracy of scale is still the roughness accuracy, and the accuracy of form and position service level. The dimension accuracy of the machine tool can be controlled by 0.01mm, and the roughness can reach 1.6. For the shape and position service, such as coaxiality, concentricity, runout and straightness. Flatness, perpendicularity can ensure the following range;

The accuracy of outer circle is 0.01

Cylindricity 0.01/100

Flatness of end face 0.02/200

The accuracy of thread pitch is 0.06/300

Generally, the precision of machining mainly refers to four points

  1. Scale public service
  2. Public service of shape
  3. Public service of bearing degree
  4. Surface finish (as for the other largest solid scale flows, this is a concept that has only recently emerged.

You didn’t say that the ordinary lathe is a CNC lathe, which means the highest machining accuracy of the ordinary lathe. The CNC precision is higher, but this one is not certain. For example, the cylindrical cylinder service is 0.01-0.02MM. General lathe can also reach.

In addition to the accuracy of the outer circle, but also to see the requirements of the drawing requirements of the surface finish, for example, the cylindrical service 0.01-0.02 mm, finish in 1.6-3.2, then you can choose general lathe or CNC lathe, but the finish in 0.8 may be higher, then you can not choose a lathe, the choice of grinding machine processing.

In the case of CNC milling machine tool, sometimes you need to consider the machining center of the lathe, if you have higher requirements for the lathe perpendicularity, you may need to consider the machining center of the lathe.

General good point lathe turning processing can be up to 6 grade public service belt products.

Misunderstanding of high machining accuracy of CNC machine tools:

Generally, the precision of machining mainly refers to four points

  1. Scale public service
  2. Public service of shape
  3. Public service of bearing degree
  4. Surface finish (as for the other largest solid scale flows, this is a concept that has only recently emerged.