Vertical machining center in the domestic CNC machine tool market has reached 50% utilization rate. It can be imagined that vertical machining center is widely used in various processing enterprises, and it is favored by many enterprises. Vertical machining center is developed from the basic CNC milling machine. It integrates all the features and functions of CNC milling machine, and also integrates the functions of many other CNC machine tools, such as boring machine, drilling machine, milling machine, etc.
The vertical machining center has the following main function points:
Automatic tool change function
The structure of vertical machining center and CNC milling machine are basically the same, and the processing technology is basically similar, but the biggest difference between them is that the machining center replaces the automatic tool changer and tool magazine, and the CNC milling machine does not have this function. Vertical machining center with automatic tool change device and tool magazine has automatic tool change function, which can be changed according to the tool used in processing. Generally speaking, the vertical machining center can change the tool at will to process the different working procedures of the workpiece.
One time workpiece clamping can process multiple processes
From the last function point, the vertical machining center has the function of automatic tool change. With this function, it can carry out multi process processing, such as boring, drilling, milling, tapping and tapping.
The function of expandable axle number
Because the conventional three-axis machining center can not meet the requirements of customer product processing, such as: Machining impeller, blade, shaft, propeller and other complex curved surface workpiece is unable to be processed by three axis vertical machining center, so the four axis or five axis function is expanded according to the requirements of customer products. From the above, we know that the vertical machining center has the function of expanding the number of shafts, and can expand the functions of four axis, five axis and multi axis.
A workpiece clamping can process multiple machining surfaces
It is known from the above that the vertical machining center can expand the number of shafts, so after the vertical machining center expands the number of shafts, the workpiece can be clamped to process multiple machining surfaces at one time. It avoids the precision error of clamping repeatedly, and saves the time of manual clamping workpiece.
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