Difference between five axis machining center and three axis machining center
The biggest difference between 5-axis machining center and 3-axis machining center is that on the motion axis, five axis machining center has five motion axes, namely XYZ linear motion axis and AC rotation motion axis; while three-axis machining center has only three motion axes, which are the conventional XYZ linear motion axis. This is the biggest difference in structure between five axis machining center and three axis machining center. There are also differences in the processing range. The processing range of the five axis machining center is relatively wide. The five axis machining center can process parts that are difficult or impossible to process with three axes. It can be generally understood that the processing range of the five axis machining center is wider than that of the three axis machining center. Today’s editor mainly introduces the advantages of five axis machining center.
Advantages of five axis machining center
Five axis machining center can process parts that cannot be processed or difficult to process by three axes, such as complex curved surface parts. Using five axis machining center to process complex curved surface parts can complete all processes processing at one time, while using three axis machining center to process complex curved surface parts is very difficult and complex, and it needs many clamping and adjustment to complete its complex processing procedures. Generally speaking, the three-axis machining center can not complete the processing of complex curved surface parts at one time. These complex curved surface parts mainly include turbine engine blades, marine propeller and other special complex curved surface parts. These parts can be processed by five axis machining center, and the angle, position and cutting path of the cutter can be adjusted freely, so the five axis machining center can be clamped and assembled at one time All processing procedures.
It is necessary to use ball end milling cutter to process complex curved surface parts with three-axis machining center. The cutting rate of parts processed by ball end milling cutter is low, and the angle of cutter can not be adjusted freely in the process of machining, so the smooth surface can not be machined. The use of five axis machining center to process complex curved surface parts does not need to use ball end milling cutter, and does not need to use special tools, because the five axis machining center can freely adjust the angle of the tool, so the surface of the workpiece processed is smooth, thus improving the quality of processing.
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