Milling and Turning Together Making the Benefits for Productivity

Posted on Dec 3, 2019

Milling and Turning Together Making the Benefits for Productivity

In the field of metal processing and manufacturing, turn and mill machines are also called CNC turning centers. They are machines that have both turning and milling machines’ functions, and rotate the work piece by rotating the tool holder to perform various machining operations during the manufacturing, such as cutting and turning with the presence of a turret.

This type of machining task is handled using a turret tool, which is applied to the work piece and creates an object symmetrical to the spindle, which is driven by the spindle and assisted by active cutting tools.

 

Conventional Point of View

In conventional custom of manufacturing, the mill turn centers machine with turret is divided into two main types according to the way of the clamping of the work piece. These are vertical lathes and horizontal lathes. For the vertical type, the work piece is clamped vertically during manufacturing. The cutting tools are installed in the same direction, so that the machining centers’ work is performed vertically.

Compared with the horizontal manufacturing method, this way of clamping is more secure and fixed due to the effect of gravity. Manufacturers of vertical lathes usually turn vertical lathes into first-class manufacturing equipment for users in various industrial fields pursuing high precision, such as automotive industry, aerospace sector, sport equipment application, and other fields with larger size work pieces manufacturing.

 

Servo Power Turret Added

For mill and turn machines with turrets to work, a power turret must be used. The rotation center can only be achieved with the help of power turret technology. Many of the power turrets are driven by a single motor with servo function, which can ensure the best processing results and save the best energy consumption. At the same time, they can also provide high rigidity for the workpiece and the ideal cutting capacity.

:: Read more : How Power Turrets Affect Turn Mill Machining

 

Applications of Lathe Machinery

These are regarded as variables of machine performance, not parameters. The drive mechanism is more of an optional but sufficient factor. The difference between the turning milling spindle and the lathe spindle is not obvious. The belt driven spindle for cutting has been used on lathes since before.

The design of the spindle at the time was simple, and there were not many options on the market. The belt driven spindle has many excellent characteristics, especially easy to maintain, rendering better cutting capacity.

 

Taiwanese Suppliers

In addition, the tool magazine and automatic tool changer (ATC) are also the best-selling products of Taiwan machine tool parts suppliers. Taiwan's tool magazine manufacturing and ATC system provide customers with the best tool time based on cycle time engineering design to help manufacturers meet order requirements.

By the vertical clamping mechanism, the spindle of the vertical lathe is also located behind the chuck, while some may be belt-driven and some may be other types of driving mechanisms.

Like other milling machines and machine centers, lathes can also be equipped with powerful manufacturing facilities such as power tools and tool magazines to improve their functionality and versatility, and provide users with more processing possibilities.

 

Modern Machining

Power turret is a modern standard accessory for many CNC lathes. As one of the most important accessories for CNC lathe users, Taiwan suppliers have targeted this business and developed many well-known power turret and power tool companies that supports the demands form lathe users all over the world market.

 

Alternatives

Another multifunctional machine that can perform drilling and tapping (and sometimes boring) tasks is a machining center. The machining center is a highly developed machine tool that can handle many precision machining tasks at once.

The beginning of the turning function is described below. The machine center was developed from a milling machine in the middle of the last century. The development of this particular type of machine tool has developed well in the industry.

Since then, the machine center has been widely used in various industries and has worked hard for a wide range of industries. Regarding the milling process, it is a process of removing workpiece material by advancing the tool into one or more workpieces using a spinning tool.

 

Being Specific

Therefore, the machining method can be performed in different directions. In addition to turning, milling also involves a variety of operations, ranging from a single tiny part to a heavy and large milling task. Similar to turning, milling is one of the most commonly used machining methods to provide precision tolerances.

Due to its practical and production value, the development of milling methods is very popular in industry and the market. Conventional lathes are relatively difficult to achieve the production and effective performance of work pieces with complex profiles. With this expectation, the following development and machine center concepts were gradually formed.

Like other milling machines and machining centers, lathes can also be equipped with power tools and tool magazines to improve their functionality and versatility, and provide users with more machining possibilities.

The power tool holder is a modern standard accessory for many CNC lathes, and is one of the most important accessories for CNC lathe users. At the same time, there are many other modern accessories that can accelerate and improve turning performance of milling machines, such as APC, ATC, tool magazine, etc.

:: Read more : Turning and Milling Make the Best Lathe Machining

 

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