Modern technology requires components to be manufactured precisely according to the design dimensions and specifications of the components, in order to manufacture parts that meet such tight tolerances, manufacturers rely on the accuracy of CNC machining equipment, CNC lathes and milling machines involve separate and opposite processes, requiring CNC turning of the workpiece and milling parts usually takes longer manufacturing time, but for the power tools of CNC lathes, it is necessary to manufacture the components. Both of these machining operations can be carried out on a single machine, which is explained in detail in this article.

CNC turning and milling of workpiece

CNC machining is a subtractive manufacturing process, which means that the machine tool removes raw materials from the workpiece to form parts, and as mentioned above, the two types of equipment primarily used for machining, including lathes and milling machines, are both driven by computer numerical control (CNC) G code - but the subtraction method is different.

Turning with CNC lathe

The lathe rotates the workpiece on the spindle, while the fixed cutting tool cuts or scrapes the material from the rotating part, the lathe produces only cylindrical or conical parts, and the conical part includes the drill bit, which is drilled in the middle of the part.

Milling with CNC milling machine

In contrast to a lathe, a milling machine operates a rotating tool to cut a path or drill a hole on a fixed workpiece, and while a multi-axis milling machine can position the tool and workpiece to any position required by the cutting path, a milling machine can only produce features on a relatively flat workpiece.

Many parts require turning and milling to obtain the shape and outline of the part, and manufacturing these parts requires the machine shop to run two separate production processes; One on the lathe and one on the grinder, which is not only time consuming, but also causes accuracy issues when aligning parts on new machines, and fortunately, real-time tools solve most of these problems.

Power tool for CNC turning workpiece

Typically, the tool is mounted on a turntable and powered by a servo system for indexing and operation, once the spindle is stopped, the electric tool will perform its operation while the workpiece is still facing the spindle, and unlike the spindle rotating workpiece, the tool rotates like a normal milling cutter.

The type of tool used in power accessories will vary according to the requirements of the project, just like a normal CNC milling machine, in addition, the machine shop can be equipped with power tools with speeders or gear reducers to increase the torque of the tool, they can also be equipped with or without internal cooling function of power tools, so, There are several key benefits to using a CNC lathe equipped with power tools.

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