Because there are too many types and structures of milling machines, and the breadth of application is also very different, we point to the two typical milling machines that are currently used in vertical machining centers and gantry machining centers to make an introduction to the processing range.
A, vertical machining center, vertical machining center is actually a vertical CNC milling machine with a tool magazine, its main feature is the use of multi-edge rotary tools for cutting processing, can be plane, groove, tooth parts, spiral surface and various curved surface processing, especially with the application of CNC technology, the processing range of this type of machine tool has also been greatly improved, in addition to a variety of milling operations, can also be drilling, boring, hinge and tapping thread and other composite processing of the workpiece, with a very wide range of practicality and popularization significance.
B, gantry machining center, compared with vertical machining center, gantry machining center is the composite application of CNC gantry milling machine plus tool magazine, in the processing range, gantry machining center has almost all the processing capacity of ordinary vertical machining center, and in the external dimensions of parts can adapt to the processing of larger tools, while in the processing efficiency and processing accuracy also have very large advantages, especially the practical application of five-axis linkage gantry machining center, its processing range has also been greatly improved, It has laid the foundation for the development of China's manufacturing industry in the direction of high precision