What is turning milling composite machining?
Car milling composite processing can be abbreviated as car milling or car milling. Car milling composite is an advanced cutting process that uses the rotational composite motion of milling cutters and workpieces to cut and process workpieces, making them meet customer requirements. Such as shape accuracy, position accuracy, and the integrity of the machined surface. Car milling composite machining is not a simple combination of adding car milling machining on a single machine tool, but uses simultaneous or continuous motion of car milling to machine various surfaces. With the help of car milling composite services, customers can obtain high-precision and complex shaped prototypes at a very low cost in a very short period of time. This composite processing can also be applied to large-scale production
Why is milling and turning helpful?
Usually, turning and milling are carried out by turning and milling CNC machine tools. Car milling composite CNC machine tool is one of the main types of combination machine tools. Usually, many milling processes can be achieved on the basis of CNC lathes, such as milling, drilling, tapping, and slot milling. This turning milling composite CNC machine tool has the functions of turning, milling, and boring composite, and can achieve complete processing in one clamping.
What is a milling machine?
The motion of the milling compound machine includes four basic movements: milling cutter rotation, workpiece rotation, milling axial feed, and radial feed. According to the different relative positions between the workpiece rotation axis and the tool rotation axis, turning milling composite machining can be divided into axial turning milling, orthogonal turning milling, and ordinary turning milling. Among them, axial turning milling and orthogonal turning milling are the most widely used turning milling processes. Axial milling cutters can not only machine the surface of the outer cylinder, but also the surface of the inner hole, because the rotation axis of the milling cutter and the workpiece are parallel to each other. Orthogonal turning milling is highly efficient in machining outer cylinders because its milling cutter is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the workpiece. Orthogonal milling cutters can machine inner holes with smaller diameters. When machining the surface of the orthogonal turning milling outer cylinder, the longitudinal stroke is not limited and can even adapt to larger longitudinal feed rates.
What are the advantages of car milling?
1. Shortening the R&D or production cycle
Car milling services can help customers shorten their research and development cycle. With the application of turn milling composite CNC machine tools, the manufacturing chain of products or prototypes has been shortened, and production efficiency has been significantly improved. The milling and turning composite machine tool can be equipped with various specialized cutting tools and new tool arrangements, which can reduce tool changing time and improve machining efficiency. The combined machining of turning and milling can achieve all or most parts processing in one clamping, greatly shortening the manufacturing chain. In this way, the product can be completed in a very short production cycle. With the rapid turnover of products or prototypes, customers can gain significant advantages in the research and development and production stages.
2. Improvement in accuracy
The accuracy of the product will be effectively improved. The clamping time of the milling machine is greatly reduced, and the machining accuracy is significantly improved. Because the reduction in clamping avoids the accumulation of tolerances caused by positional changes. At the same time, many milling and turning equipment have online detection functions, which can achieve in-situ detection and precision control of key data in the manufacturing process, thereby improving the accuracy of products.
3. Reduce production costs
Due to high production efficiency, reduced processing time, and significantly lower production costs. In this way, milling services can help customers save a lot of money in production or rapid prototyping. On the one hand, the combination of turning and milling reduces the auxiliary production time caused by changing fixtures. On the other hand, milling reduces the manufacturing cycle and waiting time of fixtures and jigs, which can significantly improve productivity. The high-strength integrated body design improves the gravity machining capability for difficult to cut materials. Car milling compound machines are usually equipped with automatic feeding devices, which enable continuous processing through automatic feeding and achieve single machine assembly line production. Production time is one of the main components of cost, as it is related to labor costs. With the reduction of manufacturing time, customers can obtain low-cost and high-precision products.
Application field
Generally speaking, customers will choose car milling composite services for high-speed and large-scale production of various small and complex parts. The materials used range from brass to steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and PTFE.
