You may have heard of machine tools more or less. In fact, it is closely related to our daily life, because many parts of commonly used items such as mobile phones and cars are produced by machine tools.
Let's learn about the common types of machine tools and their characteristics.
01. Drilling machine
Drilling machine is a machine tool that is good at drilling holes in metal and other materials. Place the material on the base and fix it. Rotate the drill to scrape.
Since the material is fixed, the deviation can be well suppressed and accurate drilling can be realized.
advantage:
Fast drilling speed;
The borehole diameter is accurate.
Main types:
Vertical drilling machine, radial drilling machine and bench drilling machine.
02. Boring machine
A machine tool for machining the inner diameter of an existing hole or other circular profile. It is generally used to enlarge the hole diameter or deepen the hole.
advantage:
Large and deep holes can be drilled;
You can create large structures.
Main types:
Horizontal boring machine, vertical boring machine, CNC boring machine.
03. Lathe
A machine tool that fixes materials on the spindle, rotates at high speed, and then uses tools to process parts. It is suitable for machining cylindrical parts and is a widely used machine tool at present.
advantage:
Good at cylindrical shape processing
Support the processing of various materials.
Main types
General purpose lathe, CNC lathe.
04. Milling machine
A machine tool that is the exact opposite of a lathe. The material is fixed on the workbench, and the material is cut and processed by rotating tools.
advantage:
Suitable for making square parts;
Able to process some complex structures;
The cost of processing the product is low.
Main types:
Vertical milling machine, horizontal milling machine, gantry milling machine.
05. Machining center
It can be simply understood that a milling machine equipped with an automatic tool change system (ATC) can automatically change tools and realize a variety of processing.
advantage:
Suitable for mass production
High precision machining
Main types:
Vertical machining center
Horizontal machining center
Gantry machining center