You may have heard of machine tools to some extent. In fact, it is closely related to our daily life, because many parts of common items such as mobile phones and cars are produced by machine tools.
Let’s take a look at the common types of machine tools and their characteristics.
- Drilling machine
Drilling machine is a machine tool that is good at drilling holes in materials such as metal. The material is placed on the base and fixed, and the drill bit is rotated for scraping.
Because the material is fixed, the deviation can be well suppressed and accurate drilling can be achieved.
Advantages:
Fast drilling speed;
Accurate drilling diameter.
Main types:
Vertical drilling machine, radial drilling machine, desktop drilling machine.
- Boring machine
A machine tool that processes the inner diameter of existing holes or other circular contours. It is generally used to enlarge the hole diameter or deepen the hole.
Advantages:
Can drill large and deep holes;
Can create large structures.
Main types:
Horizontal boring machine, vertical boring machine, CNC boring machine.
- Lathe
A machine tool that fixes the material on the spindle, rotates at high speed, and then uses tools to process the parts. It is suitable for processing cylindrical parts and is currently a very widely used machine tool.
Advantages:
Good at processing cylindrical shapes;
Supports the processing of various materials.
Main types:
General lathe, CNC lathe.
- Milling machine
A machine tool that is exactly the opposite of a lathe. The material is fixed on the workbench and the material is cut and processed by rotating the tool.
Advantages:
Suitable for making square parts;
Can process some complex structures;
The cost of processed products is low.
Main types:
Vertical milling machine, horizontal milling machine, gantry milling machine.
- Machining center
It can be simply understood as a milling machine equipped with an automatic tool change system (ATC), which can automatically change tools and can achieve a variety of processing.
Advantages:
Suitable for mass production
High-precision processing is possible
Main types:
Vertical machining center
Horizontal machining center
Portal machining center
