Both CNC machining milling center and CNC lathe turning machine belong to CNC machine tools. Their machining performance is higher than that of ordinary machine tools. Their advantage is high degree of automation. What they have in common is that they are equipped with a CNC system on the basis of ordinary machine tools. A lathe equipped with a numerical control system is called a numerical control lathe, and a milling machine equipped with a numerical control system is called a numerical control milling machine, and a tool magazine is added to the numerical control milling machine and it is called a machining center.
However, there is a difference in the number of motion axes between CNC lathes and CNC machining centers. CNC lathes control two motion axes, while machining centers have at least three-axis control linkage or four-axis or five-axis linkage.
Looking at the difference between the two from the scope of processing, CNC lathes are mainly used to process rotating parts, while machining centers are used to process complex parts such as curved grooves.
From the point of view of the tool magazine form, the CNC lathe has no tool magazine but the bed has a tool holder. The CNC machining center is equipped with a manipulator with a tool magazine, and can be equipped with various types of processing tools.
The fundamental difference between a CNC machining center and a CNC lathe is that the machining center has the ability to automatically exchange machining tools. By selecting different purpose tools installed on the tool magazine, multi-process machining can be realized by automatically exchanging machining tools in one clamping. This machining process reduces the number of installations of the workpiece and ensures the accuracy of the machining. The CNC lathe can complete a process of processing.
The basic codes of the two types of programming for CNC lathes and CNC machining centers are mostly the same, but some special instructions may not be common between systems. The specific situation should be treated according to actual requirements.
Through the comparison of the above aspects, it is not difficult to see that the machining center is powerful. It concentrates the functions of milling, grinding, drilling and tapping. It is a CNC machine tool with comprehensive processing capabilities. It can also be understood that choosing a machining center machine tool can complete the required processing tasks for any hardware product or mold product. The advantages of the processing function of the machining center are more than these. It is convenient to operate, high in precision, good in performance, high in efficiency, low in manpower, and long in service life.
