5 axis machining center manufacturers

The five-axis machining center refers to the b-axis other than the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis, and the b-axis refers to a rotation axis around the Y-axis. The technology has been widely used in high-precision instrument manufacturing fields such as shipbuilding, aerospace, automobile, light industry, medical treatment, etc.

What are the common mould 5 axis machining?

One is to install a plane turntable on the vertical machining workbench and a single swing turntable on the Z-axis (generally swinging left and right along the Y direction). The movement directions x, y, and Z are linear axes, and the rotation axes of the workbench are the C and Z axes of the single pendulum axis b axis.

The other is a 3+2 five-axis machining center. Its structure is to add a two-axis turntable based on the original vertical, and the movement directions x, y, and Z are linear axes. The two-axis turntable is designed along the X direction, and the tilt axis and rotation axis are an axis and C axis. The turntable is designed along the Y direction, and the tilt axis and rotation axis are the b axis and C axis.

These two methods are suitable for machining impeller, mold, complex pentahedron, and other parts.

The third is to assemble a double pendulum head on the gantry headbox. Either way, the X, y, and Z axes are linear axes, and the rotation of space axes are a, B, and C axes.

The fourth is the cradle moving beam five-axis machining center, which is more professional than the 3+2 five-axis machining center in machining impellers. It can be used as a mold, with high efficiency, good precision, fast speed, and high cost. The moving directions x, y, and Z are linear axes, and the rotation axis and tilt axis are similar to the 3+2 five-axis machining center as an a/c axis or b/c axis.

The above models can realifive-axis five linkages, but the five-axis linkage is not a real five-axis machining center, and can only be realized when equipped with a CNC system with PTCP function.

Advantages of mould 5 axis machining

The mould 5 axis machining is especially suitable for machining molds with complex geometry. Its advantages are as follows:

When machining deep and steep cavities, the additional rotation, and swing of the workpiece or spindle head can create the best process conditions for the machining of the end milling cutter, avoid the collision between the cutter and the tool holder and cavity wall, reduce the risk of tool shaking and fracture in the machining process, and improve the surface quality, machining efficiency and tool durability of the die. The five-axis machining center technology eliminates the need for multiple debugging and clamping when the workpiece is repositioned at a complex angle. This not only saves time, but also greatly reduces the error, and saves the expensive cost of installing the fixture required for the workpiece in place. A machine tool can't process complex parts by other methods, including drilling, cavity, and taper machining usually required on complex surfaces. By using a shorter tool, the whole part can be processed at one time without clamping again, and the longer tool required for similar 3-axis processing is not required. It can be completed in a short time, and the surface quality of the part is also ideal.

In the mould 5 axis machining, the flat end milling cutter is used to keep the machining surface of the complex die vertical, which can greatly reduce the machining time. The principle of a five-axis machining center is also applicable to side milling with the angular surface, which can eliminate the rib lines caused by the ball-end milling cutter, make the surface quality of the mold more ideal, and reduce the workload of manual milling and manual operation caused by cleaning the mold surface.

The five-axis machining technology can solve the problem that the workpiece needs to be debugged and clamped many times when it is repositioned at a complex angle, which not only shortens the time, but also greatly reduces the error, and saves a lot of costs for the fixture required for installing the workpiece. In addition, the machine tool can also process complex parts, such as drilling, taper machining, cavity recess, etc. For complex surfaces, traditional methods cannot do so. The tool used for five-axis machining is shorter, and the whole part can be processed at one time. In this way, the mold can be manufactured in a shorter time without having to re-clamp or use the longer tool required for the same three-axis machining, and the surface quality of the part is also better.

Searching for a 5 axis machining center manufacturers from China, you can get high-quality products at a nice price.