Application knowledge of horizontal machining centers

A horizontal machining center refers to a machining center with a horizontal spindle. It usually has an automatic indexing turntable. It usually has 3 to 5 motion coordinates. The common method is to add three linear motion coordinates and one rotational motion coordinate. After installing the card once, complete the machining of the other four surfaces except for the installation surface and top surface< Br/>


Working principle of horizontal machining center:



The horizontal machining center mainly controls the basic movement of the machine tool through the servo drive device of the CNC system. The main feature of its structure is that the spindle is horizontally set, usually composed of 3-5 moving parts (spindle box, workbench, column or spindle sleeve, etc.). Set up an automatic exchange platform on the horizontal machining center to form a flexible manufacturing unit (FMC), achieving automatic exchange of workpieces, that is, loading and unloading another workpiece during processing. After one clamping of the workpiece, multiple automatic processing steps are completed, including automatic tool selection and replacement, automatic change of machine spindle speed and feed rate, automatic change of tool and workpiece motion trajectory, and automatic implementation of other auxiliary functions< Br/>


Application areas of horizontal machining centers: Horizontal machining centers are suitable for mass production of products with complex shapes and high precision requirements, especially for the processing of boxes and complex structural components. Widely used in the automotive, shipbuilding, and power generation industries for the processing of complex parts< Br/>


Compared with vertical machining centers, horizontal machining centers are easier to remove chips when machining workpieces, which is more conducive to complex grooves and mold cavities. Because horizontal machining centers have structural advantages, they have structural advantages. The machining center can process large workpieces. Simply put, workpieces that are difficult or impossible to machine on a vertical machining center can be machined on a horizontal machining center< Br/>


From the advantages of horizontal machining centers, it can be seen that they are more suitable for processing box shaped workpieces and can process the outer surface of box shaped workpieces. There are many inconveniences in program debugging, tool trajectory observation, workpiece loading and unloading, workpiece measurement, etc. Therefore, we need to view the advantages of horizontal machining centers reasonably< Br/>
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