The changing concept of multi-machine tools
Today's manufacturing industry, especially the machining site, has the following characteristics: multi-variety, small-batch production; shortened delivery time; required to reduce costs; increased products with complex shapes along with light weight and composite performance; lack of skilled operation staff and excellent technicians. In order to adapt to this situation and win in the fierce market competition, an enterprise needs new technologies and machine tools. At this time, as the "trump card" compound processing machine tool, it will make its debut in line with the market demand.
We call a machine tool capable of machining complex-shaped workpieces in several processes and different ways as a compound machining machine. In order to achieve the same purpose of improving the production efficiency and the added value of the machine tool by the method of process integration, technically, there are solutions to multi-axis of the machine tool control coordinates, expansion of processing functions, and multi-functionalization. Here we refer to the former machine tool that realizes different kinds of processing in one machine and the latter multi-coordinate control machine tool as compound machining machine tool.
The functions of compound machining machines have changed with the times. In the past, the machining center was called a compound machining machine, but the variety of tool exchange processing was limited, and it could not get out of the field of cutting. Now the general machining center is no longer called a compound machining machine. .
The development and production of compound machining machine tools have been continuously promoted in response to market demand. Especially recently, the sales of machine tools with a combination of turning and rotary cutting functions have rapidly increased, and production and sales are expected to rival machining centers in the future. scale.