The machining center usually refers to the CNC machining center, which is a kind of efficient and high-precision processing equipment. In machining centers, the terms "four-axis and five-axis" often appear. So what do these two terms mean? Let me introduce it to you in detail below.
First of all, we need to make it clear that a machining center is a piece of equipment that can complete a variety of processing tasks in a short period of time and achieve high precision. It can complete multiple process operations such as milling, drilling, boring, and tapping while clamping the workpiece at one time. Four-axis and five-axis are terms used in machining centers to control the workpiece conversion position and processing method.
The four-axis machining center adds rotation axes in the X, Y, and Z directions, so that the workpiece can not only move in the X, Y, and Z directions, but also rotate around a certain axis. Its main feature is that it can process the front and back sides of the workpiece through the movement of the rotating axis.
The five-axis machining center adds a rotation axis to the four-axis. Its main working principle is: while moving in the three directions of X, Y, and Z, it can rotate around the vertical and horizontal axes and the rotation axis, thereby achieving five Directional processing is mainly local processing and parts with complex three-dimensional forms.
Compared with four-axis machining centers, five-axis machining centers have a wider operating range and can process parts with more complex shapes, with higher efficiency and higher precision.
To sum up, four-axis and five-axis are terms used to control the position and processing method of the workpiece in a machining center. The four-axis machining center can process in three directions: The five-axis machining center adds a rotation axis to the four-axis and can rotate around the vertical and horizontal axes and the rotation axis to achieve processing in five directions. It is mainly used for local processing and components with complex three-dimensional forms.