What is the difference between CNC machining center and CNC milling machine?

In fact, these two are a kind of CNC equipment, CNC machining center is an automatic exchange device, and can continuously carry out a variety of processes of CNC machine tools. It is developed from CNC milling machine, so they have two essential differences.

1. processing tool replacement ability is different

CNC machining center and the biggest difference is that a machining center CNC milling machine has the ability of automatic exchange tool, through the install different USES of the cutting tool in the tool storage, can through the automatic switching in a clamping tool, through the different tools can be installed on the knife library in a clamping on the automatic tool change device to change the spindle tool, Achieve a variety of processing functions.

2. Different number of spindles

CNC milling machine only three axis, and the machining center can be four or five axis linkage, more widely used than CNC milling machine.

The structure of CNC machining center is Z axis for the tool spindle rotation, the workpiece for XY plane movement, milling from top to bottom, for a few or a large number of production, machining center can make economic processing, its advantage is that the cost of circular milling cutter economy, metal cutting rate is high, can in a very short time, multi edge cutting.

In short, CNC milling machine and CNC machining center in the performance, application and price and other aspects have a certain difference, but have its unique. Choose suitable for their own CNC equipment is important.