CNC turning is a subtractive manufacturing technology and refers to the process of removing material from a (typically) cylindrical stock piece of material — CNC turning machines are capable of producing a variety of shapes and sizes with great accuracy.

CNC lathe drilling process

The operation skills of CNC lathe processing

In a blink of an eye, I have been operating CNC lathes for more than ten years, and have accumulated some machining skills and experience of CNC lathes. Including turning of different materials (stainless steel, aluminum, copper carbon steel, titanium, cemented carbide, etc.). Due to frequent replacement of processed parts and limited factory conditions, for ten years we have been programming ourselves, setting tools ourselves, debugging and finishing parts processing ourselves. In summary, the operating skills are divided into the following points.

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Numerical control turning method of general parts thread

Programming Turning Part Thread on CNC Lathe

Four kinds of standard threads can be turned on the CNC lathe: metric, inch, modular thread and diameter controlled thread. No matter what kind of thread is turning, a strict movement relationship must be maintained between the lathe spindle and the tool: That is, every time the spindle rotates (that is, the workpiece rotates once), the tool should move evenly by a lead distance. The following analysis of ordinary threads will strengthen the understanding of ordinary threads in order to better process ordinary threads.

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Turning technology of titanium parts

Cutting force for high-speed turning

In the early years, the cutting force test during high-speed turning was carried out. As shown in Figure 1, when turning 45 steel (normalizing, HB187), when the turning speed is increased from 100m/min to 270m/min, the main turning force is reduced by about 7%. As shown in Figure 2, when turning cast aluminum alloy ZL10 (HB45), when the turning speed is increased from 100m/min to 720m/min, the main turning force is reduced by about 50%.

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machining of revolving parts

Turning and milling combined machining of revolving parts

machining of revolving parts
The development of turning center has a considerable part of rotating parts (someone estimates that it accounts for about 1/2). In addition to turning, operations such as milling, drilling, and tapping are also required. In addition, the processing time for each process of the rotating body is relatively short. Therefore, it is urgent to perform multi-process compound processing on the rotating body under one clamping on a machine tool, and finally a compound turning center was developed in the 1970s.

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