2023-07-21
What is Horizontal Machining Center ?
What Exactly is a Horizontal Machining Center ?
The horizontal machining center plays a vital and irreplaceable role in contemporary manufacturing sectors. It offers a range of benefits, such as advanced high-precision CNC machine tools, multi-axis control systems, and rotary work tables. In contrast to conventional vertical machining centers, it stands out with its horizontal design, enabling tools to carry out machining vertically. This configuration results in features like rapid high-speed cutting, exceptional precision, and heightened efficiency.
The horizontal machining center is widely utilized across various industries, including metal processing, mold manufacturing, automotive components, and aerospace, among others. Particularly in the aerospace sector, it stands out for effectively handling intricate components. In mold manufacturing, its horizontal arrangement and multi-axis control guarantee exceptional precision and the capacity to manage intricate mold shapes
Benefits Offered by Horizontal Machining Centers
Horizontal machining centers exhibit multi-directional machining, high-speed cutting, and high precision. They accomplish multi-directional cutting by utilizing multi-axis control and rotating work surfaces, all while seamlessly incorporating automated machinery to achieve automated loading/unloading and tool swaps. This leads to heightened production efficiency, time savings, and decreased labor expenses.
Within the domain of crafting intricate components, horizontal machining centers hold a vital position, emerging as essential machinery within contemporary manufacturing. Capitalizing on their exceptional machining prowess, they proficiently enhance production efficiency, addressing the urgent requirements of modern manufacturing for top-notch quality and streamlined processing.
Union MT's CNC Horizontal Machining Centers - HM3X Series and HM4X Series
Union MT's horizontal machining centers are available in either 2-spindle or 4-spindle setups, allowing for synchronized loading and unloading during operation to amplify effectiveness. These machines feature a Box-in-Box design, which reduces spatial requirements by 60% compared to similar machinery, leading to a significant 20% drop in power consumption.
The HM3X Series comes with high-precision NSK roller linear guides, while the HM4X Series is furnished with a directly coupled spindle drive. Both series of horizontal machining centers showcase substantial rigidity and a thermally symmetrical structure, achieving spindle speeds of up to 8,000 rpm to facilitate high-speed cutting. The cutting feed rates for the XYZ axes reach 20 m/min (788 ipm).
Union MT's CNC horizontal machining centers seamlessly integrate multiple spindles with a four-sided flip work table, thus significantly augmenting production capacity while maintaining an exemplary level of reliability and precision. The Z-axis features a meticulously crafted precision ball screw within a centralized design. Additionally, the Y-axis equipped with a dual servo feed system and a pneumatic-hydraulic balance system, ensuring steady and precise positioning, along with improved robustness and longevity.
Furthermore, the fourth side of the work table can be operated upon when the external protective door is open, while the other three sides remain engaged in machining, resulting in a noteworthy boost in productivity. By carefully orchestrating work sequences, downtime caused by loading and unloading can be entirely eradicated for select workpieces, further optimizing production efficiency.
Union MT's horizontal machining centers consistently integrate high-speed machining, intelligent control, and digital management technologies to heighten processing efficiency and quality. As a preeminent manufacturer of horizontal machining centers, we offer top-tier machines that cater to intricate processing requirements, achieving both exceptional precision and efficiency. Whether catering to the automotive, bicycle, or equipment parts sectors, Union MT's horizontal machining centers will prove to be strong allies in optimizing your productivity.
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