Today’s industries demand precise components. Increasingly machine shops are required to make complex parts with tighter tolerances. In response to this, the shops are outfitting their production lines with multi-axis machines, including 5 axis machining centers. Using this machinery gives a machine shop several advantages over others.
Six Advantages of 5-Axis Machines
Implementing 5-axis and other multi-axis equipment has a purpose. It is to improve production in terms of quality and amount. 5 axis machining:
1. Fabricates precise components for the highly demanding aerospace and medical industries
2. Is highly efficient reducing both set-up and production time
3. Produces parts swiftly reducing cycle time, therefore maximizing the level of shop efficiency
4. Reduces the risk of errors
5. Increases tool longevity
6. Reduces cost for labor as well as programming – 5-axis machines reduce the amount of time an operator requires to produce a finished part. S/he does not need to move the part from one machine to another but does it all on one piece of equipment. These multi-axis machines also decrease the need for a programmer to write programs for more than one machine
7. Requires fewer tools and fixtures; this, too, can result in savings
8. Maximizes optimal space use – by combining various operations into a single machine, a shop can reduce equipment and free-up floor space
Together with its efficient use of cutting tools, vibratory reduction and the capability to accurately and quickly reproduce with repeatability both prototypes and complete runs, make this 5-axis machinery highly desirable for a progressive machine shop.
5 Axis Machining
Today, if machine shops want to compete in a technological world, they must turn to comparable methods. In the aerospace and medical industries, in particular, high quality and intricate preciseness go hand-in-hand. Companies expect high quality and repeatability. Using 5 axis machining shops can provide this level of service while improving their capabilities, enhancing their productivity and saving time.
