About 4 Axis CNC Machining
4-Axis CNC Machining Features
More Flexibility
The rotating fourth axis allows the machining machine to flexibly handle workpieces of various shapes and sizes, such as curved surfaces, inclined holes, bevels, tapers, etc.
Higher Efficiency
Four-axis machining can complete the processing of multiple side and angle features of the workpiece in a single clamping, saving time on fixture changes and downtime, and improving machining efficiency.
High Processing Accuracy
4 Axis CNC Machining Parts tend to have high accuracy because all axes of the four-axis machining machine are controlled automatically, reducing manual intervention and errors, and achieving higher machining accuracy than traditional methods when machining products with complex surfaces, with an error of 0.005mm.
Disadvantages of 4-axis machining services
Limited Geometry
Four-axis machining can achieve the processing of most shapes of workpieces, but complex structures such as impellers and special-shaped connector housings can only be realized by five-axis machining, not four-axis machining.
Expensive Cost
The cost of four-axis machining machine tools is more expensive than ordinary CNC machining equipment, and the maintenance cost of machine tools and tools is also a big expense.
Applications
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Applications
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Typical parts
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Core processing advantages
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Industrial manufacturing
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Camshaft, turbine blades, gearbox housing
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Multi-sided milling/drilling is completed in a single clamping with an accuracy of 0.02mm.
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Aerospace
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Titanium alloy rib plates of the wings, tongue and groove of compressor blades
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Linked processing of weight-reducing surfaces, the efficiency is increased by 40% compared to 3 axes.
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Medical devices
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Artificial joints (acetabular cups), surgical instrument fittings
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Avoid secondary clamping pollution, and increase the yield of titanium alloy multi-angle grooving by 20%.
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Energy & Automotive
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Impeller runner, differential casing oblique oil hole
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Closed impeller runner machining (replaces 5-axis) with 40% cost reduction.
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