What are the common types of machine tools and what are their characteristics?

You may have heard of machine tools more or less. In fact, they are very closely related to our daily life, because many parts of common items such as mobile phones and cars are produced by machine tools.
Now let's understand the common types of machine tools and their characteristics.
01. Drilling machine
Drilling machine is a machine tool that is good at drilling holes in metal and other materials. Place the material on the base and fix it, and rotate the drill bit for scraping.
Because the material is fixed, the deviation can be well controlled and accurate drilling can be achieved.
advantage:
Fast drilling speed;
The drilling diameter is accurate.
Main types:
Vertical drilling machine, radial drilling machine, desktop drilling machine.
02. Boring machine
A machine tool for machining existing holes or other circular contour inner diameters. It is generally used to enlarge or deepen the hole.
advantage:
Large and deep holes can be drilled;
You can create large structures.
Main types:
Horizontal boring machine, vertical boring machine, CNC boring machine.
03. Lathe
A machine tool that fixes materials on the main shaft, rotates at high speed, and then uses tools to process parts. It is suitable for machining cylindrical parts and is a widely used machine tool at present.
advantage:
Good at cylindrical shape processing;
Support the processing of various materials.
Main types:
General purpose lathe, CNC lathe.
04. Milling machine
A machine tool that is the opposite of a lathe. The material is fixed on the workbench, and the material is cut by rotating tools for processing.
advantage:
Suitable for making square parts;
Able to process some complex structures;
The cost of processing products is low.
Main types:
Vertical milling machine, horizontal milling machine, gantry milling machine.
05. Machining center
It can be simply understood as a milling machine equipped with automatic tool change system (ATC), which can automatically change tools and realize various processing.
advantage:
Suitable for mass production
Can be processed with high precision
Main types:
Vertical machining center
Horizontal machining center
Gantry machining center
06. Multi-task machine
Generally, it is a machine tool that integrates multiple functions such as turning and milling, and is equipped with automatic tool change, platform movement and other functions. It is a highly automated machine tool that integrates multiple processes to improve processing efficiency.
advantage:
It can reduce the number of processing operations and labor costs;
It can be processed with high precision.
Main types:
Multi-task machine tool based on turning center and multi-task machine based on machining center.