The CNC lathe is a high precision and high efficiency automatic machine tool. Equipped with multi-station turret or power turret, it has a wide range of machining process performance and can process linear cylindrical, diagonal cylindrical, circular arc and various threads, slots, worm gears and other complex workpieces, with linear interpolation and circular arc interpolation various compensation functions, and plays a good economic effect in mass production of complex parts.
The CNC lathe automatically processes the part to be machined in accordance with a pre-programmed machining program. We write the machining process route, process parameters, tool trajectory, displacement, cutting parameters and auxiliary functions of the parts into a processing program list in accordance with the command code and program format specified by the CNC lathe, and then record the contents of this program list on the control medium and input them into the CNC device of the CNC lathe, so as to command the machine tool to process the parts.
This kind of analysis from the parts diagram to the control media made of the whole process called CNC program preparation. The difference between CNC lathes and ordinary machine tools for processing parts is that CNC lathes automatically process parts according to the program, while ordinary machine tools have to be operated by people, and we can achieve the purpose of processing different parts as long as we change the program that controls the action of machine tools. Therefore, CNC lathes are particularly suitable for processing small batches of parts with complex shapes and high precision requirements.
As the CNC lathe has to process the parts according to the program, the programmer prepares the program and then inputs it into the CNC device to direct the work of the machine. The input of the program comes through the control medium.
