What is the milling machine?

A CNC milling machine is a CNC machine that uses a milling cutter to mill a work piece. It mainly refers to a milling machine that uses a milling cutter to process various surfaces of a work piece. The milling machine with high efficiency can not only mill planes, grooves, gear teeth, threads and spline shafts, but also process more complex profiles, and is widely used in machinery manufacturing and repair departments. The milling machine is very versatile. On the milling machine, we can process planes (horizontal planes, vertical planes), grooves (key grooves, T-slots, dovetail grooves,), split parts (gears, spline shafts, sprockets), spiral surfaces (thread, spiral groove) and various curved surfaces. In addition, this type of milling machine can also be used to process the surface and inner hole of the rotary body and perform cutting work. When the milling machine is working, the work piece is mounted on the table or the indexing head and other accessories. The rotation of the milling cutter is the main motion, supplemented by the feed movement of the table or the milling head, and the work piece can obtain the required machining surface. Usually, the milling cutter mainly uses rotary motion, and the movement of the work piece and the milling cutter is the feed motion. It can process flat surfaces, grooves, and various curved surfaces and gears.