xiehe model

With the increasing maturity of 3D printing technology, many people have begun to have a question. Will 3D printing technology replace cnc machining centers in the future as it continues to be updated? Next, the editor of the cnc processing factory will give you a brief introduction.

CNC machining center is a kind of CNC machining machine tool with a wide range of uses. CNC machining center can process planes, grooves, gear parts, spiral surfaces and various complex curved surfaces. Not only that, cnc machining center can also process rotary bodies Surface, inner hole thread, surface cutting, etc.; 3D printing using metal powder as raw material can complete mold forming in one step. At present, 3D printing has been involved in military and civilian fields.

Let's make such an idea, use a cnc machining center to mill a hollow iron ball, you need to get a large enough cube material first, then use a ball cutter to mill layer by layer, mill out two semicircles, and then use welding. They are welded together. However, the spherical shape is not a mold with particularly complicated processing technology. Welding processing will also be used later. If 3D is used, there is no need to use welding processing, and the plasticity of the sphere can be completed in one step. From this point of view Look, isn't 3D printing very simple and fast, does it have the ability to replace traditional machining centers? The answer is no, for the following reasons:

Although 3D printing is simple and quick, 3D printing also has its disadvantages, that is, it is difficult for processing manufacturers to achieve brightening processing, and the production capacity is obviously lower than that of traditional processing methods, and it will be affected by factors such as cost and technology popularization. It cannot penetrate into the production line; when the cnc machining center is processing, the workpiece is clamped on the worktable or the accessories such as the indexing head, and the main movement is the rotation, and then the feed movement of the worktable or milling cutter is assisted. The blank material can get the required processing surface, and the production efficiency of the machining center is very high due to the use of multi-blade interrupted cutting. Moreover, the use of cnc machining centers to process precision parts can greatly guarantee the smoothness of the parts. As far as the current 3D printing is concerned, it is not yet possible to achieve the smoothness processed by the machining center. The 3D printing technology we generally see The surface of the processed parts and components is very rough. From the perspective of factory investment equipment, 3D printing and cnc machining centers with the same price cannot compare with machining centers in terms of product finish or product precision. Not only that, the strength of 3D printed products cannot be compared with those processed by cnc machining centers, and the parts needed by users not only need to meet the standard, but also the accuracy and strength of parts will affect the later use performance. So this is very important.

The future solution should be that both cnc machining centers and 3D printing are upgraded and improved in the technical fields that they lack. In the future market environment, the two processing technologies will go hand in hand.

The above content is whether the cnc machining center will be replaced by 3D printing, and I hope it can be helpful to everyone. If you want to know more about the cnc processing factory, please call the cnc processing factory.