Five-Axis Machine Blends Power, Small Work Zone

摘要

Mr. [David Bernhardt] adds that the machine's configuration was also a factor in his selection. Compared with other five-axis designs, this machine's use of a B-axis tilting head plus C-axis rotary table provides improved tool access to the swept surfaces and complex contours that characterize most of the shop's parts. For example, one strategy commonly employed at NuCon is to approach the part from underneath, or, as Mr.