Turret Added to Five-Axis, Bar-Fed Milling Machine

摘要

Bar-fed milling machines such as the five-axis models manufactured by Willemin-Macodel offer a number of advantages. These mills use a bar feeder in much the same way as a lathe. The bar feeder pushes barstock into the machining zone to allow the milling spindle to access five sides of the part. Then, the part can be gripped by a pivoting clamp and parted off the barstock to enable backworking operations to be performed on the final side. A chute receives completed parts from the backworking clamp.