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Should You Invest in a Multitasking Machine?

23 February, 2022
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By Niraj M Wanikar, Chief Editor, CNCTimes.com, 2022-02-23 08:40:00

Introduction

With their diverse abilities and numerous advantages, Computer Numerical Code turning centers, better known as CNC lathes, are the turning point in the manufacturing industry. With advanced automation, higher machine efficiency, and increased ease of tasks, most businesses are taking steps towards CNC manufacturing. But why should one invest in a multitasking machine?

CNC turning centers are advanced and highly automated multitasking machines. They simplify the manufacturing process and reduce the number and need of secondary operations. This leads to significant price cuts. CNC turning centers require minimum operator interference to be fully automated and support quick setup. They are pocket-friendly and are thus sought after by every shop, small or big. 

Multitasking machines differ in size, type, and function depending on user choice, requirement, and production scale. However, a typical device comprises one pair of opposing lathe spindles, an ATC (automatic tool changer), a swiveling milling head, and a lower turret. The unique configuration of a multitasking milling head and ATC makes the turning center one of a kind. 

Why Should One Invest in a Multitasking Machine?

Multitasking machines are in heightened demand, with an annual growth rate of 7.3%. This is enough to calibrate on how profitable and popular these are. The following listicle elaborates five points on how you can profit from these CNC lathes. 

Significantly Less Waste

Unlike other lathes, a CNC turning center is programmed uniquely. The software these lathes are trained in is iterated to make components with the least waste. Instead of a hit and trial method, these provide optimum output in the first cycle and deliver the highest value. 

CNC lathes first test the efficiency of a program before trying it practically, ensuring zero errors. Manufacturers that have switched to high-tech CNC turning centers have experienced significantly less waste out of raw materials. 

Precise, Rigid, and Efficient

The CNC turners are designed to make them precise, highly rigid, and efficient. After setup, the machine can complete hinge, drilling, turning parts, milling, thread processing, and other 

processing activities. The bed of the CNC is designed in a way that ensures minimum internal stress. 

Ease of Replication

CNC lathes are computerized and run on software. Once they manufacture a component, replication can be done infinitely without error. While other manufacturing devices can replicate, too, CNC outperforms them by replicating without difference between two components. Being fully automated and requiring little human intervention, precision is taken one step higher. 

Ease of Variety

CNC lathes provide for easy and inexpensive design alterations. If you want to rectify a minor fault or create something new entirely, re-programming the CNC is all you need. This cuts down cost and time for buying new parts or entire machines if a flaw comes up or the design demands update. 

Providing utmost ease to variety in components adds versatility to your manufacturing process, simplifying it further. 

Faster Production

The user can set the machine to its highest speed during demand surges. These CNC turning centers can work without stopping 24 hours a day for a week. There is no requirement for breaks or trade-offs. Production has never been faster or more efficient at such low cost and waste management. 

CNC machines have so much more to offer:

  • Cast off employee risks by segregating humans and machines.
  • Minimizes operator intervention.
  • Reduces chances and potential damages that are otherwise common with traditional machinery. 
  • No need for lengthy assembly procedures -provide quick, easy setups. 

Maximize Your CNC Turning Center ROI

Acknowledging the ultimate benefits of a multitasking machine, it becomes essential to maximize the ROI that your CNC lathe provides. Backing yourself up with a robust maintenance strategy can significantly increase your lathe ROI and profit your business. With some consideration to this, your business will advance its goals further.

Preventive Maintenance

Understand that corrective maintenance strategies are insufficient for advanced CNC turning centers. Your organization cannot afford to lose a machine to rundown and wait until it’s

fixed. These are more complicated and intricate and need preventive maintenance to prolong life and limit costly rundowns.

Automate the Maintenance Strategy

Output can suffer severe losses without an automated maintenance strategy. With this system, machines will be able to communicate with each other. The potential failures and parts that could fail soon will be recognized with warnings before actual breakdowns. Preparing for repair before the damage is the most advanced method of implementing preventive maintenance. 

Conclusion 

Data above abundantly justifies how much a CNC turning center can benefit businesses and organizations irrespective of their size. Modernization in the manufacturing industry is advancing with techniques that prove quicker, more efficient task completion. There is enough evidence to support that CNC turning centers greatly outdo their manual counterparts, and they might be the doorway to a more prosperous future.  

 

About the Author:
Vincent Hua

Vincent Hua is the Marketing Manager at TSINFA. He is passionate about helping people understand high-end and complex manufacturing processes. Besides writing and contributing his insights, Vincent is very keen on technological innovation that helps build highly precise and stable CNC Machinery.

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