Choosing gang tooling or a turret for a CNC lathe

13 Mar.,2024

 

Choosing gang tooling or a turret for a CNC lathe

Tooling is typically installed on a gang plate or a turret for production lathes.

What Turret Lathes and Gang Tooling?

Gang tooling

The simplest solution is pure gang tooling. On the cross slide of the lathe, the tools are arranged in a row in this way. To access a tool, move away from the workpiece along the spindle axis to prevent the tools from striking the workpiece, slide the X axis until the right tool is in place, and then move away from the workpiece along the Z axis to begin cutting.

The most straightforward solution for a CNC lathe is pure gang tooling. The cross-slide of the lathe has the tools arranged in a row. An end user follows these procedures to swap out a tool:

• Uses a Z-axis motion to pull the current tool away from the workpiece.

• Inserts X-axis slides until the new tool is in place.

•Starts cutting while moving along the Z-axis.

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