Mill Turn wording

[dan m]

Is there different wording for a mill turn where you mount the tools on the turret vs. with a magazine?

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

I call them live tools or refer to the holders as milling heads (radial or axial depending on direction).

 

is that what you're after?

[dan m]

My boss is going to IMTS and one of the machines he is looking for is a mill turn. I am trying to point him in the right direction as to what we need. Something like an Okuma Multis or Mazak intergrex. He keeps looking at machine with live tool holders on the turret which in my opinion for doing alot of 1 offs dont make since when i can load a magazine with the common tools we use.

[Joe788]

Call that a B axis machine, or a B axis multitasking machine.

[Chris In-House Solutions]

Depends on what your after... some of the these machines have both upper, lower turret, main and sub spindle. The upper turret has a B-Axis which can hold both milling and turning tools and does a tool change like a VMC and the lower turret typically holds turning tools and has a turret like a regular lathe which has preloaded X number of tools.

 

Mazak has great videos on youtube showing their machines.

[dan m]

Thanks Joe. Multitasking is the wording i was looking for.