What is a machine tool?
According to the International Organization Standardization (ISO) and the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), a machine tool is defined as: " A machine that is driven by power and cannot be carried by manpower. The machine that achieves the purpose of machining objects by a combination of physical, chemical, or other methods such as cutting, and impact can be called a machine tool.
" The machine tool can generally be used for forming, cutting, and connecting other tools.
Equipment of turning, milling, grinding, shearing, and laser machining are all machine tools. With the advancement of technology, the development of related peripheral equipment is also driven. There are also PCB drilling machines, wafer cutters, etc., which are classified as machine tools. Machine tools can be divided into dozens of types according to different machining methods, such as lathes, drilling machines, milling machines, grinding machines, and machining centers that just emerges in the past 40 years, which can have multiple functions such as milling, drilling, and boring.
According to the scope of application, it can be divided into two groups, general-purpose machine tools, and special-purpose machine tools. The former is less restricted by the weight, size, and shape of the workpiece, and the processing range is larger and can be processed flexibly, but the operation requires more professional technologies, such as the understanding of the characteristics of the machine tool or the selection of cutters, etc., and the latter is mostly machine tools produced for mass production.