What products can be made on a CNC machine？

CNC machining is a very convenient and efficient manufacturing technique that utilizes the Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) technology to control machines and tools to process a wide variety of materials and items.

Materials that can be processed on CNC machines

Almost any material can be used in a CNC machine. It really depends on the application. Common materials include metals such as aluminum, brass, copper, steel, and titanium, as well as wood, foam, fiberglass, and plastics such as polypropylene, ABS, POM, PC, Nylon, etc. But some materials are too soft or too stiff, which are not suitable to process on a CNC machine. For example, material like rubber or silicone is too soft to be CNC machined, and ceramic is too stiff which is hard for CNC machining.

Things that you can make with CNC machining

With CNC technology and various kinds of cutting tools, you can make almost anything on CNC machines, from marine parts, mechanical parts to aviation parts, those parts are often high precision parts including shafts, gears, bushings, flywheels, cam, mold, propeller, etc.

The product that you can make on a CNC machine depends on the type of machine you are using. Each type of CNC machines has its own machining capability, and are used for making unique nature of components. For example, a round or spherical component producing in a CNC turning center cannot be produced in a CNC milling machine. A component that producing from a milling machine cannot be produced from a CNC lathe and so on.

Products that can be machined by CNC Turning

In CNC machining industries, CNC lathe is used to process linear cylinder, slant cylinder, arc, and various threads, grooves, worm, It can also process some complex revolving surfaces, such as hyperboloid, etc. Typical CNC turning parts include Shift knobs, Knobs, Pulleys, shafts, hubs, bushings, flywheels, etc.

Products that can be machined by CNC Milling

CNC milling machine is mainly used for the processing of various complex plane, curved surface, and shell parts, for example, various kinds of cam, die, connecting rod, blade, propeller, box, and housing shape parts are machined by CNC milling process. In a word, typical CNC milling parts can be divided into three categories: plane parts, surface parts, and angle parts.

Each machine has its own accuracy level and machining sequences. Sometimes, several CNC machineswill employ to make certain components.