What Are the Advantages of a Slant Bed CNC Lathe Machine?

What is a slant bed CNC lathe machine?

The two guide rail planes of the slant bed CNC lathe machine intersect with the ground, forming an inclined plane with an inclination angle of 30°, 45°, 60°, and 75°.The slant bed CNC lathe machine is a right-angled triangle. Naturally, with the same guide rail width, the X-axis carriage of a slant bed is longer than that of a flat bed. The practical significance of this in lathes is that it allows for more tool positions. The cross-sectional area of a slant bed CNC lathe machine is larger than that of a flat bed of the same specification, meaning it has stronger resistance to bending and torsion.

Brief overview of the advantages of slant bed CNC lathe machine

Good Stability

Slant bed or flat bed slanted guideway machines are usually used for very large parts because the corresponding parts of medium to large machines are also large, especially turret parts. CNC lathe manufacturers prefer slanted guideways mainly to counteract gravity, offering greater stability to enhance machine tool precision. This demonstrates the superiority of slanted machines in certain harsh environments. They improve space utilization; slanted machines can make effective use of space, greatly reducing the floor space occupied by the machine.

Easy Chip Removal

The inclined guideways also help concentrate iron chips on the chip conveyor, facilitating automatic chip removal. The chips generated during the cutting process carry heat; accumulation on the guideways can lead to thermal deformation of the guideways, thereby impacting working precision. During batch automatic processing, batches of workpieces can be scrapped. In the design of the slant bed CNC lathe machine, measures have already been taken for the headstock to reduce spindle thermal deformation, maintaining relative stability of the spindle axis during prolonged operation.

High Efficiency

The slant bed CNC lathe machine features full guideway protection, and the chip conveyor and coolant tank are separate from the main machine, preventing precision from being affected by thermal cutting. The linear rolling guideways of the slant bed CNC lathe meet high-speed, high-efficiency requirements, enhancing machining precision, reducing thermal deformation and friction resistance, thereby achieving long-term stability in cutting precision.

High Positioning Accuracy

The tool detection device can automatically input tool tip position data into the CNC system to automatically compensate for tool tip wear, significantly reducing setup time during tool changes.The slant bed CNC lathe machine adopts high-rigidity horizontal turret holders, domestic or imported, with minimal cutting deformation and high positioning accuracy.

Sealion slant bed CNC lathe machine's features

The slant bed CNC lathe machine by Sealion is one of our company's advanced products. The Sealion series slant bed CNC lathe machine is renowned for high efficiency and high precision, capable of automatically completing multiple processes like turning, milling, boring, drilling, countersinking, reaming, and tapping on a workpiece in a single setup. Slant bed CNC lathe machine is widely used for machining disc and shaft parts for automotive, defense, mold, bearing production, as well as oil and mining machinery manufacturers. The slant bed lathe facilitates a variety of processes, including turning, milling, drilling, boring, countersinking, reaming, tapping, and other complex machining tasks.

As a professional Chinese manufacturer of CNC slant bed lathes, Sealion machine tools provide high-quality horizontal slant bed lathes. If needed, feel free to contact us!