Difference between Milling Machine and Shaping Machine

Gantry Milling Machine processing is a machine tool that uses milling cutters to mill workpieces. In addition to milling threads and spline shafts, Milling Machine can also process more complex profiles, with higher efficiency than planers, and are widely used in machinery manufacturing and repair departments.

Shaping Machine is a linear motion machine tool that uses a planer to plan the plane, groove or forming surface of a workpiece. Using a Shaping Machine for processing, the tool is relatively simple, so it is mainly used for single-piece, small batch production and machine repair workshops, and is often replaced by milling machines in mass production.

According to the structure and performance, Shaping Machines are mainly divided into bull-head planers, Gantry Shaping Machine and so on. The bull head planer is named after the ram and the tool holder are shaped like bull heads. The Shaping Machine is mounted on the tool holder of the ram for longitudinal reciprocating motion, and is mostly used for cutting various planes and grooves.

The Gantry Shaping Machine is named after a gantry frame structure composed of a top beam and a column. The worktable carries the workpiece through the gantry frame for linear reciprocating motion. It is mostly used for processing large planes, and is also used to process grooves or process several On the plane of small and medium parts, the worktable reciprocates longitudinally along the guide rail of the bed, which is mostly used for processing workpieces with large widths that do not need to be processed over the entire width.