What types of tool magazines are used in horizontal machining centers?

Horizontal machining center refers to the situation where the spindle bearing and the operating table are set to be parallel planes. This type of machining center is relatively rare in the market. Since there are fewer customers, 

there are generally more customers purchasing column machining centers. Generally, the basic horizontal machining center has three parallel coordinates plus an operating table and an axis, and its operating table is square. 

The horizontal machining center can clamp the product workpiece at one time and process other surfaces except the mounting surface and wall top, and is most suitable for producing and processing shell parts. 

Today’s key point is to introduce in detail what types of tool magazines are used in horizontal machining centers.

What is the tool magazine of the machining center?

The tool magazine of the machining center can be divided into four types according to the shape of the tool magazine, namely, headdress-type tool magazine, umbrella-shaped tool magazine, disc-type tool magazine and chain-type tool magazine. 

These four types of tool magazines are commonly used in machining centers. The tool changing speed, tool changing method, and CNC blade volume of these four types of tool magazines are generally the same. 

The faster tool changing speed is the disc type tool. Magazine and chain-type tool magazine; the chain-type tool magazine has a larger CNC blade capacity. The specifications and models of each tool magazine are different, so the CNC blade volumes are also different.

Tool magazine for horizontal machining centers

The tool magazines commonly used in horizontal machining centers include umbrella tool magazines, disc type tool magazines and chain tool magazines. These three types of tool magazines are commonly used in horizontal machining centers, 

among which the most commonly used tool magazines are Disc-type tool magazines, chain-type tool magazines, and umbrella-shaped tool magazines are rarely used in horizontal machining centers. 

Disc-type tool magazines are generally used in small and medium-sized horizontal machining centers, while chain-type tool magazines are generally used in large and medium-sized horizontal machining centers.