Five-axis machining is becoming more and more common in today’s manufacturing market. But there are still many misunderstandings and unknowns-not only for the workpiece itself, but also may affect the overall position of the machine’s rotary axis.

It is different from traditional 3-axis CNC machining. 5-axis CNC machining is set up on 5 sides, only need to clamp the workpiece once, and the accuracy of the whole process will be substantially improved. And the accuracy of a single part should theoretically be close to the accuracy that the machine tool can locate.

The only real difference between a 5-axis setting and a 3-axis setting is that there is no need to manually flip parts and complete multiple settings. The machine is programmed to rotate the part into position, the commands in the program are used to reposition the origin of the next side of the part, and then the programming continues…just like the traditional three-axis method.