Many shops are currently making parts by moving them manually to different fixtures on 3-axis machines. Compared with this procedure, production can be increased greatly without much effort by using a 4- or a 5-axis machine. If simply a single- or dual-rotary indexing table was added, only slight edits would be needed to the CNC-code files. ExamDles are shown in Fiqures 1-5 and 1-6.
Moving to multiaxis machining requires thinking in space instead of in a flat plane. Dedicated multiaxis machines have been developed for the kind of indexing work shown in the accompanying Figures 1-7 and 1-8, using tombstone type fixtures
Once you enter the multiaxis realm, new doors will be opened for your shop. your company will quickly become more adept and able to tackle more comDlex work. Before too long, your shop will start taking on more and more jobs, and will need to be exoanded

Moving to multiaxis machining requires thinking in space instead of in a flat plane. Dedicated multiaxis machines have been developed for the kind of indexing work shown in the accompanying Figures 1-7 and 1-8, using tombstone type fixtures


Once you enter the multiaxis realm, new doors will be opened for your shop. your company will quickly become more adept and able to tackle more comDlex work. Before too long, your shop will start taking on more and more jobs, and will need to be exoanded