Vertical
Vertical machining center refers to the machining center where the spindle is in a vertical state, its structural form is mostly a fixed column, the workbench is rectangular, and there is no indexing rotation function, which is suitable for processing discs, sleeves, and plate parts, it generally has three linear motion coordinate axes, and a rotary table rotating along the horizontal axis can be installed on the workbench to process spiral parts.
The vertical machining center is easy to install, easy to operate, easy to observe the processing situation, easy to debug the program, and widely used. However, limited by the height of the column and the tool change device, the parts that are too high can not be processed, and the chips are not easy to be discharged when processing the cavity or the concave profile, and the tool will be damaged in serious cases, and the machined surface will be damaged, and the smooth progress of processing will be affected.
Horizontal
Horizontal machining center refers to the machining center where the spindle is in a horizontal state, usually with an automatic indexing rotary table, it generally has 3~5 motion coordinates, the common is three linear motion coordinates plus one rotary motion coordinates, the workpiece is completed after a card installation, in addition to the mounting surface and the top surface of the remaining four surface processing, it is most suitable for adding box parts. Compared with the vertical machining center, the horizontal machining center is easy to remove chips during processing, which is beneficial to processing, but the structure is complex and the price is higher.