Gantry machining center and horizontal machining center are two kinds of CNC machining equipment with completely different structures, and their structural forms and processing purposes are also completely different. However, the two kinds of CNC machine tools have one thing in common: the price is much higher than that of CNC vertical machining centers or CNC lathes. Customers who choose gantry machining centers and horizontal machining centers generally have large processing scales. Of course, the processing grade of its products is also relatively high.

Most customers who have used the gantry machining center know that its structural form is vertical between the main axis and the workbench. According to the structural form of gantry processing center can be divided into: fixed column gantry, moving column gantry, moving column moving beam gantry and other types. Gantry machining center is more suitable for the processing of large parts, many plates, sets, plates of large parts of high-precision processing will choose gantry machining center. It has three linear motion coordinate axes, but also can be installed on the workbench along the horizontal axis of the rotation table for processing spiral parts.

The structure of the horizontal machining center and the structure of the gantry machining center is very different, the main axis of the horizontal machining center and the workbench are parallel, the structural form is suitable for processing large box complex parts.

Through the introduction it is not difficult to see the difference between gantry machining center and horizontal machining center. Of course, the choice of which machining center machine tools should be based on reliable quality and cost-effective.