{"id":1567,"date":"2019-05-13T10:29:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T02:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2025-10-21T11:27:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T03:27:57","slug":"how-many-axis-are-in-a-cnc-lathe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/13\/how-many-axis-are-in-a-cnc-lathe\/","title":{"rendered":"How many axis are in a CNC lathe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1570\" src=\"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC_2448-1-e1684859282348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In CNC lathe machines, the parallel direction of the spindle is Z axis. The head direction is negative (-Z), and the direction perpendicular to Z axis is X and Y directions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can use the thumb of the left hand (X axis), the index finger (Y axis), and the middle finger (Z axis) to become three axes. The direction indicated by the fingertip is the positive direction of each axis, and the forward direction of the three axes of the machine tool can be easily defined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1568\" src=\"http:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/XYZ-axis-direction-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/XYZ-axis-direction-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/XYZ-axis-direction.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, Z axis is -Z toward the chuck of the lathe, and X axis is moving in the direction of the turret so that the direction in which the workpiece becomes smaller is -X.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the XYZ three linear axis, there are three other rotating axis and three auxiliary axis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three rotating axes are:<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A axis: rotating around X axis<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B axis: rotating around Y axis<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C axis: rotating around Z axis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three auxiliary axis are:<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U axis: parallel to X axis<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">V axis: parallel to Y axis<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W axis: parallel to Z axis<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can find the photo display of the CNC machining parts made by us&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/index.php\/cnc-turning-milling\/\">HERE<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In CNC lathe machines, the parallel direction of the sp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1567"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3443,"href":"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1567\/revisions\/3443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prochain-cnc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}