Start with the workpiece
Start with your profile, tube or repeated metal part. Use its holes, threads, accessible faces and clamping surfaces to compare machine layouts. The guides below help prepare a drawing review; suitability is confirmed for your actual part and process.
Choose your workpiece
Choose the guide that matches the decision you need to make. The equipment links are starting points for a configuration review; the drawing determines the proposed layout.
Workpiece guide
Decide which holes are made before cutting to length and which depend on the finished end. Keep cut order separate from the support and hole coverage needed along a long profile.
Send for review: Section drawing, finished lengths, cut faces and hole references.
Plan drilling before or after cutting Review a servo-traverse layoutWorkpiece guide
Identify the end features that need threads, including the supplied screw ports or prepared holes. Show each end separately so tool entry, usable thread depth and locating surfaces can be reviewed.
Send for review: Both end views, port geometry, thread callouts and incoming-hole condition.
Prepare an extrusion end-tapping inquiry Compare tapping machine optionsWorkpiece guide
Map holes to the individual walls of square, rectangular or round tube. Separate one-wall features, paired wall features and machining from different faces before choosing tool directions.
Send for review: Cross-section, wall thickness, feature IDs and internal edge or cleanliness requirements.
Map the tube walls and machining access Review a multi-side layoutWorkpiece guide
Define where the fixture may touch and support the part, then specify how the finished features are checked after release. This workholding review supports the selected drilling or tapping route.
Send for review: Allowed contact zones, protected surfaces and released-part inspection requirements.
Prepare a thin-wall workholding review Compare drilling and tapping layoutsChoose your task
Application guide
Your sequence includes drilling, chamfering or tapping at separate positions. Explore how an indexed layout can bring the stations together.
Useful starting information: Show the operation order and the surfaces available for clamping.
Explore rotary indexingApplication guide
The part needs machining from multiple directions. Explore vertical and horizontal head arrangements and their workholding requirements.
Useful starting information: Mark every machining face, hole position and thread on the drawing.
Explore multi-side machiningApplication guide
Positioning and feeding are part of the machining task. Part shape, orientation and surface condition guide the feeding approach.
Useful starting information: Provide clear part photos or a sample, plus the thread specification.
Explore automatic feedingApplication guide
Part dimensions and hole layout call for a dedicated worktable or multiple machining heads. Explore custom multi-spindle and gantry arrangements.
Useful starting information: Share overall dimensions, hole coordinates, depth and material.
Explore multi-spindle & gantrySee the equipment
Compare these equipment configurations with the accessible machining faces and hole pattern on your own part.
Before selection
Material, tolerances, tool access, loading and chip removal affect the machining approach. Send the drawing with the cross-section, end views and identified machining features, plus clear photos showing the part as supplied.
If the required operation is already clear, compare the four standard platforms .
Share a drawing or photo, the required operations and your output target. You can begin without choosing a machine.
