machining center
English
Noun
machining center (plural machining centers)
- (manufacturing) Any of a class of machine tools with computerized control and actuation, usually and especially of the CNC type.
- (manufacturing) Such a machine tool whose primary action is milling as opposed to turning and boring: archetypally, a computerized milling machine rather than a computerized lathe or screw machine.
Hyponyms
(machine tool broadly):
- turning center
(milling center):
- horizontal machining center (HMC)
- vertical machining center (VMC)
Coordinate terms
(milling center):
- lathe
- turning center
- screw machine
- Swiss-turn