You’ve often heard of precision engineering but never looked into it? In this article we go into detail about this particular discipline: it produces components for machinery in the industrial, agricultural and medical sectors, to name just a few. It is used to produce all those mechanical components that require a high level of precision.
This discipline produces parts used in many fields, although in most cases they are destined for the engineering industry – and therefore for the petrochemical, electromechanical, pipeline and automotive sectors. One of the most widely used machines for making and maintaining these parts is the lathe.
Precision machining: numerically controlled machines
We mentioned the lathe, which is today the emblem of precision engineering – in particular the numerically controlled lathe, also known as the CNC (Computer Numerical Control) lathe. On numerically controlled machines, movement during machining is directed by a built-in computer that controls positions and functions according to a defined part program.
Human presence and supervision are still essential for these machines to work at their best (even though their precision is extremely fine). Companies in this sector therefore need competent, highly qualified staff who are up to date and well trained.
The mechanical components that leave production must be perfect and absolutely precise – something guaranteed both by the machines’ sensors, which detect anomalies during production, and by human intervention.