With the changes of the times and the continuous improvement of industrial capabilities, it is possible that today's precision machining will become tomorrow's rough machining. Common processes include: turning, milling, drilling, gear shaping, honing, grinding, etc.; if there are special needs, there will be an additional heat treatment method after lathe processing, including: carburizing, quenching, tempering, etc., to improve hardness and mechanical specifications.
At present, precision machining technology can be applied to "all" metal materials, plastics, wood, stone mills and glass, but because the surfaces of different materials are different, the values of cutting and grinding must be well structured in CAD (computer-aided design) or CAM (computer-aided manufacturing) programs and strictly followed to ensure product quality and reduce errors.
Due to the wide range of materials and high precision, precision machining technology is generally used in aerospace, medical equipment, solar panel parts, etc. In addition, when precision machining can no longer achieve better form accuracy, surface roughness and dimensional accuracy, ultra-precision machining technology will be needed.
