The invention relates to vertical milling machines and belongs to the field of
machining. A
cycloid rotational indexing-based novel vertical milling
machine is characterized by comprising a
machine body mechanism, a milling head mechanism and a worktable mechanism. The
cycloid rotational indexing-based novel vertical milling
machine comprises two working
modes: rotational indexing
machining and milling by an eccentric
milling cutter. In the rotational indexing
machining mode, the
milling cutter in compound movements of rotation and revolution is matched with two-dimensional translation of a to-be-machined workpiece and a vertical movement of the milling head mechanism to form a special movement track of the
milling cutter relative to the to-be-machined workpiece so as to machine a special part in a complex shape. The milling mode by the eccentric milling cutter is as follows: the milling cutter is fixed in an expected position relative to the rotary center of a spindle box to form the eccentric milling cutter, and the rotation movement of the eccentric milling cutter is combined with two-dimensional translation of the to-be-machined workpiece and a vertical movement of the milling head mechanism. The
cycloid rotational indexing-based novel vertical milling machine provided by the invention retains the functions of a conventional milling machine and increases a mode of efficiently machining the part in the special shape by cycloid rotational indexing. The two
modes can be freely switched, so that the cycloid rotational indexing-based novel vertical milling machine is of certain universality.