In die/mold work, the programmer can make the HSM process dramatically more effective. Here are some tips. Increasing spindle speed, reducing chip load and rounding the sharp corners in the tool paths are some of the important considerations for successful high speed machining. However, NC programmers and machinists who stop at these considerations find themselves either breaking tools or scaling back on parameters such as stepover, feed rate and depth of cut. This is serious, because if high speed machining does not reliably deliver significantly faster throughput, then the high speed machines are not worth the investment. More successful machinists and programmers realize that high speed machining is a fundamentally different way to machine. They look for ways to continuously improve their processes on high speed equipment, Some of the improvements can be quite simple. That is the case with the tips presented here. What follows are ideas that you might adopt today to better realize the value of your own high speed machining process.
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