Milling
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- Manufacturing Processes 4-5 OpenOregon Fabrication #Manufacturing Processes #Design for Prototyping
- Sandvick Knowlegde Milling
- Sandvik Metal cutting E-learning
- Harvard milling tutorial
- Machining tutorials
- Selecting Milling tools
- Intro to milling tools and their application
- Homeshop tech articles Turning
- Harvey High efficiency milling Guide book
- Harvey tools Guide book and articles
- High efficiency milling
- Tutorials
- Rob lockwood Fusion Cam
- Slotting with Small endmills harvey More flute counts, stronger core, low axial depth, treat like high feed mill.
- Beginner’s guide to CNC bits
- Cutter Comp
- Builds
- Granite surface table based CNC mill Vibration testing, laser interferometer, stiffness testing.
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Notes
- cleaning aluminum from bits use sodium hydroxide and water in ratio 1:6 and dip bit in the solution till clean.
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Improving surface finish #Fusion 360 CAM
- The main thing is the tool should cut a consistent amount of material in the finishing tool pass to clean up the surface.
- The coolant need to be in the right concentration to provide lubrication and free from micro debris, that can act as abrasives.
- Use adaptive to rough out the part, switch to the finish endmill and use adaptive to do another pass to reduce the staircase effect.
- Use Fusion Cam Parameters to edit the cam toolpaths and constrain the gemoetry.
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Best Practices for Milling
- With κr 90° long edge cutters on ISO 50 spindles and long overhang it is best to use: ➥ Low radial immersion – max ae = 25% De ➥ High axial cut – max ap = 100% D
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High Efficiency Milling
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Machining Aluminum
- Aluminum Machining Harvey tools
- Aluminum tends to make larger chips. Fewer flutes means more space to evacuate them. 2-3 flutes are better.
- End mills with higher helix angles will wrap around the tool faster and makes for an aggressive cut.
- Chip breaker tooling also helps with controlling the chip behaviour.
- For cast aluminum alloys (i.e. 308, 356, 380), surface footage of 500-1000 SFM is recommended, with RPMs varying based on cutter diameter. The basic calculation to find a starting point for RPMs would be (3.82 x SFM) / Diameter.
- In wrought aluminum alloys (i.e. 2024, 6061, 7075), a surface footage of 800-1500 SFM is recommended, with the same calculation being used to find a starting point for RPMs.
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Cutter Compensation G40, 41, 42 #G code
- Cutter compensation allows a way to adjust the tool path at the machine to adjust for the tool diameter, wear, and deflection.
- It allows one to program the path along the features than offsetting the features for the tool size.
- Cutter comp turns on or off with a line move, but never an arc. Commanding G40/G41/G42 with an arc move will cause a diameter compensation error that will stop the program. The line move needs to be longer than the radius of the tool in the diameter offset table of your machine control.
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In computer
- The path is offset by the radius of the tool selected, mostly used in roughing operations with a 0.5mm stock to leave option.
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In Control
- The toolpath centerline follows the feature geometry. The output code includes a G41 (right comp) or a G42 (left comp), shown below in Figure 3, to offset the tool by the tool radius from the Diameter Offset Table in the machine control. For example, a ¼” tool should have .250 listed in the diameter offset table in the machine control. The output code also includes a G40 to cancel the compensation when the tool path is complete.
- Used when you run both CAM and manual G code on a machine, the Diameter value in the machine offset table is used. Note that the lead in lines must be at least the radius of the tool to apply the compensation correctly. I.e. for a 6mm tool, lead in should be 3mm.
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Wear
- The toolpath centerline outputs offset from the feature geometry by the radius of the selected tool. The difference is that the diameter in the offset table in the machine control is typically set to zero or the small difference between the programmed tool diameter and the actual measured diameter.
- Most shops that strictly use CAM software to generate toolpaths use “Wear” compensation, as there is more flexibility with smaller lead in/outs. If your ¼” diameter tool measured .251” and your tool offset table had a 0.001” diameter you would only need a 0.0006” lead in/out to turn on/off your cutter comp. This allows you to get into smaller pockets and other confined areas.
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Way to kill endmill
- Choosing end mills with coating for dedicated work material is better. an Aluminum Titanium Nitride (AlTiN) coating increases hardness and temperature resistance in ferrous materials, but has a high affinity to aluminum, causing workpiece adhesion to the cutting tool. A Titanium Diboride (TiB2) coating, on the other hand, has an extremely low affinity to aluminum, and prevents cutting edge build-up and chip packing, and extends tool life.
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