WHY HSM?
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Introduction
Protect the Tool
Ramp In
Z-Level Machining
Maintain High Feed
Round Corners
Re-Machining
Reversals
Trochoidal Milling
Optimization
Smooth Surfaces
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Machining Centers



Re-Machining

CAM software with a re-machining feature can create tool paths for removing just what stock remains after high-feed-rate moves have rounded off internal corners.

Rest milling (to machine the "rest" of the material) is a term for re-machining. Rest milling generally employs multiple passes. When just one pass is used to let a small tool trace the seam where two surfaces meet, this is called pencil tracing.

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Re-machining video courtesy UGS.