Smooth finish comes from balanced cutting parameters, as this video explains.

Video shows the smooth, quiet, rapid motion characteristic of effective micromilling.

Linear motors take the place of ballscrews on this machine performing high speed cutting of aluminum at a job shop near Atlanta.

Electrodes with thin walls , ribs or other delicate features can be machined in one piece with HSM, because the light cuts put so little pressure between the cutter and the workpiece. This can do away with the need to use separate electrodes for these features. Reducing the EDM process to just one electrode redu

Some CNCs can interpolate axes along mathematical curves. A single program block can describe a complete curve that might once have required several blocks of short lines. The potential benefit is higher feed rate. This is true even when the CNC has plenty of processing power. Curve interpolation lets the control

Feeding into the material at full depth and full feed rate can shorten tool life. Enter the workpiece gradually with a series of ramping moves. Two alternatives are presented. CAM animation courtesy of Mastercam. Video courtesy of Carboloy. streaming_fi

To mill thin walls in aluminum using fast light cuts, machine on alternating sides of the wall all the way down, jumping the wall with each new pass. This leaves the wall supported on both sides by unremoved stock close to where the tool is cutting. The video illustrates this. When a pattern of thin walls makes up

This is an approach to rough milling in which straight lines are replaced by “curlicue” circular moves of constant radius. Potential benefits include: Faster metal removal. Making the constant circular curve the only direction change allows a high feed rate to be consistently maintained. Longer tool life. The

This video demonstrates high speed machining. High Speed Machining offers a way to mill complex structures in aluminum that were never practical before. Makers of structural components can achieve thinner walls for reduced weight and machine monolithic structures that save on assembly. Makers of fuel syste

This video demonstrates thin wall machining. Taking the weight out of some parts by machining them with thinner walls is not a new idea. But the thinnest walls require light cuts that may be too time-consuming at lower speeds. HSM changes the equation. By combining light cuts with high feed rates, HSM permits thin