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Usual cutting conditions and major influence factors of CNC machines.

	Introduction	Formula
Cutting Data V(m/min)	Cutting speed is decided by the diameter of end mills and its rpm		V=Cutting speed(m/min) D=diameter(mm) N=rpm of one min of end mills(min-1)
Feed speed F(mm/min)	Feed speed is the speed of relative one of work piece. Feed rate per flute is important for multi-flute end mills.		F=Feed speed per minute z= number of flute f= Feed volume per flute
Cutting depth a(mm)	Cutting depth is the thickness of flute machining on work piece. We always increase cutting depth to achieve its efficiency, but it is too deep to short tool life. It’s better to give proper cutting depth per flute, don’t increase feed rate and cutting depth together.	--	--
Feed rate per flue f(mm/刃)	Once a flute to cut	--	--
Cutting width b(mm)	Vibration caused by diameter of end mill, width of work piece, flute numbers, and cutting width.	--	--

Cutting Speed

Feed volume each side

沖壓

利用安裝在壓力機上的沖模對材料施加壓力，它是在常溫（冷態）下

工業鋁合金零件的加工對刀具有很高的要求， 尤其是航空工業中的鋁合 金，刀具在具有高性價比的同時還必須滿足高質量加工的需求。由於整體 硬質合金刀具具有非常鋒利的切削刃和槽型，其在鋁合金精加工中切削力 小，並且具有容屑空間大，排屑順暢等優點，因此整體硬質合金刀具逐漸 取代了傳統的高速鋼刀具。

以鋁為基的合金總稱。主要合金元素有Cu、Si、Mg、Sn，次要有鎳、鈦、鉻、鋰等。鋁合金密度低，塑性好可加工成型材，具有優良導電性、導熱性和抗腐蝕性， 添加一定 元素形成的合金在保持純鋁質輕等優點的同時還能具有較高的強度。 這樣使得其 “比強度”勝過很多合金鋼，成為理想的結構材料，廣泛用於機械製造、運輸 機械、動力機械及航空工業等方面，飛機的機身、蒙皮、壓氣機等常以鋁合金制 造，以減輕自重。採用鋁合金代替鋼板材料的焊接，結構重量可減輕50%以上。

鋁合金加工方式分類：按照加工方法分形變鋁合金和鑄造鋁合金。

This list includes eight cutter materials and their contrast as below:

1. Mono Diamond)
2. CO PCD
3. Si PCD
4. PCBN
5. Si3N4
6. SiC
7. WC
8. Steel

There are higher requirements and more difficulties for many hardened molds. Hence general carbide cutters cannot reach such request of accuracy. Therefore, it should pay more attention to selection of cutting tools for hardened material.

Since hardening material which HRC is above 50, with higher hardness, the carbide cutter is difficult to meet the processing requirements, it will cause badly wear even break after CNC machining for about ten minutes. General carbide cutters cannot reach the request accuracy because the hardened mold is with higher requirement and difficulty.

Some points for choosing cutters for machining hardened materials as below:

1. Select super micro grain carbide rod and design high rigid tool body to ensure toughness and rigidity of the tool.
2. Select the blade the design of the large helix angle ranging from sub-and four-blade design so that the cutters may reach radial beating with heavy cutting within high-speed and high hardness cutting.
3. Choose carbide cutter with new crystal coating. PVD coating almost cannot be used in high hardness cutting.. the crystal coating may solve it basically about the high temperature / acid resistance / wear / and longer tool life.
4. Cooperate with the powerful tool companies to get their further technical supports and tool configuration, reducing the procurement chain and purchasing costs.

Good carbide cutters with high rigidity of the tool body and new type coating may get high efficiency, precision, and longer tool life. From pre-hardened steel to hardened steel, during high-speed, and high efficient processing; from rough to high precision machining, to achieve a long life; high precision; high quality processing makes it is easier to proceed high-speed and high rigid machining.

Article reference source : NewMaker

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Selection of woodworking cutters

1. identify the main technical parameters of the cutter
   Main parameters:outer diameter, machining thickness, and the center diameter.
   Other technical parameters: number of teeth, the direction of rotation, rotation speed, feed rate, clamping way, and cutter material.
2. Choose the structure type of cutter
   According the request and characteristics of cutting object, and consideration from both the technical and economic aspects, select the whole cutters or welding cutters, assembly cutters, and combination cutter.
3. The choice of the cutter rotation direction
   Cutter rotation direction is determined in accordance with the direction of rotation of the processing machinery spindle and the tool axis and the feed of the work piece relative position of the whole cutter, or assembling cutter, the inclination of the cutting blade relative to cutter radius determines the rotation of the cutter direction.
4. Selection of cutting amount of end mills
   Cutting amount of end mills are including cutting speed, feed speed of work material, and depth of milling. Cutting speed depends on the rpm and the radius of the end mills .. feed rate depends on the requirements of cutting surface .. the surface roughness of work material largely depends on the feed rate per tooth during cutting process, too much feed will cause too rough surface of work piece; too small feed will cause burnt phenomenon on the surface, so the feed rate must be appropriate.
5. Operation stability of end mills
   The stability of the cutter operation is to ensure that the basis of the machining accuracy and surface quality .. including two aspects: one is cutter excited vibration in machining due to external forces; the other is that cutter happens deformation by external forces.
6. Safety of milling process
   The safety of the milling cutter includes the limitation of rotation speed, the limitation of chip thickness, height restrictions of molding cutter contour and the thickness of assembly cutter, and stretched limit.
   Cutting timber is characterized by high speed cutting, the rotation speed of the milling cutters mostly above 3000 rpm. High speed cutting for timber brings high productivity and smooth surface .., it also brings a series of security problems. Therefore, when the spindle speed up to 9000 rpm, besides the cutter which diameter smaller than 16mm, it should prohibit to use assembly cutters and do strict testing and inspection for welding cutter.
   It is necessary to limit chip thickness for avoiding overload of cutters. For end mills, the clamping method, cutter height, and thickness of work piece are with close relationship. When you ensure the thickness of work piece, mill diameter, and center diameter, the height of cutter reflects its own strength, stiffness, and capacity of cutting resistance. The height must be limited to ensure the safety of cutter usage.
   The design point of welding end mills is clamping problem. No matter the body is cylindrical or disc-type, the blade clamp form must be guaranteed to provide sufficient clamping force to resist rotation centrifugal force .

Reference sources – China Timber Net