Expanded Mill Range for Trochoidal Milling
September 1, 2016
"With trochoidal milling, improvements in terms of tool costs, clamping, processing times and load on the machine components can be achieved in many applications compared to conventional milling," said a company spokesperson.
For this milling technology, MAPAL has expanded its OptiMill product range by adding mills for the machining of titanium and high-alloy steels as well as for hard machining. As a result, new fields of application have been developed, such as structural components.
"A specially engineered unequal positioning of the five cutting edges, in combination with an innovative geometric layout of the cutting wedge, reduces vibrations," said the spokesperson. "Counterbalancing conducted during the manufacturing process (balancing grade 2.5) lowers the risk of vibrations even further. As a result, the milling cutters of the OptiMill family can be used without problems even at high speeds."
In order to avoid the jamming that results from the long chips produced through the sizable depth of cut, a chip breaker is integrated that divides the chips in half. This helps to ensure the removal of the chips from the working space of the machine. All OptiMill milling cutters for trochoidal milling have a cutting edge length of 3xD.
For more information contact:
MAPAL Inc.
4032 Dove Road
Port Huron, MI 48060
810-364-8020
info@us.mapal.com
www.mapal.com
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