How to use your CNC Inserts Efficiently?

How to use your CNC Inserts Efficiently? 

Euro Gulf has put together a list of top best practices you can adopt to use cutting tools efficiently:  

Increasing Tool Life 

• To prevent damage to the corner radius -Recommended method - Modified flank infeed 
• To have uniform flank wear on both sides of a cutting edge - Recommended method - Radial infeed 
• To prevent crater wear - Recommended method - Flank infeed 

Preventing Chip Problems 

• Change to flank or modified infeed. 
• During radial infeed cutting, use an inverted holder and change the coolant supply to a downward direction. 
• When using the radial infeed method, set the minimum cutting depth at around 0.2mm to make the chips thicker. 

To Achieve Highly Efficient Machining 

• Increase cutting speed. (Dependant on the maximum revolution and rigidity of the machine.) 
• Reduce the number of passes. (Reduce by 30-40%.) 
• A reduced number of passes can improve chip discharge because of the thicker chips generated. 

Preventing Vibration 

• Change to flank or modified infeed. 
• When using radial infeed, reduce cutting depth in the later half of passes and lower the cutting speed. 

Increased Surface Finish Accuracy 

• A final wiping pass should be performed at the same depth of cut as the last regular pass. 
• When using the flank infeed method, change to radial infeed only during the final pass.