Hi friends,
We have a set of parts with about 30 cubic inches of stainless 304 to remove. Max cut depth is a bit under .5 in. From simulations I've done, high feed milling with something like Helical's solid carbide high feed tools will have around 2.5 cubic in/min with their .5in tool but I'm not yet sure how the 16k spindle is going to handle it.
So I have a few questions for Speedio owners:
1) What sort of MRR should I expect in 304 from this spindle?
2) What's your best strategy for removing material? I've seen mixed reviews on this. HEM is obviously great if you have the cut depth to make it efficient, but I'm not sure I do. I've also seen at least one member say that their high feed tools offered much better tool life and process reliability.
3) What might I expect with the 10k high torque spindle? We'll have enough parts like this in our future that I'm considering the F600X1 essentially for this (and similar) tasks.
Looking forward to hearing from everyone!
We have a set of parts with about 30 cubic inches of stainless 304 to remove. Max cut depth is a bit under .5 in. From simulations I've done, high feed milling with something like Helical's solid carbide high feed tools will have around 2.5 cubic in/min with their .5in tool but I'm not yet sure how the 16k spindle is going to handle it.
So I have a few questions for Speedio owners:
1) What sort of MRR should I expect in 304 from this spindle?
2) What's your best strategy for removing material? I've seen mixed reviews on this. HEM is obviously great if you have the cut depth to make it efficient, but I'm not sure I do. I've also seen at least one member say that their high feed tools offered much better tool life and process reliability.
3) What might I expect with the 10k high torque spindle? We'll have enough parts like this in our future that I'm considering the F600X1 essentially for this (and similar) tasks.
Looking forward to hearing from everyone!