The Role of Tool Rigidity in High-Precision Carbide End Mill Applications
Last week, a medium-sized mold shop in Germany sent us an urgent SOS. They were using HRC55 square end mills to machine precision S136 steel molds but couldn’t hit the required surface finish. Even worse, they were seeing constant micro-chipping on the cutting edges. Their first instinct was to blame the end mill suppliers for […]
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