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Optimizing Feeds and Speeds for Ball Nose Milling Cutters When Cutting Steel

Last week, a long-standing client from Ohio sent us an urgent email. They were racing against the clock to machine a batch of alloy steel molds on a 3-axis machining center. They used standard, off-the-shelf ball nose milling cutters, but the tools kept failing. By the third cavity, the tip inevitably micro-chipped, leaving nasty score […]

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