How Flute Count Affects the Performance of End Mill Bits for Metal
A mold shop supervisor from Bavaria, Germany, recently sent our technical team a machining video along with photos of several destroyed tools. While using a 5-axis machining center to rough-cut mold steel (1.2379/D2) at HRC58, they experienced severe built-up edge (BUE) formation within ten minutes of slot milling, immediately followed by edge chipping. After reviewing […]
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