Improving Tool life
In the milling process, the end of tool life is more frequently caused by chipping, cracks and breakage of the edge (rather than regular tool wear) than in other machining processes, such as turning and drilling.
Lexis tooling repeatedly getting requests from our dealers and customers how to maximize their tool life. This is an area on a lot of machinist’s minds so here are few guidelines to increase your tool life.
Guidelines to increase Tool life
* Add a Surface Speed Safety Factor
* Be Gentle Exiting the Cut Too
* Rough With Tougher Tools
* Keep Deflection Under Control
* Avoid Recutting Chips
* Lubricate Sticky Materials
* Use the Right Feeds and Speeds
* Use a Gentler Cut Entry in Your CAM Program
* Spread Wear Over the Cutting Edge
* Minimize Runout
There are so many factors affecting tool life, and we have discussed few common suggestions which will improve tool life that we wanted to refer you to. Hope that helps, and if you have any tips of your own to help increase Tool Life, let us know.
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