Part quality can suffer if a machine tool cannot hold tolerances uniformly everywhere in its "working envelope," the box-shaped region that defines a machine's 3D reach when cutting.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2018-01-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/added-dimensions-boost-accuracy/
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