The pressure to decrease costs and drive up profitability means getting every ounce of efficiency from machine tools and cutting tools. To this end, shops constantly strive to reduce cycle times and extend tool life. However, while pursuing these goals, it is easy to push tools past their useful life, allowing excessive wear and its corresponding problems to occur.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2014-04-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/avoiding-excessive-cutting-tool-wear/
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