Barrel cutters are applied for specialized milling applications, and recent advancements in CAM software expand the use of these tools. Geometrically, a barrel cutter has a large cutting radius on its side that closely matches the curvature of a part's surface and allows a large step-over between passes. The result is cycle-time reductions of up to 90 percent when finishing while imparting fine surface finishes.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2016-05-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/get-program-barrel-cutter-cam-strategies/
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