Mecanizado de cajeras abiertas
Los insertos de molde representan también las tareas de mecanizado necesarias para el moldeo o diversos componentes. Cada vez más, los usuarios mecanizan las cajeras abiertas (mecanizado de volumen) con fresado trocoidal. Este sistema de mecanizado facilita que se mejoren los tiempos de mecanizado y prolonguen la duración de la herramienta.
Vista general de la herramienta para los siguientes pasos de mecanizado:
Desbastado
El desbastado abarca prácticamente toda la tarea de mecanizado. Optar por estrategias de fresado especiales como el mecanizado de gran avance o el fresado trocoidal puede reducir el tiempo de mecanizado y, por tanto, aumentar la rentabilidad. Aparte de las herramientas con insertos de corte y fresas de metal duro, se emplearán fresas de alto rendimiento con formas de desbastado especiales.
Residual material roughing
After roughing, in a second machining step, users machine the residual material, especially in corners and cavities, removing material as constantly as possible. Usually tools with corner radius or high-feed milling cutters are used. In some cases a ball cutter can be used to remove the residual material in corners.
Pre-finishing
If there are high demands on dimensional accuracy and surface finish, semi-finishing is recommended before finishing. With pre-finishing, machining approaches the final mould profile. The aim is to obtain a residual material that is as constant as possible in order to enable fast finishing with high demands on the surface quality. The stock removal after roughing is approx. 0.5-1 mm for hardened materials and 0.03-0.5 mm for soft materials. After pre-finishing, the constant stock removal is 0.05-0.1 mm for hardened materials or 0.1-0.3 mm for soft materials.
Finishing
The finishing process removes the remaining material in order to achieve the final shape. After pre-finishing, stock removal is 0.05-0.1 mm for hardened materials or 0.1-0.3 mm for soft materials. Ball and/or corner radius milling cutters are the tools of choice, regardless of the final contours of the workpiece.
Residual material finishing
The increasingly complex properties of the shapes to be produced require milling of the residual material after finishing, mainly in the corners. Solid carbide ball cutters are usually used for this.
