Usos del fresado helicoidal

Uno de los puntos importantes de los mecanizados de fresado es reducir el tiempo de mecanizado. Normalmente, con formas de herramienta específicas para el mecanizado se consigue eliminar el proceso de taladrado previo de las cajeras cerradas y redondas. En el fresado helicoidal se programan trayectorias de fresado con entradas helicoidales adecuadas para las dimensiones de las cajeras.
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Vista general de la herramienta para los siguientes pasos de mecanizado:
  1. Desbastado
  2. Desbastado de material residual
  3. Semiacabado
  4. Alisado

Roughing

Roughing operations are responsible for most of the chip removal capacity. Special milling strategies such as high-feed machining or trochoidal milling can reduce machining time and thus increase profitability. In addition to tools with indexable inserts and solid carbide milling cutters, high-performance milling cutters with special roughing geometry are used.
  • OptiMill®-3D-CR

    Solid carbide corner radius milling cutter
    • Finishing of 3D moulds with a high-precision corner radius
    • High precision corner radius with high level of radius accuracy
    • Wide selection for hard and soft machining of steel
    • Different numbers of teeth available
    • Available in cylindrical and conical forms

  • OptiMill®-3D-HF

    Solid carbide high-feed milling cutter
    • Perfect for high-feed machining with a high material removal rate and high process reliability
    • Innovative face geometry
    • Extremely quiet running
    • Different numbers of teeth available

  • OptiMill® roughing cutter

    Solid carbide roughing cutter
    • OptiMill®-Uni-HPC-Plus for universal steel machining
    • OptiMill®-Hardened for roughing of parts with a hardness from 45 HRC
    • Excellent tool life 
    • Wear-resistant coating
    • Different corner radii available

  • OptiMill®-Uni-Wave

    Solid carbide roughing cutter
    • Five-edged cord roughing cutter for roughing at high feed rates
    • Highly cost-effective thanks to higher feed rates
    • Optimum chip removal thanks to short, tightly rolled chips
    • Few vibrations, therefore very quiet running

  • OptiMill®-Uni-HPC-Pocket

    Solid carbide universal milling cutter
    • Economical production of pockets and bores
    • Three-edged milling cutter with integrated drill tip
    • Inclined plunging up to 45°
    • Full helix milling and grooving
    • High material removal rate up to 2xD

  • NeoMill®-HiFeed90

    90° corner/high-feed milling cutter
    • Universal tool system to ensure maximum productivity
    • Tool body with indexable inserts for high-feed and shoulder milling
    • Maximum rate of removal due to very high feed rates and large cutting depths
    • Double-edged and four-edged indexable inserts available
    • Large selection of corner radii available

  • NeoMill®-ISO-360

    Round-insert milling cutters
    • Roughing and pre-finishing of 3D contours
    • Optimum contours due to the indexable inserts being installed in a neutral position
    • Soft cutting behaviour for low vibration machining
    • Offered as shell type, shank and screw-in milling cutters in the diameter range 10-160 mm


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.
  • OptiMill®-3D-HF

    Solid carbide high-feed milling cutter
    • Perfect for high-feed machining with a high material removal rate and high process reliability
    • Innovative face geometry
    • Extremely quiet running
    • Different numbers of teeth available


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.
  • OptiMill®-3D-CR

    Solid carbide corner radius milling cutter
    • Finishing of 3D moulds with a high-precision corner radius
    • High precision corner radius with high level of radius accuracy
    • Wide selection for hard and soft machining of steel
    • Different numbers of teeth available
    • Available in cylindrical and conical forms

  • OptiMill®-3D-CS

    Solid carbide shoulder radius milling cutter
    • Milling with a large operating radius
    • Finishing of complex free-form surfaces and complicated workpiece geometries
    • Short machining time due to large line interlacing
    • High surface quality

  • OptiMill®-Uni-HPC-Pocket

    Solid carbide universal milling cutter
    • Economical production of pockets and bores
    • Three-edged milling cutter with integrated drill tip
    • Inclined plunging up to 45°
    • Full helix milling and grooving
    • High material removal rate up to 2xD

  • NeoMill®-ISO-360

    Round-insert milling cutters
    • Roughing and pre-finishing of 3D contours
    • Optimum contours due to the indexable inserts being installed in a neutral position
    • Soft cutting behaviour for low vibration machining
    • Offered as shell type, shank and screw-in milling cutters in the diameter range 10-160 mm

  • NeoMill®-3D-Torus

    Toric end milling cutter
    • For the highest requirements regarding precision and process reliability
    • Special tool body for toric plates with additional stabilisation of the cutting edge
    • Precise rotational tolerances
    • Different corner radii available


Finitura

La lavorazione di finitura rimuove le dimensioni residue per ottenere la forma finale. Le dimensioni dei materiali temprati dopo la prefinitura sono pari a 0,05-0,1 mm, mentre quelle dei materiali morbidi a 0,1-0,3 mm. Le frese a profilo sferico e/o a profilo torico sono gli utensili da scegliere in funzione dei profili finali del pezzo da lavorare.
  • OptiMill®-3D-BN

    Fresa a profilo sferico in metallo duro integrale
    • Lavorazione ad alta precisione di profili 3D
    • Fresa ad alta precisione con elevata precisione del profilo
    • Ampia scelta per la lavorazione dura e morbida dell’acciaio
    • Varianti z=2 e z=4, gambo scaricato e non
    • Forma cilindrica o conica

  • OptiMill®-3D-CR

    Fresa a profilo torico in metallo duro integrale
    • Finitura di forme 3D a raggio angolare ad alta precisione
    • Raggio angolare ad alta precisione con elevata precisione del profilo
    • Ampia scelta per la lavorazione dura e morbida dell’acciaio
    • Diversi numeri di denti disponibili
    • Forma cilindrica o conica

  • OptiMill®-3D-CS

    Fresa ad ampio raggio radiale in metallo duro integrale
    • Fresatura ad ampio raggio
    • Finitura di complesse superfici a forma libera e complicate geometrie del pezzo da lavorare
    • Tempo di lavorazione ridotto grazie alla grande scansione interlacciata
    • Elevata qualità della superficie

  • NeoMill®-3D-Torus

    Fresa torica
    • Per i requisiti più esigenti in termini di precisione e sicurezza dei processi
    • Corpo base speciale per piastre toriche con stabilizzazione supplementare per angolo del tagliente
    • Tolleranze precise di rotazione
    • Diversi raggi d’angolo disponibili