[Frank ZAne]

Hi all

I would appreciate suggestions from mould specialist, I am relatively inexperienced in the area, because I really only use PowerMILL for mechanical engineering, automotive and turbine blades. Now I must / should mill a relatively large component part (467x366x114) from a solids block for one of our clients (we are machine manufacturers).

The customer needs 70 samples in a short time span, later when the sample series are gone, the parts will be sprayed. One of my first questions would be if it would make sense to separate the model (about 50mb) to the upper part and lower part. My computer is so slow-> for example when I want to change something on the surfaces in Powershape (e.g. close holes or so).The computer is a Quad 2.8 Ghz, 12 GB Ram with a Quadro FX4800, 1.5 GB Ram ...it should run without problems, shouldn’t it? coangry.gif


I don’t really have problems with the roughing and residual material roughing - I get it all out with a WSP aluminium rougher; residual material with an 8-torus. It fits into the deepening. The customer wants that we finish with a 6 ball and 1 mm path distance. Milling paths with a tolerance of 0.1 - 0.2mm ....What the 6er miller cannot edit will remain unprocessed. Relatively painless for the sample parts. The customer has a twin-spindle 4 axes machine.


In the finishing voltage, a main view and two side surfaces should always be processed.
My question: how can I finish the part in the fastest way considering the running time, and also in the safest way => machine also need to run unmanned during the night shift.

I lack the "feeling" for the finishing...

I would appreciate any advice, suggestions, recommendations
Whoever wants the test corner(6mb) can get it by email.

Greetings

Frank Zane

[koehlergung]

Hello
Its just a gut feeling but I would say "Finishing steeper and flatter areas."

Greetings Koehlergung

[Frank ZAne]

Thanks for the advice, I will let it calculate and have a look at how it looks. I would personally choose to type raster ...

Greetings

Frank Zane

[koehlergung]

Exactly, first the steep areas and then the flat areas with grid lines. Should work without problems.
Just try it.
Greetings koehlergung