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Just got back from a trade show in Cleveland and saw something odd at the DMG booth
I was at the IMTS show last Tuesday and walked past the DMG Mori booth. They had this 5-axis machine running a part with zero chip load on the roughing pass. Like the tool was just kissing the material. I asked the guy running it why and he said it was for surface finish consistency. Has anyone else seen shops run air cuts like that on purpose or was this just a demo gimmick?
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jessicac2817d agoMost Upvoted
Heard a similar story from a buddy who runs a shop out in Ohio. He was at that same show last year and saw a DMG guy doing the exact same thing on a different machine. My friend asked about it and the tech said it was for "thermal stability" or something like that. Basically, the machine gets warmed up evenly with no load so the cuts stay repeatable after it's hot. He tried it in his shop for a while but said it wasted too much time for his production runs lol. Said it might be useful for super tight tolerance aerospace stuff but not for his job shop work.
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david_rivera417d ago
Is it really that necessary or just marketing fluff?
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