Plunge Rough MR2

[kccadcam]

Has anybody played with this yet??

I create a contour, drive the tool to it.

In plunge rough settings, select source operation

(previous contour) and the properties of the NCI path of that contour says "invalid path name".

Then the plunge rough says: "Operation to project needs to be regenerated (or yields no nci motion)"

If I go back to V9.1 it works fine.....

[kccadcam]

Got it to work.........

for some reason, lead-in lead-out MUST be on in VX for it to work.

[b_daddy]

Kevin,

 

What kind of tools are you using for this kind of work? I know Iscar and others make tools for this, is the type you are using?

[kccadcam]

For steel, Sandvik RA215 series

4 inch dia with .850 step over!!!!

 

For aluminum, Carboloy R220.79 series

2.5 dia with .55 step over, 8000rpm 192 ipm!!!!

Have not found ANYTHING that can keep up with this tool in Aluminum........

[kccadcam]

I found some pics for you guys.....

On the FTP under unspecified_uploads -- Plunge_roughing_101.zip

This is an MTO test part we were roughing on an old 50 taper BEAST. (can't tell you what it is )

Sandvik RA215 series 4 inch dia with .850 step over.

Awesome to watch!!