PowerMILL-Based Strategies and Experimental Study of Mould High-Speed Machining

High-speed machining requires the support of high intelligent CAM software as well as customized machining strategies and properly selected machining parameters.Only by combining the two can the advantage of high-speed machining be made full use of.Based on the above principles,a mould part is successfully processed using the PowerMILL software at the high-speed machining centre of DMG-DMU40T.The whole process can be divided into three stages,i.e.rough,semi-finish and finish machining,and each stage involves the selection of tool path,the selection of tool,the selection of cutting parameters(including spindle speed,feed speed and depth of cut),and the application of PowerMILL specific machining methods(such as Race-line machining,rest roughing,automatic trochoidal machining,3D offset finishing and etc).