When you have a new job, and before you go to the old faithful 4-flute end mill you have been using for many years, we would like you to ask yourself a few questions:
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- Would you like to reduce your overall cost and improve part quality?
- Would reducing your cycle times and getting jobs off the machine quicker be beneficial?
- Do you have trouble finding good employees to run your machines or know how to troubleshoot issues?
We at Triumph Tool work with our customers every day on all of these issues and more. This is the value you receive free of cost when doing business with us.
HP tooling will cost you more to buy but will save you a lot of money throughout the year when applied correctly!
HP tooling is specifically designed to optimize performance and productivity in demanding machining applications. These tools are engineered with advanced materials, specialized coatings, and precision geometries that enhance their durability, tool life, and cutting performance.
- Extended tool life: HP tooling is built to withstand high speeds, feeds, and challenging materials, resulting in significantly longer tool life compared to GP tooling. With increased tool life, you’ll experience fewer tool replacements, reducing your overall tooling costs.
- Improved productivity: High-performance end mills are designed to remove material quickly and efficiently. The ability to complete jobs faster means you can increase throughput and achieve higher productivity levels.
- Enhanced part quality: The improved cutting performance and stability minimize tool deflection, chatter, and vibration, resulting in better surface finishes and tighter tolerances. This translates to higher part quality and reduced rework or scrap.
As mentioned above, non-ferrous typically best performs with a 2- or 3-flute on the end mill. When it comes to ferrous materials, you have many more options. Most companies have adopted a 5-flute end mill as their go-to for roughing and finishing versus the long-standing 4-flute end mill. In many cases, by using different programming strategies and HEM (High Efficiency Machining) or Dynamic milling techniques, you can increase your flute count.
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Have you considered using a 7-flute or more for semi-finish or finish applications? When you consider this as an option, it opens some of the following benefits:
- Faster cycle times!
- More flutes keeping your FPT (Feed Per Tooth) the same increases your I.P.M (Inches Per Minute), reducing your cycle time.
- More flutes will make you lower your RDOC (Radial Depth of Cut) which will allow you to feed at a higher FPT due to a chip thinning effect, learn more here from our friends at Harvey Performance – Chip Thinning Explanation
- Improved quality!
- The higher the flute count, the larger the core diameter of the end mill, making it stronger. This allows you to machine at elevated data but it also creates a straighter wall with less deflection.
- Note that this only will happen if you also use quality high-performance tool holders that we can also help you with.
- More flutes on your endmill, reducing your RDOC will lower the horse power needed to drive the tool through the material. This effect will cause less wear and tear on your machine, saving you very expensive costs of fixing, bearing or anything to do with your machine.
HP tooling have come a long way with the way tool grinders have improved. One of the biggest issues for tool performance is harmonics that occur when you elevate your spindle RPM’s. To combat this, tool companies have designed tools using variable flute pitch and variable helix angle.
When you partner with Triumph Tool, you will work with a tenured technical representative that has the knowledge, expertise, and a wide range of tooling solutions available to find the perfect high-performance solid carbide end mill for your specific application.
We just touched on a few of the variables to consider when thinking about HP end mills but there are many more that our team consider before selecting the best tool. There may be instances in your applications that our experts can find inefficiencies that may seem redundant on the surface, but could improve your production rate significantly. Triumph Tool’s team thinks outside the box with our solutions. This can tremendously increase your company’s productivity and reduce annual spending.
esting in the correct tooling. Contact Triumph Tool today to help find you the optimal solution for your specific application.
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Being new to machining (lathe) I took the easy path to immediate "success" and bought some carbide insert tooling when I bought my lathe. As time wears on, so does my confidence. I'm wanting to mess around with grinding my own tooling out of HSS. Where would yall recommend to purchase them? I've got some in my McMaster cart but wonder if a $30 blank from there is really better than a $12 Accusize blank from Amazon, at least for a noob? I dont mind spending the money on quality, but am curious if the $30 route is really all that much better for messing around with different tool shapes. I dont intend on cutting anything very hard for now, mainly mild steel, aluminum, delrin, etc..
Wholesale Tool, KBC, Travers, MSC. Plenty of others. Depending on size, around $5 to $10 each. EBAY (and Amazon) are very expensive in comparison with free shipping, but you can just buy one. The other sources, you really need to make up a decent order of stuff to justify shipping. I add HSS blanks, drill bits and taps to each order to build up stock and spread the shipping out.
I have nothing against McMaster Carr. I find their prices somewhat high. BUT they have the stuff that nobody else has, so some of that is justified. Start making a list of McMaster stuff that you need and can't find else where. I do buy from them, but not real common items that I can source elsewhere.
Pricing definitely seems to be all over the place. I guess my real question is, is a $25 M2 1/2x1/2" blank from McMaster really worth that or is that considered way over priced. I see MSC has blanks all over the place price wise as well. I know the Chinesium stuff isnt generally as good, but is it that bad for a noob? I have no idea how honest their alloys are, to say, McMaster or MSC.
Chewy, I haven't heard of a couple of those places, I'll have to check them out! Thanks!