Trochoidal machining strategies? We've got it, says Delcam

Jan 11, 2013

Trochoidal machining strategies? We've got it, says Delcam

Sometimes, as a guy, I look at a picture like this and go, Wow!

Delcam included this picture with a press release that explains the new type of milling available in their PowerMill software:

The milling approach, which is based on the trochoidal [curve traced by a point on a circle that rolls along a straight line] machining strategies in PowerMILL, has been patented by [German CAM vendor] Iruba. It allows complex “fir-tree” profiles to be produced on milling machines, such as the Hermle C60 five-axis machining centre, rather than having to use specialist broaching [sawtooth] equipment.

The picture show milling small fir-tree geometries on a geared wheel. www.delcam.com

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