CNC machining is a manufacturing process for producing precise and accurate plastic parts, Polycarbonate is a wide-use material in various industries. You may have questions as listed below, I will show you the answers later on. What is Polycarbonate? Can Polycarbonate be CNC machined? What is the Machining Tips? What Are the Other Manufacturing Processes for Polycarbonate …

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Shafts are very common mechanical parts, there are a lot of shafts with length to diameter ratio of more than 25 ( L / D > 25 ), we call it a slender (long and thin) shaft.The slender shaft has poor rigidity, due to the impact of cutting force, gravity, and jacking force of tailstock …

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The surface of a machined part is uneven, it has tiny peaks and valleys. Surface roughness is the measure of the micro-irregularities on the surface. Surface roughness is closely related to the fitting properties, wear resistance, fatigue strength, contact stiffness, vibration, and noise of mechanical parts.  By far the most commonly used surface roughness parameter …

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Table of Contents What is the difference between a machine and a mahine tool? Classification of machine tools. What is a CNC machine tool? What are the advantages of CNC machine tools? Machine and machine tools look similar, those are two terms used in the field of mechanical engineering. How to distinguish? What is the …

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Table of Contents What is Reaming. Reamer Types. What is the Surface Roughness of a Reamed Hole? What is Recommended Hole Size before Reaming? How to Choose the Reaming Feeds and Speeds? Troubleshooting for Reaming. What is Reaming Reaming is a cutting process to enlarge the existing hole and create a smooth inner surface. It …

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Milling is a machining process using rotary cutters to remove material from the workpiece. It has high machining productivity, it is used for a variety of complicated cutting operations, such as slot cutting, threading, drilling, and so on.The machining accuracy can reach to IT9-IT7 generally, and the surface roughness Ra value can be 12.5-1.6um normally. In the milling machining process, …

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Titanium has properties like high strength, good corrosion resistance, low electrical conductivity, and a very good strength-to-weight ratio. It is widely used in aerospace, medical, automotive, and many more industries.  On other hand, it is easy to be welded to the cutter, likely to work hardening, and with high cutting pressures during the machining process, …

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Aluminum alloy is an important industrial raw material. It has relatively low hardness and a high coefficient of thermal expansion. The thin-wall or sheet parts, it is easy to be deformed in the CNC machining process.  In addition to improving the performance of the cutting tool or eliminating the internal stress of the material by …

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The 3D CAD technology makes the parts design and manufacturing process faster. Engineers design the CNC machined parts using CAD software, and send the 3D digital files to the CNC machine shop and the parts will be produced directly from the 3D files using digital manufacturing techniques. No 2D drawing is needed in this design …

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What is the difference between CNC, CNC machining, and CNC mahine? CNC, CNC machining, and CNC machine look very similar in words, however, they stand for different things, in this article, we will explain the difference between them in more detail. OK, let’s start. First of all, what does CNC mean?  CNC stands for computer numerical …

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