Customer case study of roughing in mechanical engineering with Spinworx®, the highly productive, time-saving milling system.
Spinworx® roughs 1.7225 (42CrMo4)
Spinworx® roughs 1.7225 (42CrMo4)
| Variant 1 | Variant 2 | Variant 3 | |
| Tool | DR20-160-A40-10 | DR20-160-A40-10 | DR12-052-A22-06 |
| dc (nominal diameter) | 160 mm | 6.2992 inch | 160 mm | 6.2992 inch | 52 mm | 2.0472 inch |
| Arbor | 50 40 710 Z | SK50 | 250 22 710 |
| Overhang | 113 mm | 4.4490 inch | 113 mm | 4.4490 inch | 302 mm | 11.8898 inch |
| Cooling | with air | with cooling lubricant | with cooling lubricant |
| Indexable insert | DR20-8C4 | DR20-8F4 | DR12-8F4 |
Technical data | metric sizes
| Variant 1 | Variant 2 | Variant 3 | |
| Vc (cutting speed) | 160 m/min | 250 m/min | 200 m/min |
| n (revoltions) | 325 U/min | 497 U/min | 1224 1/min |
| fz (feed per tooth) | 0,7 mm | 0,7 mm | 0,8 mm |
| Vf (feed rate) | 2300 mm/min | 3482 mm/min | 5876 mm/min |
| ap (depth of cut) | 8 mm | 4 mm | 1 mm |
| ae (width of cut) | 120 mm | 100 mm | 37 mm |
| service life | 3 h | 10 h | 3 h |
| end of service life | not achieved | not achieved | achieved |
| machining volume | 2140 cm3/min | 1392,61 cm3/min | 217,43 cm3/min |
Technical data | imperial sizes
| Variant 1 | Variant 2 | Variant 3 | |
| SFM (surface feet per minute) | 524.934 feet/min | 820.21 feet/min | 656.168 feet/min |
| RPM (revoltions) | 325 U/min | 497 U/min | 1224 1/min |
| IPT (inches per tooth) | 0.0276 inch | 0.0276 inch | 0.0315 inch |
| IPM (inches per minute) | 90.5512 inch/min | 137.0866 inch/min | 231.3386 inch/min |
| DOC (depth of cut) | 0.3150 inch | 0.1575 inch | 0.0394 inch |
| WOC (width of cut) | 4.7244 inch | 3.9370 inch | 1.4567 inch |
| service life | 3 h | 10 h | 3 h |
| end of service life | not achieved | not achieved | achieved |
| machining volume | 130.5908 inch3/min | 84.9823 inch3/min | 13.2684 inch3/min |