Mastercam HSM Performance Pack first with Adaptive Clearing
| Cut roughing time by up to 40%! |
Verify the toolpath in Mastercam, and try it on a machine. You will be amazed how well it runs.
If you would like to test Adaptive Clearing on designs of your own, get a demo license for Mastercam HSM Performance Pack by clicking on "Evaluate" in the menu to the left and submitting the form.
Stable load, feed, and cutting
Adaptive Clearing avoids full-width cuts when machining by generating a toolpath that progressively shaves material from the stock model.
Adaptive Clearing is a roughing strategy which offers significant improvements compared to conventional roughing strategies. The strategy avoids full-width cuts by progressively shaving material off the remaining stock. The Adaptive Clearing strategy is the most efficient way to cut in hard as well as soft material. The strategy generates a toolpath which is aligned with the remaining stock in such a way that the cutting conditions remain constant while always making the largest
possible cut effectively resulting in a more constant feedrate and less vibration.
Easily defined cutting conditions
Traditional roughing strategies employ both side and slot milling thoughout the operation. Since Adaptive Clearing guarantees that there will be no full-width slot milling the recommended side milling conditions can be used straight from the tool manufacturer's catalog. By milling with a
stable load on the tool the feed can be confidently increased up to twice the normal value.
Use the entire flute of the tool
With Adaptive Clearing the entire flute of the tool is utilized for side milling giving the largest possible stepdown. Traditional roughing strategies only cut with the very corner of the tool.
Intermediate steps
Adaptive Clearing provides built-in support for semi-roughing by allowing the user to machine any number of additional intermediate levels between the major stepdowns all within one operation. The
intermediate steps are cleared bottom up to utilize most of the flute possible, but otherwise by using the same strategy as for the major stepdowns.
Experimentation has shown an amazing reduction of up to 40% in machining time over conventional roughing, while getting better surface quality and less wear on the tool. Adaptive Clearing is a perfect solution for cutting in hardened steel because of the stable chip load, and also perfect and very fast for soft materials like aluminium, copper, and graphite.
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