Simultaneous 5-axis High Speed Machining
July 28th, 2010 | 
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Machining the plastic injection mold cavity for an automotive headlamp on a Fida CNC, Programmed in Powermill. At Chicago Mold Engineering, see chicagomold.com.
Video of our 2 shot mold running at the shop. Dodge Ram IP & Rear Doors 2 Shot. 2500 Ton Press For more info Contact: 1 Source Group Wallaceburg Ontario Canada 519-627-6034 data@1sourceplastics.com
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I’d like to see the same program run on a frozen solid rib rack. Just mount her down and hit GO. LOL
damn!!! that’s one super dope machine right here!! thx for sharing…
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I think schushoft wasn’t entirely answering to you as to what you were asking.
XYZ transfer motion, and two more rotational motion along the X&Y axis.
Shrink toolholders are the bomb
actually, the other 2 axes are rotational. the fact that the head of the machine rotates back and forth gives the machine another 2 “axes” related to the X and Y axes.
funny thing is, i know how to do most of this on a normal manual machine, but it takes lots of courage to change the angles of the machine head XD courage and a damn good calculator, anyway
Ya, it doesn’t make much sense, but two more things move, giving it more degrees of freedom.
OK, thanks man!
You are right. 5 axis is generally XYZ plus two others, often referred to as A, B, or C. We are still moving in 3 dimensional space, but by using two additional axes of motion, we gain better access to deep detail areas, permitting hte use of shorter, more rigid cutters that also generally cost less. With 5 axis we can also use the cutter better by minimizing cutting on the center of the tool where the surface speed is actually 0.
What does that mean? 5 Axis? Is this XYZ + 2 others or what? could somebody explain it to me?
While i was there, all motion was simutaneous 5 axis. I asked for some specific paths, knowing mold making, and wanting to show off the machine. The programmer and Delcam Powermill did it all on the shop floor and honestly made it all look easy.
Nice, just a couple lines of code right?
very good!
That is our 2500 ton press. We have a 3300 ton also.
What is the tonage of that press?
Huge mold