Roughing Optimization 101: How to Slash Cycle Times by 30%
Pennsylvania aerospace supplier machining titanium turbine housings faced productivity bottleneck: roughing operations consumed 68% total cycle time (52 minutes of 76-minute total), traditional zig-zag toolpaths causing tool chatter at corners (forcing 40% feed rate reduction), shallow 2mm depth-of-cut requiring 18 passes. Solution: Implement CNC roughing strategies for efficient material removal—dynamic toolpaths maintaining constant 15% radial...
