Better Cycle Times Means Running Faster and allowing Your Tools to Wear instead of Fail.

Many people don’t understand the difference between wear and damage. Wear is a predictable part of any mechanical process. Damage on the other hand is random, producing the same bell shaped curve that any random event with enough samples must produce. ChipBLASTER eliminates failure due to damage. Control of random negative events in a process is the foundation of modern manufacturing.

Example:

Operation - Channel milling

Work piece - 1018 Hot rolled steel

Cutting tool - Carbide, coated end mill

Diameter - .500"

Depth - .5" ( one x dia.)

*Note that the feed rate can be increased with ChipBLASTER technology because the chip that forms is smaller and the coolant force can reliably remove a much higher chip volume.

Establish a base line machining speed for each work piece material and cutting tool material, for example, a light finish cut with no heat or chip problems. This is the maximum speed that can currently be achieved under optimum conditions.

ASK the QUESTION

Why can’t I cut all of this type of metal with this cutting tool material just as fast? What are the limiting factors in my process? If they are heat, chips or lubricity as they are in most cases, then ChipBLASTER high pressure and volume will eliminate these limitations and let you cut at optimum rates.

Example:

Operation - Drilling

Work piece - 1018 Hot rolled steel

Cutting tool - Carbide, coated drill .500" dia

Depth - 2" (4xdia.)

Optimum SFM 1000 ( from example above)

In this example, the effective rate of hole production is approximately 5 times higher with ChipBLASTER. In fact, we regularly demonstrate drilling in 1018 with a .500" carbide drill at 150" minute.