For easier turnaround ... hard milling.(includes related article on cutting tools for hard milling)(Creative Mold of Glendale Heights, IL, attributes its success in high-speed machining to its use of hard milling)

From: Modern Machine Shop | Date: October 1, 1999| Author: Zelinski, Peter | Copyright information

Glendale Heights, IL-based Creative Mold, a 72-employee mold shop, attributes its success in high-speed machining to its use of hard milling. After failing to boost production via electrical discharge machining (EDS), the company tried hard milling which allowed Creative to have faster removal time rates for hardened metal on a machining center. With hard milling, molds were much closer to their final form and surface quality. As a result, Creative was able to save time for polishing and for ...

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