ALUMINUM MACHINING

ADVANCED PRODUCTIVITY ROUGHING AND FINISHING

APR APF

Developed and engineered for high power, high efficiency Developed and engineered for high-feed finishing of thin

S-CARB APR machining of aluminum aerospace structural parts. wall aluminum applications. Significant reduction in machining S-CARB APF

Material removal rates of 550 cubic inches achievable, times, with straighter walls and superior finishes compared dependent on machine. to waterlining.

  • 3 flute design for high feed power roughing
  • 4 flute unique variable geometry reduces vibration and allows finishing of thin walls in one pass
  • High feed direct plunge ability
  • Through coolant design
  • Through coolant design
  • Polished flutes for superior finishes
  • Polished flute design to maximize

chip evacuation Significant reduction in cycle times

TYPICAL METHODAPF METHOD
High-speed waterlineHigh-speed finishing
finishing, multipleat full depth without
passes at numerouswall distortion
levels to produce
acceptable thin wallsONE HIT

ENGINEERED FLUTE DESIGN

METAL REMOVAL RATE TIME (MINUTES)

VALUE AT THE SPINDLE

600 600 500

Design and engineering400400
ensure outstanding300
200200
performance in a variety10
of aluminum applications.00
COMPETITORS-CARBHIGH-SPEEDS-CARB
APRWATERLINEAPF

Superior metal removal rate Dramatic increase in productivity achievement over competition. versus the high speed waterline finishing method, which requires multiple passes to produce

acceptable thin walls.