TeachMePlease
Diamond
- Joined
- Feb 11, 2014
- Location
- FL
I never have Bob.
But a mate (AE) uses it alot in the medical game.
He also showed me a standalone unit which bolts to the machine for drilling - has its own HFT feed axis - very impressive for small drills. He feeds normal (Z) and the attachment HFT drills.
Star GB | High Frequency Turning (HFT) Software
That would most likely be a TriboMAM unit from M4 Sciences. Good people, good tools.
Also, Bob, tool life does not suffer when using HFT/LFV/Servo Oscillation for turning. At least, not in my world where we set tool life conservatively for stable production. Possibly in a "run the insert till it breaks and then make 2 more parts or the job isn't profitable" kind of shop it could cause problems.