Cutter path orientations when high-speed finish milling inclined hardened steel

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 473-480

  Toh, C K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cutter path orientations; Hardened steel; High speed milling

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; STEEL; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CUTTER PATH ORIENTATIONS; HARDENED STEEL; HIGH-SPEED MILLING;

MILLING (MACHINING);

EID: 28544437658     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-004-2206-4     Document Type: Article

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