5 Axis Machining

[lazzer408]

I used one of those in my car but it melted. :(

[TreeHealzFTW]

It's great when a 5 axis milling machine works this beautifully. I'm a high school senior and our engineering program has a normal (but miniature) turning/lathe. Today a couple of freshman managed to crash it within the first 10 minutes of class. Then I come here to see machines work spectacularly.

[DesignViz]

i found the nxtutorials(.)com website to have many interesting articles, tutorials, and models. I hope you find it helpful also!

[honeybunchickens]

notice its still doing the same blade over and over half way through the video and to the end

[GeneralG1810]

Im getting sea sick just watching LOL

[WilliamTang]

I don't understand why they use wax, why don't use plastic?

like ABS, etc..

[igorberri23]

Unigraphics NX has got great strategies too.

[OzzytheDjman]

Now that is precision....

[FASTBOOBS]

easy, but F_ _ _ _ G expensive

[elmoukha]

can you tell me what cam program are you using ?

[gerrygprs]

@elmoukha in this example, Hypermill.

[zyxwvutsrqponmlkh]

is this for lost wax casting?

[gerrygprs]

@zyxwvutsrqponmlkh lost wax casting, investment casting. The concept is the same. You make a wax patterns and make a ceramic shell. Then you either pour the molten metal in open air or in vaccum furnace.

[bandanared89]

i need one of these!! lol

[douro20]

I don't know if a Hermle C30 would fit where we are; it's quite a tall machine. We used to have a Haas EC400 4-axis horizontal and it was tall enough.

[Cthun]

damn tzhat thing looks like a hand with a pnecil drawink this stuff in real 3d :D

[sdvten]

That machinable wax is great for testing programs and rapid prototyping. Problem is for what it costs you might as well use 6061 instead.

[gerrygprs]

@sdvten yes, or in this example, it was for the investment casting industry, which obviously needed to be made of wax to then proceed with the investment casting process. But I agree. The cost is high. In this case,the cost would be higher. There are a lot of requirements out of titanium than just an initial machining process. There's Hot Isostatic Processing, possibly chemical etching, NDT, Heat Treat, etc... The wax protoype eliminates the initial machining process. Saves a lot of money.

[arahvinth06]

Itz damn cool...

[nate1248]

There's nothing better than model work, Bar None!!!!!!

[bengbangt]

I' ve seen the sticker at the spindle. It must be a Hermle.

It rocks

[Kinglevel]

awsome, is that some kind of testing material?

[gerrygprs]

yea. its machinable wax. its more durable than regular wax used in jewelry making, mainly because of the high rpm speed of the cutter.

i can link you to the wax manufacturer if you really need to try it out.

[Kinglevel]

o thanks, But i need a cnc mill first :P

ill save your name in case! =)

[ronBurgundy222]

is this wax expensive?

[DaHitma]

@gerrygprs can you melt down the wax scraps to form a new piece to be machined or is it nescesary to allways buy new wax from the manufacturer?

[gerrygprs]

@DaHitma I tried that before. You have to make sure your wax is very clean and free from foreign debris. You have to have the right temperature and right equipment to melt it in. Contact the wax manufacturer and they could give you the specs on the wax. The equipment to melt it in has to be determined by experimenting, trial and error. I would do a Design of Experiment analysis to help me out. Your expectations and requirements might not be the same as mine.

[dsquared600]

HyperMILL en Hermle... the best !

[michael2nicolaisen]

hyperMILL is very much state of the art cam software. I can't think of a more allround system than that. It can do everything from simple 2D up to 5 axis simultaneous

[TheMSvids]

Hi fellows.

Please habe a close look on the compansation movements during milling. This can't be a fast process. How about machining a titanium impeller. It semm sto be very week. By the way Hyper Mill is not state of art.

[dmorockny]

Thanks for getting back so fast. So you have the 5-axis Hypermill package I assume. Does it work well for you? If I may ask, what would it cost for a 5-axis Hypermill package. The Hermle must do well for you too. Is the chuck/trunnion integrated into the machine? It looks like it is.

[dmorockny]

Absolutely awesome. What cadcam system was used to program the impeller and what machine is that?

[gerrygprs]

Hypermill was used and its a Hermle C30 5 axis mill.

[samurray237]

nice

[rossrvf]

use hermle c600 at work, seems less noisey than yours. never use wax on mine, because i never get it wrong hehehe. nah, used wax once, it seemed like a waste of time, using cam software with simulations so no need really eh. and everybody going on about how amazing 5 axis is, its not. if you can do cam programs on 3, you can do it on 5

[sudacaenny]

well it all depends on how reliable your post processor is, and the capability of your machine, you cant always trust your cam software, it may look good on the sreen but its not guaranteed to work on the machine. I have done some really amazing things on mastercam but in the end its just not posible in real life.

[BoostSamurai]

That's o cool. How hard is it to learn?

[kilowatts12]

now THATS cool

[nesikachad]

Why would you make a turbine out of titanium?

Horrible idea.

Inconel or invar. . .

[pstickel1337]

hey, just a question, last week i had to do some parts made of invar. What is invar exactly made of ? its hard like diamond and bends like bubblegum. it sux hard to work with it but it seems very high-grade.

[anemachinebc]

They use it because it has the same thermal expansion rate as carbide...yea it does suck to work with i have a job to do with that material but i keep putting it off.

[SharonBegley]

In my experience with Invar, i believe it to be a nickel based alloy of some kind. Tough as hell to machine, cutting oil for a good finish!

[lillmicke]

Because light weight

[hites05]

i can only imagine the nightmare of that program. lol

[kaipyroami]

It is a hard wax. Used to test the process. saves tool life.

[chicharon88]

why is the object being made is colored blue? soft material? anodized?

[Macstered]

Our company just bought Deckel Maho DMF 250 5 axis machine, and I'm going to be the operator, so cool!

It's got a turning table and tilting head. Actually uploaded my first program on it ever to here in youtube. Will upload more as I get better at it and get to make proper 5 axis stuff.

[lilcow418]

ent that a model ov a turbo blades

[fatboy193]

i love that . god this is amazing

[adivorcedsin]

Machinists have a great job...even though 99% is in the programming :)

[timbobaby2006]

Anyone in the world can machine plastic .... make it out of Titanium and then you can brag

[inzen86]

So everyone in the world has access to a 5 Axis Milling Machine. Am I right?

[timbobaby2006]

Usally if you want to remain competative

[worthless78]

i love being a machinist... its so cool.

[000nosferatu]

Perfect!

[xxigodzixx]

I hate being stuck with a Fadal VMC 15 for this very reason. Although 3 axis CNC is better than manual machining, still would love to have a 5 axis.

[Pablogogo]

very impressive

[cncit]

Hi its a Traub Heckert Hermle with a servo to gear drive at each side of the tilting trunion table. Direct drive is more accurate but has less grunt!!

[michael2nicolaisen]

Not a Traub Heckert Hermle only Hermle. Traub and Heckert are 2 other machinetool manufactures. Direct drives are also faster than gear/worm drive.

[mazak]

cool Machine i think its a mazak isn't it ?

[gerrygprs]

Hermle C30U

[hondazrule]

very impresive performance ! Can I ask what software you used to create that path ? and is that a Variaxis Mazak ?? Anyway nice video thx -Kerry /New Zealand

[gerrygprs]

Open Mind Technologies (HyperCAD, HyperMill), and the machine is a Hermle C30U

[mazakman1]

Yes, our job does rule!!