{"id":3257,"date":"2014-04-06T13:25:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T13:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/?p=3257"},"modified":"2014-04-06T13:25:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T13:25:05","slug":"toyoda-fraisa-host-machining-tooling-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/toyoda-fraisa-host-machining-tooling-open-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyoda, Fraisa Host Machining and Tooling Open House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toyoda Machinery USA hosted MFG Connect, a joint open house, with Fraisa USA at its Upper Midwest Tech Center in New Brighton, MN on May 21 and 22. At the two-day event, Toyoda showcased its FH400J horizontal machining center, the AQ1050 linear guideway vertical machining center, and the SelectG universal grinding machine. Fraisa USA\u2019s complex tooling and applications work were on display for cutting demonstrations on both machining centers.<\/p>\n

An event highlight included the Inconel 718 milling demo on Toyoda\u2019s vertical machining center. Fraisa\u2019s ZX-NV Series of cylindrical end mills sliced through the 2\u201d cut effortlessly. This new tool allowed for higher removal rates and better life than typical tooling, as seen by the immediate breakage of a competitor\u2019s tool in a comparative cut. The high-speed AQ1050 also showed an impeller demo, which utilized trochoidal milling techniques and the NB-NVD cylindrical cutter.<\/p>\n

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The AQ1050 featured a trochoidal milling demo using Fraisa USA’s NB-NVD line of cutting tools. This technique allows operators to machine harder materials at faster speeds without overworking the spindle or the cutter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The FH400J\u2019s cutting demo showcased the machine\u2019s speed\u2014a 15,000 RPM, CAT40 spindle with rapid traverse rates of 2,362 ipm. At the SelectG grinding machine, visitors were able to try Toyoda\u2019s conversational controls, which allowed for fast and easy part programming.<\/p>\n

Attendees were also treated to a tour of Fraisa USA\u2019s production plant, which is one of the Swiss company\u2019s four manufacturing facilities worldwide. The process begins with tool blanks, which are first ground to shape and size. By using lights out automation, Fraisa is able to machine at slower and less aggressive cuts than a typical manual feeding operation requires. This gives the final tool a better finish with a tighter tolerance.<\/p>\n

The tools are then taken to a drag finishing machine for edge preparation. This automated process drags ground tools in a circular motion through media at specific depths, speeds and lengths of time. It removes less than a micron of material, providing a slight hone on the tool without dulling the cutting edge, and greatly increases performance and tool life.<\/p>\n

For final inspection, the tools visit a five-axis machine that utilizes laser and optics recognition to precisely measure the cutting tool. By eliminating physical contact during measuring, all cutting edge geometries are maintained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toyoda Machinery USA hosted MFG Connect, a joint open house, with Fraisa USA at its Upper Midwest Tech Center in New Brighton, MN on May 21 and 22. At the two-day event, Toyoda showcased its FH400J horizontal machining center, the AQ1050 linear guideway vertical machining center, and the SelectG universal grinding machine. Fraisa USA\u2019s complex […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}