General Equipment For Manufacturing Rapid Tooling
Tooling which called mould, mold, tool, die as well, is the physical item that can be used to achieve the goal products by changing the shape of the material, especially if the item is not consumed in the process. Generally, it includes fixtures or jigs, rapid tooling for low volume manufacturing to medium production, and hard tools for mass production.
How To Manufacture Rapid Tooling?
A tooling always consists of various components. These components can be machined separately then assembled together to be a final tool. Typically, there are two types of the machining equipment. One is called ordinary processing, includes lathes, milling machines, grinding machines, drilling, etc.; another is for special processing, such as wire cutting, EDM, CNC, etc. TEAM Rapid specializes in manufacturing Rapid Tooling for many years. Herein, we will present some basic equipment for manufacturing rapid tooling in our factory. Of course, these machines can be used for making kinds of tools as well, including fixtures and mass production tool. First, we will talk some common rapid manufacturing processing machines.
Equipment To Manufacture Rapid Tooling
1. Milling machine
It has a wide range of machining capacity, can almost be found in every tooling factory. It uses for rough and fine milling the planes and slots. The flat milling cutter, ball end cutter and R cutter are the most popular cutters. The defect is it cannot machine an inside right angle.
2. Drilling Machine
It’s a small size machine used for drilling the holes. Generally, the drilling holes are less than 16mm. It always uses for machining the holes without high quality or fine precision. But the operation is very easy, and the machining speed is very fast.
3. Radial drilling machine
it is a branch of the drilling machine, with an arm that can be rotated around the main axel. It’s most used for the higher workpiece which is out of the common drilling machine’s capacity or drilling the deep holes.
4. Lathe
It’s the most common machining equipment, which uses for machining the rotary parts, such as the round inserts, support pillars, location rings, etc.
5. Big Water Grinding Machine
It’s the necessary equipment for precise cuts the larger workpieces, such as the datum planes, sliders, block datum for large tooling plates.
6. Grinding machine
It’s a very common machining equipment which used for processing the small size tooling parts. It’s a high precision machine which can be up to±0.002μm. But the cutter path is only straight, so it’s not good for curved face milling.
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