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4-5 axis grinding equipment recommendations

Have a customer that is considering 4-5 axis grinding machine. Currently they are contracting this work out, and are considering bringing the work in-house. Considering the in-house skill-set, maybe that is not such a great plan, as I understand these machines are not simple to program and setup. Currently they are near net investment casting, and then 5x grinding. Material is Cobalt-Chrome.

Question 2. What kind of tolerance/finishes are 5axis grinders capable of?

Question 3. Do the specialized 5 axis EDM/Grinders compare in price/speed to standard 5X grinders?

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Reply to
clay
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I'd be interested as well. We machine impellers and blades that require

16 finish that must be benched after MANY passes with the endmills. I'll take a poke at Westec but I'm certain there won't be anything there.

Cobalt-Chrome eh? Sounds very familiar to something we have in the works as well... (small world perhaps).

-- Bill

Reply to
kinzie

Clay, I would agree with the "not such a great plan".

4-5 axis and cobalt chrome don't sound like something for beginners.

If they were my customer I'd be encouraging them to keep contracting the job out, and I would also not get too involved so when fingers are pointed they can't point at you.

Best, Steve

Reply to
Garlicdude

kinzie wrote in news:47eb1a04$0$1103$ snipped-for-privacy@roadrunner.com:

Have you ever looked at Liechti?

Better yet contact these guys -

They can help with any phase of production - milling, grinding, robotic polishing, etc..

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D Murphy

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