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3. Application of grooving cutters
3.1 Slot milling cutters on CNC machines
The development of CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) machines and machining centers has influenced the development and use of slot milling cutters. The need to exploit the full potential of these higher-cost machines per hour has led to the machining of shoulders, grooves, pockets and profiles using processes that often differ from those used with conventional machines. First and foremost, machining techniques must be high-performance, and machines designed accordingly. Slot milling cutters are no longer cut to the exact size of the dimensions to be machined. Instead, one or more undersized milling cutters are used for roughing and finishing. CNC machines allow the milling cutter to be moved along different axes (figure
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Application of grooving cutters