Indexable, High-Feed Surface Roughing for Forgings

At a Houston machine shop, switching from an Ingersoll face mill to an indexable high-feed mill achieves deep cuts on dense, hard forgings, with speed and reliability.

Robert Brooks

June 22, 2017

At a Houston machine shop, switching from an Ingersoll face mill to an indexable high-feed mill achieves deep cuts on dense, hard forgings, with speed and reliability.

Cyber Manufacturing LLC, a busy 60-man job shop catering to oil-and-gas industry customers, moved a very challenging, roughing job from a new Mazak machine to a "very loose" 37-year-old milling machine — successfully— because of a clever switch to a new type of facemill tooling. Results: a five-to-one saving in machining time, and a six-fold improvement in edge life, leading to a $100,000 yearly savings in machine time and MRO costs.

Read the full story, Tougher Tooling Handles Hard Forgings

About the Author

Robert Brooks

Editor/Content Director - Endeavor Business Media

Robert Brooks has been a business-to-business reporter, writer, editor, and columnist for more than 20 years, specializing in the primary metal and basic manufacturing industries. His work has covered a wide range of topics including process technology, resource development, material selection, product design, workforce development, and industrial market strategies, among others.

Currently, he specializes in subjects related to metal component and product design, development, and manufacturing—including castings, forgings, machined parts, and fabrications.

Brooks is a graduate of Kenyon College (B.A. English, Political Science) and Emory University (M.A. English.)