Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: chipload

keongsan wrote:

>
> Does not the width of the tooth (saw) plays a part too? Or the depth
> of cut of the milling cutter?
>
> For example, if we have a case of a cutter with a specific chipload
> of say, 0.0025" at a particular feed. Now we use a cutter with double
> the width (or double the depth of the milling cutter) if chipload is
> express as a linear dimension, there will be no change in chipload
> although my feeble mind tell me that the power requirement (or
> something else) will change. So if we calculate the feed rate based
> on a specific chipload (linear dimension) that feed rate will be
> independent of cutter thickness/depth, which doesn't sound reasonable?

Right, power requirement is roughly proportional to amount of metal removed
per minute, X a factor for the material.

Jon