Thread Milling Operation
| The Thread Milling operation enables you to generate
a helical tool path for the machining of internal and external
threads with thread mills.
Most current CNC-controllers have a standard feature called helical interpolation. This feature is used to make a circular move in two axes and a linear move in a third axis. In thread milling, this feature is used to form a circular motion in X and Y and a linear motion in the Z-axis. The X and Y circular motion forms the diameter to be thread-milled. The Z-axis linear motion forms the actual pitch (or lead) of the thread. |
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