Conventional milling vs climb millingpros and cons

Dennis Tapella FMP One Brookings Drive MSC 1185-208-125 St. Louis MO 63130 Machine Shop Manager MEMS Instructor tapellad@wustl.edu

Conventional milling is the traditional approach when cutting because the backlash, or the play between the lead screw and the nut in the machine table, is eliminated. Recently, however, climb milling has been recognized as the preferred way to approach a workpiece due to the fact that more and more machines compensate for backlash or have a backlash eliminator.

Climb vs conventional millingsurface finish

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