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Although FF strategies began in the area of
indexable milling, they soon extended to solid
carbide endmills and became popular in the
global die and mold making industry due to
their efficiency when machining complicated
shapes and cavities, especially of small sizes.
Due to diverse and frequent changing working
APMX programs, fast low-power machining centers
90° and advanced CAD/CAM software, die and
fz APMX
fz=Chip thickness mold producers quickly saw the value
Chip thickness=fz×sin
of the new strategy.

This advantageous geometry minimizes Although carbide endmills were the most
the radial effect of the cutting force and commonly used cutting tools, FF milling cutters of
maximizes its axial influence, resulting in relatively small diameters were also very popular
forces that act towards the spindle axis, prior to the introduction of the new strategy.
i.e. the direction of maximum machine tool Subsequently, the FF approach came to fast
rigidity. The result - improved milling stability, feed facing (“triple F”) and opened the way to the
reduced vibrations, prolonged tool life, development of various indexable face milling
reduced power consumption cutters. Now, given the amount of face milling
and increased productivity. that takes place in this major global area, general
engineering is the main consumer of these tools.

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