The impact of a CAM environment using HSC technology on the life cycle of a new products

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The impact of a CAM environment using HSC technology on the life cycle of a new products

Verissimo de Paula, F.G.

Since the beginning of the thirties, works have been accomplished with the purpose of developing a High Speed Cutting (HSC) Technology. Machining at a very high speed means using cutting parameters that are 5 to 10 times superior than the usual ones. However, this technology was actually developed with higher emphasis in the seventies with the use of milling machines aiming at a 'reduction of the life cycle of new products'. In order to achieve a scenario which enables the total utilization of the HSC Technology, it is not enough to have a CNC milling machine which reaches high cutting rates, but it is also necessary to have other resources supporting the usage of this technology, such as: CNC Command, CADICAM system, machining tools, among others. In this paper a new approach to the utilization of HSC Technology within a CAM Environment is presented. The application of this approach in the manufacturing area of Daimler Chrysler do Brasil is then shown.