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Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360

By : Fabrizio Cimò
Book Image

Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360

By: Fabrizio Cimò

Overview of this book

Downloading a piece of 3D software and shaping concepts and ideas is quite easy. However, designing feasible and cost-effective real parts from 3D models can be challenging with traditional production technologies, or even additive manufacturing. This book will give you the know-how and skills to develop your projects from ideas to physical products, and overcome these obstacles. In ‘Making Your CAM Journey Easier with Fusion 360’, you'll discover how to set up a CAM program, pick the right tool, and optimize production. You'll learn the pros and cons of different production technologies, including turning, milling, laser cutting, and 3D printing, and understand how to choose the best option based on your needs. You’ll also explore the important computer-aided manufacturing tools that Fusion 360 offers through the use of examples and best practices. By the end of this book, you’ll understand the potential issues and drawbacks of different design components and apply workarounds to avoid design flaws.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Implementing Turning Operations in Fusion 360
7
Part 2 – Milling with Fusion 360
13
Part 3 – Laser Cutting Using Fusion 360
17
Part 4 – Using Fusion 360 for Additive Manufacturing
22
Part 5 – Testing Our Knowledge

Understanding the main cutting parameters

Milling is a complex process that requires us to understand many different parameters and working operations. However, we shouldn’t be too scared of it since we should already be familiar with many turning operations.

In the following pages, we will discover how cutting parameters are conjugated for milling.

Spindle speed and cutting speed

Spindle speed and cutting speed are our old friends from turning operations; these concepts are the same for milling as well, so we will recap them a bit faster.

Spindle speed () is how fast our spindle (and our tool) rotates and is measured in revolutions per minute (RPM).

Cutting speed () is the tangent velocity on the cutting edge measured in meters per minute (m/min) and can be calculated via the following formula:

Here, is the outer diameter of the cutting tool measured in millimeters.

The following figure shows a graphic visualization of the cutting...