Industry applications:
Turbine Blades

Turbine blades are a classic application for 5 axis simultaneous machining, combining collision free tilted tool plane roughing tool paths using large end mills with multi-surface 5-Axis finishing.

Finishing can be carried out using either a ballnose cutter or large diameter bull nose end mill with the tool tilting to the rotational axis with a defined angle to optimise cutting conditions on the blade surface and avoid holder collisions. Optimum surface finish is obtained by utilising a spiral toolpath to avoid marking resulting from the tool stepover.