3D milling for roughing and finishing
The reliable and efficient path to premium surfaces
The 3D milling strategies can be used to create 3-axis and 3+2-axis NC programs for roughing, finishing and residual stock machining. You can avoid collisions during calculation. For example, the tool automatically avoids collisions or reduces areas at risk, depending on the application. In combination with the precise simulation technologies and harmonic slope-adjusted NC paths, optimal traverse paths are generated for the machine axes in 3D milling.
The most important strategies for 3D milling
- Direct 3D milling on surfaces
- End-to-end accounting for blanks
- Roughing in planes, protecting tools
- Equidistant 3D finishing
- Precise residual-stock machining with material tracking
- Part-oriented curve milling
- Height-sorted fillet machining
- Automated machining of ribs and slots
Prevent unnecessary idle travel during roughing
You can quickly and easily define any blanks. The material can be machined from different tilt directions. This significantly reduces the computational effort. The blank is updated and passed on to the next machining operation – and the update is always performed using the actual cutter geometry. The system safely and reliably mills only where there is remaining material.
Tebis uses different options for full-cut handling and full-cut avoidance in 3D milling: Depending on the situation, full-cut areas are machined trochoidally, or the path layout is automatically adapted to the geometry without full-cut machining. This is optimal for adaptive roughing with HPC cutters. All path layouts are automatically smoothed, enabling further optimization of feed rate.
Finishing for best surface quality
Tebis strategies for optimized 3D stepover ensure uniform stepover on the surface in 3D milling of both flat and steep areas. The part is automatically divided into slope areas that can be manufactured with special strategies and tools – the best prerequisite for automated NC programming in conjunction with Tebis template technology.
High-quality toolpaths: HSC point distribution optimally positions the NC points on the surface. You can influence the point distribution so that the output toolpaths precisely match your machine control. An additional benefit: You can mill directly on surfaces without needing a faceted substitute model.
Precisely determine milling areas: In Tebis, the contour of the virtual tool matches exactly with that of the actual tool used. You can therefore optimally use the potential of your HFC cutters even for prefinishing.
Optimized 3D stepover for 3D milling
HSC point distribution...
...controlled for your specific machine
Path and height-oriented residual stock machining
Depending on the task, special residual stock machining strategies are available for 3D milling, such as for fillets or complex cavities. Path and height-oriented NC programs reduce machine run times. You also benefit from precise calculation of the milling areas in residual stock machining.
Machine undercuts in a single setup
Quickly create collision-checked NC programs
Tebis detects potential collisions automatically during NC calculation. The wide range of collision avoidance solutions are optimized for specific situations.
Area reduction accounting for the real head geometry
5-axis simultaneous avoidance milling
Indexed residual stock programs
Indexed residual stock programs can also be calculated automatically. This reduces machining times on the machine and achieves better surface quality.
Great flexibility through interactive interface
An additional benefit: The tilt direction can be adjusted interactively, enabling you to remain flexible despite the high degree of automation.
