Introduction to Manufacturing

Module Five: Milling

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Milling

Goal: Milling is a traditional manufacturing process, which takes a stock piece of material and cuts away parts until the final piece is created.  Mills come in small shop sizes to large scale industry machines.

Presentation & Reading:

  1. Milling Presentation (Required)
  2. Wiggler and Mill Project Directions (Required during hands on portion!)
  3. Mill Safety by HAAS (Optional)

Videos & Resources:

  1. Chips:  A good link on chips and how they form and the importance of their creation
  2. Conventional Vs Climb:  A document by HARVEY TOOL, very nice infographic on the differences
  3. Wiggler Instructions:  A short description of how to use a wiggler.  There are details in the presentation, but this might help better understand how to use one.
  4. Using a Wiggler (2:55 minutes, REQUIRED)
  5. Basic Milling Operation in a CNC Mill (1:50 minutes, REQUIRED)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rIwyGOPb0o
  6. Large CNC Milling Operation (4 minutes)

Hands On Activities & Deliverable:

  1. Module Five: Milling Quiz (Required)
  2. Module Five: Hands On Activity (Required)