Manufacturing Process for Milling of Texture
AssigneeAridus Industries
InventorAdam Roth
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for manufacturing a texture on a surface of a material. An off-center cutting tool is configured with a number of off-center cutting edges. The off-center cutting tool is rotated at a selected rotation speed. The off-center cutting tool is fed across a surface of a material at a selected feed rate to mill the surface with the off-center cutting tool. The off-center cutting tool is configured with the number of off-center cutting edges, the rotation speed of the off-center cutting tool is selected, and the feed rate of the off-center cutting tool across the surface is selected to produce a texture in the surface in a single pass of the off-center cutting tool across the surface. The texture includes interleaved milled areas and unmilled areas in the surface.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing a texture on a surface of a material, comprising:
- configuring an off-center cutting tool with a number of off-center cutting edges;
- rotating the off-center cutting tool at a selected rotation speed;
- feeding the off-center cutting tool across a surface of a material at a selected feed rate to mill the surface with the off-center cutting tool,
- wherein the off-center cutting tool is configured with the number of off-center cutting edges, the rotation speed of the off-center cutting tool is selected, and the feed rate of the off-center cutting tool across the surface is selected to produce a texture in the surface in a single pass of the off-center cutting tool across the surface and wherein the texture includes interleaved milled areas and unmilled areas in the surface.
A method for manufacturing a texture on a surface of a firearm accessory, comprising:
- configuring an insert mill with a number of off-center replaceable carbide inserts;
- rotating the insert mill at a selected rotation speed using a computer numerical control (CNC) machine;
- feeding the insert mill across a surface of a firearm accessory at a selected feed rate to mill the surface with the insert mill using the CNC machine,
- wherein the insert mill is configured with the number of off-center replaceable carbide inserts, the rotation speed of the insert mill is selected, and the feed rate of the insert mill across the surface is selected to produce a texture in the surface in a single pass of the insert mill across the surface and wherein the texture includes interleaved milled areas and unmilled areas in the surface.
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