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Spindle angle Speed

Top cross-section — engagement arc, chip thickness, force vectors

Stock Engaged Ft Fr Resultant

3D helical view — where each flute touches, axially

Clear In contact Contact patch

Unwrapped contact map — rotation angle vs. depth up the flute

Material band CuttingSlope = helix lag

Force vs. spindle rotation — one full revolution

Fx Fy Fz |Fxy|

Per-flute engagement & chip load — runout shows up here first

Contact state at current angle

Full spec sheet

Spindle angle Speed

Point geometry — side section — contact zones & force directions

Chisel edge Lips Corner Margins

End view — swept annuli & cutting speed

Colour = cutting speed, zero at the axis

Force distribution along the lip — where thrust and torque come from

dThrust/dr dTorque/dr Speed

Cut-in ramp — force build-up as the point enters

Contact zone breakdown

Full spec sheet

Stability lobe diagram — axial depth limit vs. spindle speed

Stable below the line Chatter above it Best band & operating point Absolute stable depth Spindle power ceiling Spindle torque ceiling ▼ pocket ends here

Recommended speeds

Inside corner — engagement through the turn

Straight In the corner

Corner geometry

Trochoidal — engagement round one loop

Trochoidal path

Corner vs. straight

Trochoidal vs. slotting

Where the flute wears — predicted wear rate along the cutting edge

normal 2× wear rate 4×+ ploughing, not cutting

Corner radius trade-off

wear band height total excess wear duty your tool

Radius options side by side

Optimiser result

Setup card — print or screenshot for the machine