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Finally stopped using coolant mist and switched to flood coolant last week
Been running a Haas VF-2 for 6 years and always fought with mist residue all over the enclosure, finally switched to flood with a $200 pump setup and the finish on some 6061 parts came out cleaner in one pass. Anyone else make the jump and see a big difference in tool life?
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the_cora19d ago
Man those little built up edges on the flutes drove me crazy for years. I was running a 2010 VF-3 and fought with it on 6061 and 7075 constantly, cleaned the mist nozzles every shift and still got that weird inconsistent finish. Finally rigged up a flood setup with a 1/3 hp pump from Grainger and some loc line, first part I ran after the switch I measured tool wear and got 55 minutes of actual cutting time before I had to flip the insert, used to be around 30-35 with mist. The surface finish on the walls came out way more consistent too, no more of that cloudy look near the edges. I tell everyone who asks about coolant to just skip mist and go straight to flood if you can manage the mess, the tool life alone pays for the pump in a month.
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jason_fisher419d ago
I used to think mist was fine as long as you kept the nozzles clean, but last year I swapped my old Fadal over to a cheap flood setup and it totally changed my mind. The big difference for me was on aluminum too, the surface finish was way more consistent and I stopped seeing那种 tiny built up edge on the flutes. My insert life on a 1/2" endmill went from maybe 40 minutes of cutting to almost double that before I needed to rotate.
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