Milling Cut Calculator (Unreleased)

MILLING CUT CALCULATOR
A good friend of the workshop machinist.

This is a nice tool for milling machinists, CNC-operators, CNC-programmers etc. who are working with milling operations.
In a fast and simple way can all milling data be manipulated for a milling cut.
Both the systems Metric and Imperial are supported.
Observe that this app also works for drilling, turning etc.
For more turning lathe specific calculations you can download "Turning Cut Calculator" made by KenKe.


MAIN PROPERTIES

- Calculates the time for a milling-cut by using given milling-data
- Handles both the systems Metric and Imperial
- Possible to convert between the two systems
- Possible milling-data to change are tool diameter, no. of teeth, cutting length, cutting speed, spindle speed (rpm), feedrate/tooth, feedrate/r and feedrate/min
- Converts between cutting speed and spindle speed
- Converts between feedrate/tooth, feedrate/r and feedrate/min
- Choosed value can be changed by absolute input or by incremental buttons (perfect for tuning any machining data)
- Switching between change methods is made by a long tap on property to change
- Update of all necessary values immediately
- Possible to choose the time of showing highlights and buttons
- Possible to choose the color of highlights and buttons
- The choosed system, highlight time and highlight color will be stored to the next use of the app
- Possible to continue with the last session when starting the app


EVENTS WHEN CHANGING A VALUE

When changing a value will other values, dependent on the changed value, immediately be updated. Let's name thoose values "sub-values" for some coming simplicity.

Of course will tool diameter, no. of teeth and cutting length never be changed because of a change of an other value.

The sub-values that are to be updated follows this app's rules of priority.
That means that in each "section" will the following have the priority:

Cutting speed (prio)
Spindle speed

Feed per tooth (prio)
Feedrate/r
Feedrate/min

So, the sub-values that should be changed are normaly thoose that not have the priorities.
The sub-values that have the priority can normaly only be changed by the other sub-value in each section.


CONCLUSION

This app's rules of priority results in this way of choosing sub-values to change:

- Changing of tool diameter will also change spindle speed, feedrate/min and time
- Changing of no. of teeth will also change feedrate/r feedrate/min and time
- Changing of cutting length will also change time
- Changing of cutting speed will also change spindle speed, feedrate/min and time
- Changing of spindle speed will also change cutting speed, feedrate/min and time
- Changing of feedrate/tooth will also change feedrate/r, feedrate/min and time
- Changing of feedrate/r will also change feedrate/tooth, feedrate/min and time
- Changing of feedrate/min will also change feedrate/tooth, feedrate/r, and time

Observe that the showed values are rounded and the calculations are using not rounded 32 bit double precision values.
The main value to change is highlighted with a light color and the subs with a darker one.
A description like this one is included in the app.


GIVE FEEDBACK TO

kenkesoft@gmail.com