#Parallels, #Workholding, #Clearance, #MillingMachine, #Mill, #MachineVise, #Vise, #Vice, #SecureWorkholding, #ClearanceMatters

Which machinist hasn’t faced this situation or experienced it themselves:
After what feels like an eternity of milling, you realize during the very last step that the workpiece is clamped 2 mm too low in the vise jaws to machine a chamfer.
Re-clamping with higher parallels isn’t a quick fix, because the part’s zero point was already milled away in a previous step.
Now, half an hour before quitting time, things get seriously stressful...

With SIMmachina Tools, you can spot these issues before the first cut and take corrective action in advance.
In just a few minutes, you can precisely calculate the parallels height you’ll need to complete all machining steps without any trouble.

The program even considers which parallels you actually have available and chooses the best solution based on clearance and clamping depth.
If the situation is more complicated, it can also check whether the required height can be achieved by stacking two parallels or let you know which additional parallels you’ll need to order for this specific job.

The correct parallels can be added to the setup sheet by production planning ahead of time, so there’s no need to figure it out at the machine.

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to determine the right parallels height for machining a chamfer along the edge of a side pocket.

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Parallels, Workholding, Clearance, MillingMachine, Mill, MachineVise, Vise, Vice, SecureWorkholding, ClearanceMatters

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