Just the facts:
As you can see from the chart below out MINIMUM Chip Load per Tooth for a 1/2" Viper is .006" CLPT. Our max is .008" CLPT and the one in the video is running at .014" CLPT! Why? Read on... |
sssshhhh Don't tell our competitors...
If you're reading this we're going to let you in on a little secret. When we created our Chip Load Operating Range Charts we opted to provide you data for the WORST POSSIBLE cutting conditions: SLOTTING. In other words the tool is fully engaged 1 FULL diameter radially and axially (RDC = ADC).
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So, getting back to that secret we told you we would tell you. As we noted, and according to the chart above, a 1/2" Viper REQUIRES minimum of .006" CLPT. THAT is truly the MINIMUM. If you run under our MIN Chip Loads the tool WILL burn up from you rubbing it to death!
Our max CLPT from the above chart .008" CLPT. Yet the one in the video is running at .014" CLPT. Technically, we are over our MAX CLPT right?
Here's the secret: When we created the chart the MAX CLPT values where much higher. However, as we reviewed with our engineers and salespeople the resounding response was "NO ONE IS GOING TO BELIEVE US!' So we made the max values a bit more "conservative" so we wouldn't scare anyone. |
Ok, Since we're giving away secrets you might as well know that the marketing team also made another change to the chart data because they got "worried about this whole 'scaring people' thing." Where it's states "1X Diameter" in the the catalog it originally said "2X diameter" in the draft. The marketing folks claimed that their logic was that at some point some competitor is going to start to get closer to our performance numbers and it's just going to be easier to reprint a new catalog with the "2X diameter" and let them play catch up again. (1 dia RDC = 2 dia ADC).
Hope we didn't scare you too much! :-)