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Carousel turning

Machining process where the workpiece is clamped and rotated on a horizontal work table.

Beskrivning
Illustration of Carousel turning

The process

The workpiece is clamped and rotated on a horizontal table. The tool holder [1] positions the turning tools with a fixed or replaceable cutting insert and moves in an axial or cross-sectional direction along the rotating surface and removes material through chip breaking to create a radially symmetric product.

Chip breaking
The way in which a chip breaks
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