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Calculating Surface Roughness and Cusp Height for Ball End Mills

Calculating Surface Roughness and Cusp Height for Ball End Mills

By Ryan Lussier, Senior CAM Software Product Manager
Aug 20, 2026

Imagine you're finishing an impeller blade with a ball end mill. The drawing calls for a specific surface finish, but now you need to determine the toolpath parameters that will achieve it. Should...

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Reduce Turbomachinery Toolpath Complexity with Smarter Setup Planning

Reduce Turbomachinery Toolpath Complexity with Smarter Setup Planning

By Christos Maninos
Jun 18, 2026

Most programmers have worked with a toolpath that looks reasonable at first but becomes increasingly difficult to manage as programming progresses. Besides being a hassle to deal with, unnecessarily...

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How Our Shop Slashed Their Roughing Time in Half

How Our Shop Slashed Their Roughing Time in Half

By Christos Maninos
Feb 22, 2018

The guiding principle behind Concepts NREC’s Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software, MAX-PAC, is to simplify the task of creating efficient milling toolpaths for turbomachinery. Since we are...

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