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Machining marks and surface texture

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CTengIS

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Jul 25, 2023
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Considering surface texture terms (roughness, waviness, lay),
The machining marks resulting from a machining process - not from chatter or workpiece stability issues, but only from factors as the cutting edge nose radius and machining feed - do they get detected as a roughness profile?
Or could they as well be measured as waviness (filtered to exclude a more closely spaced interruptions that are labeled as roughness)?
 
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There's nothing special about marks from machines operations, they're part of the surface and thus controlled by surface descriptors in GD&T on the part print - roughness, flatness, cylindricality, etc.

On the rare occasion where you legitimately need to specify details of the manufacturing process and are willing to accept the additional costs, then you need a separate manufacturing process print.
 
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