{"id":304,"date":"2026-08-03T11:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beutter.de\/index.php\/magazin\/aluminium\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T15:08:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:08:05","slug":"aluminium","status":"publish","type":"beutter_magazin","link":"https:\/\/www.beutter.de\/en\/magazin\/aluminium\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning and milling aluminium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aluminium is considered easy to machine \u2013 but that very fact is deceptive: surface finish and dimensional accuracy are determined by the details of the alloy, tool and cutting parameters.<\/p>\n<p>The low material resistance permits high cutting speeds and makes aluminium an economical material for turned and milled parts. Its low weight combined with good strength makes it particularly attractive in aerospace, measurement technology and mechanical engineering.<\/p>\n<h3>What matters<\/h3>\n<p>The correct one <strong>alloy selection<\/strong> is the first step \u2013 from easily machinable free-cutting alloys to high-strength aerospace alloys, every material behaves differently. Also crucial are a <strong>sharp, polished tool geometry<\/strong> against built-up edges as well as coordinated cutting parameters to avoid burrs and achieve the best surfaces.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>alloy-compliant selection of tool and cutting parameters<\/li>\n<li>Sharp, built-up edge-resistant tool geometries<\/li>\n<li>High cutting speeds for cost-effective manufacturing<\/li>\n<li>Clean swarf removal for low-burr, dimensionally accurate components<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Precision despite lightness<\/h3>\n<p>Aluminium is sensitive to thermal expansion and clamping forces. With thin-walled parts, a well-thought-out clamping strategy and process control are necessary to ensure that tolerances are reliably maintained even after unclamping.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aluminium is easy to machine \u2013 and yet the detail is crucial: the choice of alloy, tool geometry and optimal cutting parameters determine the surface finish and dimensional accuracy of turned and milled parts.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":603,"template":"","beutter_magazin_kategorie":[45],"class_list":["post-304","beutter_magazin","type-beutter_magazin","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","beutter_magazin_kategorie-werkstoffe-de"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beutter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/beutter_magazin\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beutter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/beutter_magazin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beutter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/beutter_magazin"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beutter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beutter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"beutter_magazin_kategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beutter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/beutter_magazin_kategorie?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}