Question: 3 . ) Milling. You are going to mill a pocket as shown in the Figure below. You will start with a block of 6

3.) Milling.
You are going to mill a pocket as shown in the Figure below.
You will start with a block of 6061-T6 aluminum that is already milled to the dimensions of 100 mm X 100 mm X 100 mm and use a diamond coated high speed steel ball mill cutter with a 10 mm diameter. The bottom of the pocket should have a peak to valley surface finish \(\left(\mathrm{R}_{\mathrm{t}}\right)\) of no more than \(1\mu \mathrm{~m}\). You should minimize the machining time for this operation. Please provide the following information for the pocket milling operation:
a) The feed speed, rotational velocity (RPM), surface speed and depth of cut for the ball mill cutter. (30 points)
b) The smallest and largest value of the radii \( R_{1}\) and \( R_{2}\) that you can produce on this part. (20 points)
c) The machining time for your part. (10 points)
d) If we now change the part material to 1017 steel hardened to 50 RC , how would you change the process. Just describe what would be different in your answers to parts A-C, there is no need to redo the calculations. (20 Points)
e) For both the aluminum and steel parts, please provide any recommendations for a substitute tool material, if you think that a better material should be used. Make sure to fully explain your answer. (20 points)
3 . ) Milling. You are going to mill a pocket as

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