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Pros / Cons

Advantages:

• Ideal for the production of individual pieces and small batches.

• Capable of producing complex shapes with the use of multitooth, as well as single-point, cutting tools.

• Operation cost can be very modest given general-purpose equipment and cutters are used.

Disadvantages:

• It is more costly than casting, cold forming, extrusion, etc., if these processes can provide the flatness, surface finish, and dimensional accuracy required for the part.

• For mass production, it becomes economically necessary to use special-purpose machines. They may cost millions of dollars but the cost is justifiable when handling labor is virtually eliminated and machining accuracy and repeatability are ensured. When this occurs, you are constructing a transfer line.