PT Journal AU Izol, P Fabian, M Kopas, M Fedorko, G Fabianova, J TI Evaluation of Surface Milling Strategies Using Selected Elements of Machined Shapes of Forging Die Cavities SO Manufacturing Technology Journal PY 2014 BP 178 EP 185 VL 14 IS 2 DI 10.21062/ujep/x.2014/a/1213-2489/MT/14/2/178 DE surface milling; shaping tools; CAM AB The shaping tools or shaping moulds are applied in such production processes like forging, pressing, casting or injection moulding. These technological processes are described by Groover in [1] and Kalpakjian in [2], as well as in the other professional works, e.g. in [3, 4, 5]. A quality of the shaping tools influences also quality of the produced components. This fact is an important aspect in the framework of the whole production chain.The shaping tools and moulds are expensive. An important role is playing the selected production technology of the given shaping tool. If there are applied machining technologies specified for production of the shaping tool, it is necessary to take into consideration also the suitable machining strategies for such technological operation. The term "machining strategy" represents a pre-definition of such tool trajectory in the CAM-system, which is optimised for machining of the various shaped surfaces in order to produce the final product with the highest possible efficiency.[5] ER