Milling Cutter: Prepared By:-Prof. Varpe N. J
Milling Cutter: Prepared By:-Prof. Varpe N. J
Milling Cutter: Prepared By:-Prof. Varpe N. J
A milling cutter is a special type of cutting tool which has multiple cutting edges.
There are many advantages of milling cutters compared to single point cutting tool.
1) High machining
2) Completes required machining operation in required time.
NOMENCLATURE OF MILLING CUTTER
MILLING CUTTER MATERIALS
High-Speed Steel:-
- Iron with additives
- Carbon: hardening agent
Cutter Characteristics:- - Tungsten and Molybdenum: enable steel to
- Harder than metal being retain hardness up to red heat
machined - Chromium: increases toughness and wear
- Strong enough to resistance
withstand cutting pressures - Vanadium: increases tensile strength
- Tough to resist shock - Used for most solid milling cutters
resulting from contact
- Resist heat and abrasion
of cutting
- Available in various sizes
Cemented-Carbide :-
and shapes
- Higher rates of production (3-10 times faster)
- Must select proper type of carbide
- Straight tungsten carbide: cast iron, plastics
- Tantalum carbide: low/medium-carbon steel
- Tungsten-titanium carbide:
high-carbon steel
MILLING CUTTER ARE OF DIFFERENT TYPES,THEY ARE CLASSIFIED BASED ON
VARIOUS FACTORS
1) Based on constructional features of the tooth of milling cutter
- Solid teeth milling cutter
- Inserted teeth milling cutter
- Tipped teeth milling cutter
2) According to the relief characteristics
- Profile relieved milling cutter
- Form relieved milling cutter
3) Based on methods used for mounting
- Arbour type
- Facing type
- Shank type
4) According to the direction of rotation of cutter
- Right hand rotational milling cutter
- Left hand rotational milling cutter
5) According to the direction of helix
- Parallel or straight teeth milling cutter
- Right hand helical milling cutter
- Left hand helical milling cutter
- Alternate helical milling cutter
6) According to purpose or use of cutter
- Standard milling cutter
- Special milling cutter
THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF STANDARD MILLING CUTTERS SOME OF THEM
ARE:-
1) Plain milling cutter
- Light duty plain milling cutter
- Heavy duty plain milling cutter
- Helical plain milling cutter
2) Side milling cutter
- Plain side milling cutter
- Staggered teeth side milling cutter
- Half side milling cutter
- Interlocking side milling cutter
3) Metal slitting saw
- Plain metal slitting saw
- Staggered teeth metal slitting saw
4) Angle milling cutter
- Single angle milling cutter
- Double angle milling cutter
5) End mill
- Taper shank end mill
- Straight shank end mill
- Shell end mill
6) T-slot milling cutter 9) Formed cutter
7) Woodruff key slot milling cutter - Convex milling cutter
8) Fly cutter - Concave milling cutter
PLAIN MILLING CUTTER
- Once widely used
- Cylinder of high-speed steel with teeth
cut on periphery
- Used to produce flat surface
- Several types
- Light-duty
- Light-duty helical
- Heavy-duty
- High-helix
- Single-angle - Double-angle
- Teeth on angular surface - Two intersecting angular surfaces
- May or may not have teeth on flat with cutting teeth on both
- 45º or 60º - Equal angles on both side of line
at right angle to axis
FORMED CUTTERS
- Incorporate exact shape of part to be produced
- Useful for production of small parts
- Each tooth identical in shape
- Sharpened by grinding tooth face (may have positive, zero or negative rake)
- Important to maintain original rake
- Difficult to sharpen
Fig : Mounting a milling cutter on an arbor for use on a horizontal milling machine.
ADVANTAGES OF MILLING CUTTER
1)The inserts rotate as they cut.
2) Faster cutting speeds allow faster feed rates.
3) Rotating inserts last longer
4) Interrupted cuts are no problem
5) Heat in the chip increases with efficiency
6) "Roll-Shearing" Eliminates breakout in cast iron parts.
7) There's less wear and tear on your machinery