Types and Usage of Carbide End Mills

Uses of carbide end mills:

Carbide end mills are generally used in CNC machining centers and CNC engraving machines. They can also be installed on ordinary milling machines to process some relatively hard and uncomplicated heat-treated materials.

1. Carbide cylindrical milling cutter: used to process planes on horizontal milling machines. The teeth are distributed on the circumference of the milling cutter, and are divided into straight teeth and spiral teeth according to the tooth shape. According to the number of teeth, they are divided into coarse teeth and fine teeth. Spiral tooth coarse tooth end mills have fewer teeth, high tooth strength, and large chip space, which are suitable for rough processing; fine tooth end mills are suitable for fine processing.

2. Carbide face milling cutter: used to process planes on vertical milling machines, end milling machines or gantry milling machines. There are teeth on the end face and circumference, and there are also coarse teeth and fine teeth. Its structure has three types: integral type, inlaid tooth type and indexable type.

3. Carbide end mill: used for processing grooves and step surfaces, etc. The teeth are on the circumference and end face, and cannot be fed axially during operation. When there are end teeth passing through the center on the end mill, axial feeding is possible.

4. Carbide three-sided milling cutter: used for processing various grooves and step surfaces, with teeth on both sides and circumference.

5. Carbide angle milling cutter: used for milling grooves at a certain angle, there are single-angle and double-angle end mills.

6. Carbide saw blade milling cutter: used for processing deep grooves and cutting workpieces, with more teeth on the circumference. In order to reduce friction during milling, there are 15′~1° secondary deflection angles on both sides of the teeth. In addition, there are keyway end mills, dovetail slot end mills, T-slot end mills and various forming end mills, etc.