Milling_Cutters 铣刀.pptVIP

Milling Cutters Session 12 Milling Cutter Materials Cutter Characteristics Harder than metal being machined Strong enough to withstand cutting pressures Tough to resist shock resulting from contact Resist heat and abrasion of cutting Available in various sizes and shapes High-Speed Steel Iron with additives Carbon: hardening agent Tungsten and Molybdenum: enable steel to retain hardness up to red heat Chromium: increases toughness and wear resistance Vanadium: increases tensile strength Used for most solid milling cutters Cemented-Carbide 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-titaniumcarbide: high-carbon steel Plain Milling Cutters 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 Light-Duty Plain Milling Cutter Less than ? in. wide, straight teeth Used for light milling operations Those over ? in have helix angle of 25o Too many teeth to permit chip clearance Heavy-Duty Plain Milling Cutters Have fewer teeth than light-duty type Provide for better chip clearance Helix angle varies up to 45o Produces smoother surface because of shearing action and reduced chatter Less power required High-Helix Plain Milling Cutters Have helix angles from 45o to over 60o Suited to milling of wide and intermittent surfaces on contour and profile milling Sometimes shank-mountedwith pilot on end and usedfor milling elongated slots Standard Shank-Type Helical Milling Cutters Called arbor-type cutters Used for Milling forms from solid metal Removing inner sections from solids Inserted through previously drilled hole and supported at outer end with type A arbor support Side Milling Cutters Comparatively narrow cylindrical milling cutters with teeth on each side and on periphery Used for cutting slots andfor face and stradd