5-Flute Endmill

Related Glossary Terms

• endmill
  

  endmill

  Milling cutter held by its shank that cuts on its periphery and, if so configured, on its free end. Takes a variety of shapes (single- and double-end, roughing, ballnose and cup-end) and sizes (stub, medium, long and extra-long). Also comes with differing numbers of flutes.

• facemilling
  

  facemilling

  Form of milling that produces a flat surface generally at right angles to the rotating axis of a cutter having teeth or inserts both on its periphery and on its end face.

• gang cutting ( milling)
  

  gang cutting ( milling)

  Machining with several cutters mounted on a single arbor, generally for simultaneous cutting.

• milling
  

  milling

  Machining operation in which metal or other material is removed by applying power to a rotating cutter. In vertical milling, the cutting tool is mounted vertically on the spindle. In horizontal milling, the cutting tool is mounted horizontally, either directly on the spindle or on an arbor. Horizontal milling is further broken down into conventional milling, where the cutter rotates opposite the direction of feed, or “up” into the workpiece; and climb milling, where the cutter rotates in the direction of feed, or “down” into the workpiece. Milling operations include plane or surface milling, endmilling, facemilling, angle milling, form milling and profiling.

• profiling
  

  profiling

  Machining vertical edges of workpieces having irregular contours; normally performed with an endmill in a vertical spindle on a milling machine or with a profiler, following a pattern. See mill, milling machine.

• slotting
  

  slotting

  Machining, normally milling, that creates slots, grooves and similar recesses in workpieces, including T-slots and dovetails.