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Richards Micro-Tool has introduced a new line of 2-flute, 45-degree High Helix carbide end mills for use in non-ferrous precision metalcutting applications. The end mills feature a sharper cutting edge to improve cutting entry and action without having the tool become work hardened. The design allows higher feed rates without chip packing, and can be used for plunge, ramp or profile milling.
Richards' 45-degree High Helix carbide end mills are available in a range of end-mill diameters ranging from 1⁄32" to ¼" fractional, and .015" to 0.93" decimal. Specialty coatings are available, including a Titanium Aluminum Nitride (TiAln) coating for difficult-to-machine materials such as stainless steel and titanium.
Related Glossary Terms
- feed
feed
Rate of change of position of the tool as a whole, relative to the workpiece while cutting.
- gang cutting ( milling)
gang cutting ( milling)
Machining with several cutters mounted on a single arbor, generally for simultaneous cutting.
- metalcutting ( material cutting)
metalcutting ( material cutting)
Any machining process used to part metal or other material or give a workpiece a new configuration. Conventionally applies to machining operations in which a cutting tool mechanically removes material in the form of chips; applies to any process in which metal or material is removed to create new shapes. See metalforming.
- 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.
- titanium aluminum nitride ( TiAlN)
titanium aluminum nitride ( TiAlN)
Often used as a tool coating. AlTiN indicates the aluminum content is greater than the titanium. See coated tools.
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