CERATIZIT’s OptiLine high performance end mills are manufactured from the finest substrate with unparalleled tool geometry and superior Dragonskin coating. They are ideal for a wide range of milling applications.
To accommodate customers across U.S. industry sectors, the OptiLine Series is available in inch assortments. OptiLine end mills in inch sizes, including the new 6-flute, are manufactured at CERATIZIT’s facility in Sacramento, California.
Related Glossary Terms
- 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.