Milling cutter or milling machine

If you think that Milling or Milling machine is the same thing ... well you are wrong ..

milling Machine

The milling machine is a machine tool very often used in the machining of complex metal parts or other spherical materials

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There are 2 main types of milling machines

• Vertical, The vertical milling machine has XY horizontal plane and a motor mounted on a vertical axis Z, the combination of the movement on the three axes produces three-dimensional paths and allows the machine, making movements only on the Z axis, to make holes and bores.

• Horizontal The horizontal milling machine always has an XY platform, but the cutting unit is mounted on a lateral guide: by structure they vaguely resemble large circular saws. They are mainly used to flatten blocks of material or to make slots, recesses and continuous pockets. They can be installed in a chain to make complex production systems.

Milling cutter

Speaking of "milling" refers to a varied range of tools called "cutters" that can be mounted on a milling machine

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The image above represents a classic burin cutter, while

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This image represents a finishing bur
The difference between the two is immediately apparent to the eye

There is still another very important tool called Flattener ...

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In this case we can see in the image a type of flattener with inserts, in this case 8, also like all the tools of the mechanics are classified according to the material and to greatness