MILLING OPERATIONS
UP MILLING (CONVENTIONAL)
• The direction of milling cutter and the feed
1 of workpiece are opposite to each other
• Chips are thrown in upward direction and
2 hence called up milling
• Used for cutting of brass,bronze and ferrous
3 materials
Products derived from up milling
Down milling (climb)
• The direction of milling cutter and the feed
1 of workpiece are similar to each other
• Chips are thrown downward in the direction
2 and hence called down milling
• Used for cutting aluminium and aluminum
3 alloys
Products derived from down milling:
Face milling:
• 1.
• In face milling, the cutting tool’s (face milling
1. cutter) rotating axis is perpendicular to the
workpiece surface.
•.
• 2.
• The face milling cutter has a unique design
notable in its interchangeable cutter inserts. It
2. delivers cutting action using its multiple cutting
teeth. As a result, face-milled parts have higher
quality surface finishing. Also, the process is in
close control, making it easy to produce your
desired surface easily.
Products derived from face milling:
Car engine
This part from
MRI scanning
machine
End milling:
End milling involves using a specific cutting tool, an end mill, to make axial cuts into a
workpiece. It is an aspect of milling operation used for special applications such as producing die
cavities, profiles, slots, contours, shoulders, and other milling parts.
Slotting
contouring End
milling
Traditional
Plunging roughing
Profile Tracer
milling milling
Products derived from End Milling:
Products made from end milling
Grooves of accelarator
Gang milling:
Gang milling is Gang milling is
the operation of useful when
machining sufficiently large
several surfaces number of work
of a workpiece pieces are to be
simultaneously milled.
by mounting a
number of
cutters on arbor
Products derived from gang milling:
Form milling:
Form milling is the better method for making irregular contours on a workpiece. The contour can
be curved or curved with straight lines. The contours can be concave or convex and are made
with teeth opposite such shapes. Consequently, to make a product with a concave edge, the form
milling cutter should have a convex edge.
Products derived from Form milling:
Hand support in staircase Door locks xylophone
Purpose of milling operations (similar to
drilling)
OVERSIZED HOLES SLOTTED HOLES. RECTANGULAR
HOLES.
Uses of milling machine:
The milling machine is the most versatile machine in the shop. Usually they're
used to mill flat surfaces but they can also be used to produce irregular surfaces.
It can also be used to drill, bore, cut gears and produce slots into a workpiece.
Flat surface Irregular surface
Products made from milling:
Many industries use milling such as aerospace industry,oil and gas industry, electronics
industry etc. We can make so many things from milling, Such as cutting boards, wooden
utensils, kitchen wall decals, wooden serving trays. CNC machine can be used for making
paintball guns, pens, guitars, rims for tyre etc...
