Milling cutters help you achieve better surface finish or the removal of material at a higher speed. You can use an end mill, a face mill or a shell mill depending on your milling machine setup.
You can buy milling cutters made of different materials such as carbide, micrograin carbide, ceramic, cobalt or high-speed steel. Some milling cutters also have a coating of titanium nitride, titanium carbonitride and aluminum oxide to increase the cutter durability. You can also buy a milling cutter that has cutting tips of carbide or diamond for cutting harder materials such as granite, marble or concrete.
Some important parameters you must consider before purchasing milling cutters are:
- Material of the products
- Tolerance and surface finish requirement
- Material removal rate of milling cutters
- Milling cutter dimensions: outer diameter, shank diameter, flute angle and flute length
Buy an appropriate milling cutter from a reputable milling cutters manufacturer
Once you understand your milling and cutting requirements, select the optimum milling machine cutters available.
Buy milling cutters from a reputable milling cutters distributor or retailer
Compare different milling cutters based on their features and prices at distributors or retailers' websites.
Buy specialty or customized milling cutters
If standard milling cutters available in the market do not meet your requirements, opt for a specialty or customized milling cutter. For example, for very high material removal rate, you can use high speed milling cutters or milling fly cutters.
- Ensure proper mounting of milling cutters on the shank to avoid accidents.
- Train your employees about standard safety measures that they must follow while using milling cutters.
