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Characteristics and applications of carbide end mills
Carbide end mills are a widely used tool for milling operations in machining. Carbide is a material synthesized from tungsten carbide and cobalt and is known for its excellent hardness and wear resistance. The design of end mills makes them particularly suitable for high-precision cutting jobs.
Here are a few key features of carbide end mills:
1. Material properties
High hardness: Cemented carbide is extremely hard, often much harder than traditional tool materials such as high speed steel (HSS). This allows carbide end mills to cut harder materials and maintain a long service life.
Wear-resistant: Due to its wear-resistant nature, carbide end mills are able to maintain good cutting performance over long periods of time.
2. Design features
Cutting Edge: The cutting edge of end mill is usually parallel to the cutter axis, which makes it suitable for vertical cutting operations, such as milling flat surfaces, flutes, etc.
Coating: Many carbide end mills have coatings (e.g. TiN, TiAlN, etc.) applied to the surface to improve wear resistance and reduce friction, thus further extending tool life.
3. Application areas
Metal processing: suitable for milling a variety of metal materials, including aluminum, steel, stainless steel and so on.
Plastics and composites: It can also be used to process certain plastics and composites, especially when high precision is required.
Precision machining: Carbide end mills perform particularly well in machining that requires high precision and complex shapes, such as mold making and parts machining.
4. Advantages
Long service life: Due to high hardness and wear resistance, carbide end mills have a long service life, reducing the frequency of replacement.
High cutting efficiency: the ability to work at higher cutting speeds increases productivity.
Good surface quality: it can provide better machining surface quality and dimensional accuracy.
