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Angle milling makes beveled edges and angled features on parts. You can use specialized tools with this process, like tapered milling cutters that are cone-shaped or parallel-faced cutters that are flat but can be adjusted at a tilt to get the angle. To get the right tilt, you’d have to use a tilting arbor or four (or more) axis machine.

Straddle milling involves mounting two milling cutters on an arbor and positioning them next to each other to create parallel slots, grooves, or surfaces on your chosen material. Because it has two cutting tools, it can essentially finish a piece in half the time. We see this process used often for keyway milling and machining flats on opposite sides of a shaft.

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A side milling cutter or end mill is used in side milling to shave thin layers of material from the side of a workpiece. This is the way to go for flat or contoured surfaces. Xometry’s very own Aaron (our marketing SVP) explains more about this milling process in the below video.

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For example, a shop turning D2-equivalent Cr12MoV steel at a 150 mm/min cutting speed, 0.4 mm/rev feed rate and 3.0 mm DOC generated a chip thickness of 0.398 mm and chip volume (material removal rate) of 234 cm3/min. Trochoidal turning is said to enable cutting speed of 350 m/min and feed rate of 2.2 mm/rev while a decrease of DOC to 0.45 mm. Resulting chip thickness in this case would be 0.31 mm while material removal rate would be more than doubled to 592 cm3/min.

It might not have a very interesting name, but plain milling is still a useful manufacturing method. It’s pretty basic, removing material from a surface using a flat, horizontal cutting tool, and it is used for making square or rectangular features. Here’s what that looks like:

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Slot milling makes slots (like grooves or trenches) in any size with a slot cutter which looks like a circular saw blade. This will cut into the sides of the materials to do the job, but you can also use an end mill that cuts on its side and face. It basically carves out a channel in the material, making things like the slot your keys go into (keyways) and other grooves, like this one:

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If you have to make complex shapes and profiles on a surface, profile milling will be your best friend. It uses a tool with multiple cutting edges to make curves and angles and also has a ball tip that moves around, smoothing everything out. It sometimes (but not always) uses multiple axes to make the cuts. Getting an axis to cooperate in manual milling is, putting it mildly, impossible, so the process often is used with CNC (computer numerical control) machines. Profile milling is used to make dies, molds, and other parts with more detailed surfaces, like this:

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These light cuts and reduced cutting forces are advantageous when cutting difficult-to-machine materials such as stainless steels and nickel- and titanium-based alloys. Because it can be possible to employ high feed rates to affect chip breaking, the approach is also beneficial when turning soft yet tough, ductile materials that normally produce long chips that endanger operators and wrap around the workpiece and tool.

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Gang milling is a little more aggressive, requiring you to mount several cutters on a single arbor. This allows you to cut multiple surfaces or features using a single pass. This is a good method to use if you want to keep productivity high and not have to spend lots of time setting up and handling several individual machines. It’s great for mass production of identical parts, but would be overkill for low-volume needs.

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The tool used in end milling has cutting edges on both its end and sides and can make things like slots, pockets, and contours. This method is very common because it is versatile. It’s a little like a drill bit that can cut straight down (plunging) but it can cut sideways, too. The below diagram will give you an idea of how it works.

Shoulder milling removes material from the side of a workpiece (the “shoulder” or “sidewall”) with different cutting tools, like end mills, to make flat, 90-degree angles, like steps.

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CAM (computer-aided manufacturing) milling can make parts that most humans would find impossible to create by hand. It’s an automated process, with the cutting tool being controlled by a computer. Human effort is only needed to design the digital blueprint for the part with exact instructions on how to make it in the language that it can understand (don’t worry, there are tools for this) and then feeding it to the computer and switching it on.

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Increased feed rates do put greater stress on machine tool components. Feed rate is directly proportional to metal removal rate, and higher material removal rates place larger demands on the machine tool spindle. However, round, positive-style inserts generally are softer cutting, so in most cases trochoidal turning is suitable for lower power machines. Regarding insert geometry and style, tool manufacturer Ceratizit typically recommends its RCMT and RCGT inserts for trochoidal turning and GX24 inserts for trochoidal grooving, using 4- to 6-mm nose-radii and M3 chipbreakers.

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Programming that additional axis is somewhat more complex than a three-axis scenario, but the rotating B axis provides greater accessibility when turning complex parts and is therefore faster and more efficient. The round inserts combined with light depths of cut and the ability to rotate/swivel the cutting tool relative to the workpiece axis effectively creates more cutting edges and extends tool life. The software also optimizes tool paths to prevent sudden loads on the inserts. Using the rotary B axis to freely move the insert in space also promotes uniform movement of machine tool components that reduces stress on the machine and prevents collisions.

Acceptance of trochoidal turning methods is growing as shops realize this approach can offer productivity benefits similar to those of trochoidal milling. Partnerships between tool manufacturers and CAM software companies such as Ceratizit and Open Mind, respectively, will likely result in increased popularity of this alternative turning approach.

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The spiraling threads you find on screws and bolts are made with thread milling. The tool has many cutting edges and is able to make threads in many different materials, in all different sizes, and can even tackle more complex designs. The thread milling cutting tool (which, by the way, is known for its durability and accuracy) rotates around the material along the thread path to cut the threads. Its capabilities are pretty much limited to making threads, but it does make them exceedingly well. Here’s a picture of a thread made by thread milling:

Reducing the depth of cut results in a shallower insert approach angle, making it necessary to increase feed rates to maintain the chip thickness appropriate for the insert and workpiece material. (Photo credits: Open Mind)

Feed rates for trochoidal turning relative to conventional turning are three to five times faster and depths of cut are 20 to 30% less. And, while doubling the material removal rate for turning potentially reduces cycle time by 50%, cycle time savings can be as much as 70% for grooving applications.

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Face milling is beloved in the manufacturing world because it can be used to make accurate and smooth surfaces, even on larger pieces. It can make pockets and steps in metal by flattening the material and smoothing out the top. A face mill has cutting edges on its face, which is the part that looks like a disk, and these cutters work by shaving off material from a workpiece horizontally until it reaches the depth required (this will be preset by you). This image explains how it works:

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The term “milling” refers to the manufacturing process of using a circular cutting tool on the ends and sides of a material blank to make a finished part. That’s obviously just a very general summation; there are actually around 30 different types of milling operations, 15 of which (the most commonly used ones) we’ll go over in this article.Â

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While trochoidal milling might be a more well-known toolpath strategy, trochoidal turning can offer similar benefits such as high material removal rates especially for rough-turning operations.

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Trochoidal milling also employs light radial depths of cut, large axial depths, and fast feed rates and cutting speeds. In addition to high material removal rates, it offers low radial cutting forces and reduced vibration while maintaining the required chip loads on tool cutting edges. The results are increased productivity, shorter cycle times, longer tool life and reduced wear on the machine tool.

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Trochoidal turning is especially beneficial in high-volume production operations such as the manufacturing of traditional automotive components, including axles and shafts.

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Similarly, trochoidal turning features lighter depths of cut, higher feeds and faster cutting speeds than conventional turning, but uses standard round turning inserts that increase toolpath flexibility and permit smooth entry and exit from the workpiece. With trochoidal turning, the insert is always in the cut, eliminating the time lost returning to a set point after every pass. In addition, trochoidal turning performs longitudinal and face turning as well as radial and axial grooving.

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Trochoidal turning is based on a machining strategy in which tool paths and the tool entry and exit movements are optimized to maximize material removal rates. Thanks to the simultaneous use of different machine tool axes in combination with round, indexable inserts, this machining approach can offer many advantages compared to conventional turning. Trochoidal turning strategies combined with latest CAM software can enable shops to significantly increase efficiency and output in a wide range of roughing operations.

As you may have guessed, this milling method has been specifically designed to make gears and gear teeth (like the toothed wheels found in car engines or clocks). It’s done with gear hobbing cutters, or milling cutters, which remove material to make the gear teeth. For simple gears, manual machines are used, but for complex ones, manufacturers tend to go the CNC route.

Form milling makes contoured and detailed shapes on a surface with either a specialized milling cutter in the exact shape or profile you want or generic cutting tools (the latter is a somewhat repetitive process, similar to profile milling). It’s used a lot in automotive, aerospace, and mold-making, and many times with a CNC machine.

Trochoidal turning is separated into two strategies — basic operations performed on conventional turning machines and simultaneous operations performed on multitasking machines with B-axis movement. These turning strategies echo the concepts of trochoidal milling which combines a spiraling cutting path with straight-ahead tool motion.

Saw milling works with a large, thin, and round cutting tool that has lots of teeth (like a circular saw blade). This fairly quick and easy process is also known as “slitting” because it makes thin slits in a material. The blade of the tool can cut straight down in a vertical line or move along the surface for different types of cuts.Â

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The programming algorithms of Hypermill software can enable successful trochoidal turning. Reducing the depth of cut results in a shallower insert approach angle, making it necessary to increase feed rates to maintain the chip thickness appropriate for the insert and workpiece material. Insert edge geometries also require a certain chip load to break chips and maximize efficiency. Round inserts, reduced depths of cut and software strategies that produce soft part entry and exit also improve tool life in difficult-to-machine, abrasive materials with high yield strengths. The software varies feed rate and depth of cut (DOC) to reduce heat generated in the cutting process.

You’ll find that most milling types are self-explanatory with exactly what they do or how they work in their name, but here’s a little more info on each one.