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Milling

Application overview Formulas

Getting started

Product overview

Grade information

Handling

Troubleshooting

Formulas and Cutting speed (vc) Spindle speed (n)

definitions
(m/min) (rpm)

Formulas
The milling cutter
The insert
The milling process
Productivity in milling Feed per tooth (fz) Metal removal rate (Q)
(mm) (cm³/min)
Expressions in this guide

Table feed or feed speed (vf) Torque (Mc)

(mm/min) (Nm)

Net power
requirement (Pc)
(kW)

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Average chip thickness (hm). For straight cutting edge.

Side milling
(mm)

Note: arccos in degrees

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Face milling
If the workpiece is placed
central to the milling cutter.
(mm)

Note: arcsin in degrees

Specific cutting
force (kc)
(N/mm²)

If γ0 is unknown, use γ0 = 0°, which becomes:

Formulas for specific milling cutters

Cutters having a straight cutting edge

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Max. cutting
diameter at a
specific depth mm.

Face milling (centered workpiece)

straight edge and
side milling (ae >Dcap/2) mm.

Side milling (ae <Dcap/2)

straight edge mm.

Cutters with round inserts

Max. cutting
diameter at a

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specific depth mm.

Face milling round insert

(ae >Dcap/2) mm.

Slide milling (ae<Dcap/2) and

round insert (a p<iC/2) mm.

Ball nose end mills

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Max. cutting diameter at a

specific depth mm.

Feed per tooth (mm/tooth),

cutter centered.

Feed per tooth

(mm/tooth), side
milling.

Internal circular ramping (3-axes) or circular

milling (2-axes)

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Calculated version

Peripheral feed
(mm/min)

Tool centre feed

(mm/min)

Radial depth of cut

(mm)

In a solid workpiece where

Dw = 0 and a e eff = Dm/2

Feed per tooth

(mm)

When widening a hole

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Feed per tooth

(mm)

External circular ramping (3-axes) or circular

milling (2-axes)

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Calculated version

Peripheral feed
(mm/min)

Tool centre feed

(mm/min)

Feed per tooth

(mm)

35

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