College Of Food

Processing Technology &

Bio-Energy

Milling machine

 Dangar Akshay
07-299-2017
 Milling Machine
Definition:- A machine tool used for removing
the undesirable material from a workpiece by
feeding the workpiece past a rotating multipoint
cutting tool called milling cutter.
Principle of operation:
Workpiece is clamped on the work table.
Milling cutter is mounted on the arbor or
spindle of milling machine.
 Milling cutter rotates at desired speed.
Workpiece is fed against the rotating milling
cutter in X,Y and Z directions.
Milling cutter is made up of material harder than
the workpiece.
Principle of operation
Features of milling

 Interrupted cutting: A material is removed for

only part of the rotation of the milling cutter. As a
result a cutting edge gets time to cool before it
removes material again. Thus milling is a cooler
operation than turning operation.

 Large material removal: Chip size is small but

multiple cutting edges remove a large material in
a single pass than turning.

 Variation in chip thickness: There is a cyclic

variation in chip thickness from zero to maximum.
This is harmful for surface finish and tool life.
Horizontal milling machine
Vertical milling machine
Peripheral and face milling
Milling Cutters
Operations performed on milling
machine
 Saw milling( Slitting):
The thickness of cutter is
small.(0.75 to 5 mm) It is
used for cutting deep
slots or for cutting off
operations.
 Keyway milling: Keyways
can be prepared by using
side and face milling
cutter on horizontal
milling machine or end
milling cutter on vertical
milling machine.