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Helical Plain
Slab mill
Side mill
Interloching mill
Direction of cut
Arbor Spindle
Arbor support
Milling cutter
Chuck adapter
Angle plate
V-clamp
C- clamp
Strap clamp
Fig. 23 locating keys or tongues on the underside of the vise bases should be located correctly in relation to the T-slots on the milling machine table vise.
Not correct
Workpiece Vise
Correct
Parallel Workpiece
Brown and Sharpe type Plate I - 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 holes Plate 2 - 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 33 holes Plate 3 - 37, 39, 41, 43, 47, 49 holes
Cincinnati type First side - 24, 25, 28, 30, 34, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43 holes Second side - 46, 47, 49, 51, 53, 54, 57, 58, 59, 62, 66 holes
a) Slab milling
Arbor
b) Face milling
c) End milling
Cutter
Spindle
Arbor
d)
e)
Fig. 28 Face-milling operation showing (a) action of an insert in face milling; (b) climb milling; (c) conventional milling; (d) dimensions in face milling. The width of cut, w, is not necessarily the same as the cutter radius.
(a)
(b)
f v
Fig. 29 (a) Slab milling operation, showing depth of cut, d, feed per tooth, f, chip depth of cut, tc, and workpiece speed, v. (b) Schematic illustration of cutter travel distance lc to reach full depth of cut.
TABLE 1 Typical capacities and maximum workpiece dimensions for milling machines
Machine tool
Power (kW)
Milling machines (table travel) Knee-andcolumn Bed Numerical control 1.4 (4.6) 4.3 (14) 5 (16.5) 20 4000 rpm
= Rotational speed of the milling cutter, rpm f = Feed, mm/tooth or in./tooth D = Cutter diameter, mm or in. n = Number of teeth on cutter v = Linear speed of the workpiece or feed rate, mm/min or in./min
V = Surface speed of cutter, m/min or ft/min =D N f = Feed per tooth, mm/tooth or in/tooth =v /N n l = Length of cut, mm or in. t = Cutting time, s or min =( l+lc ) v , where lc =extent of the cutters first contact with workpiece MRR = mm3/min or in.3/min
Note: The units given are those that are commonly used; however, appropriate units must be used in the formulas.
Key is milled to required length Fig. 40 Milling rounded end key slot waysKey is milled to required length Fig. 39 The Woodruff key slot milling cutter