Milling

Question 1

What is milling?

Answer 1

It is a machine operation where the work is fed past a rotating tool with multiple cutting edges.

Question 2

What is the cutting tool called in the milling operation?

Answer 2

Milling cutter - the cutting edges are called teeth

Question 3

What is the machine tool used in the milling process?

Answer 3

Milling machine

Question 4

What are the two forms of milling?

Answer 4

-Peripheral Milling
-Face Milling

Question 5

What is the difference between peripheral milling and face milling?

Answer 5

Peripheral
-Cutter axis parallel to surface of piece
-Cutting edges on outside of cutter

Face milling
-Cutter axis perpendicular to surface of piece
-Cutting edges on both the end and outside of cutter.

Question 6

What are the 5 types of peripheral milling?

Answer 6

-Slab milling
-Slotting
-Side milling
-Straddle milling
-Form milling

Question 7

What are the 6 types of face milling?

Answer 7

-Conventional face milling
-Partial face milling
-End milling
-Profile milling using an end mill
-Pocket milling
-Contour milling

Question 8

What are the 2 types of knee and column milling machines?

Answer 8

Horizontal and vertical

Question 9

What is up-cut milling?

Answer 9

Where the table moves towards the cutter, opposing the cutter direction.