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Formulas Milling Milling2 Milling3 Formulas for specific milling cutters Cutters with round inserts Ball nose end mills Internal circular ramping In a solid workpiece External circular ramping External circular ramping2 The milling cutter The insert The milling process Productivity in milling Expressions in this guide

Feed per tooth (fz ) (mm)

Metal removal rate (Q) (cm/min)

Table feed or feed speed (vf) (mm/min)

Torque (Mc) (Nm)

Net power requirement (Pc) (kW)

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

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Side milling (mm) Note: arccos in degrees

Face milling If the workpiece is placed central to the milling cutter. (mm) Note: arcsin in degrees

Specific cutting force (kc) (N/mm) If 0 is unknown, use 0 = 0, which becomes:

Formulas for specific milling cutters

Cutters having a straight cutting edge

Max. cutting diameter at a specific depth mm.

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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 specific depth mm.

Face milling round insert (ae >Dcap/2) mm.

Slide milling (ae<Dcap/2) and round insert (ap<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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Peripheral feed (mm/min)

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Tool centre feed (mm/min)

Radial depth of cut (mm) In a solid workpiece where Dw = 0 and ae eff = Dm/2

Feed per tooth (mm) When widening a hole

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)

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