Page 104 - High Performance End Mills - Catalog 430

For Aerospace and Turbine Machining Strategies

Larger radii
removes more
material

Unique Geometry Designed for High Circle Segment solid-carbide end mills Up to 90%

Performance Machining are ideal for mold making, machining Cycle Time
turbine blades, impellers and blisks,
and are offered in four geometries.
Circle Segment end mills, an EMUGE-FRANKEN innovation, Reductions!
feature unique design forms with large radii, allowing a much Oval and taper form mills are ideal for
larger axial depth of cut during pre-finish and finishing. This curved shapes, freely engaging more
generates higher cutting forces than conventional ball-nose cutters of the cutting edge. Barrel design mills provide highly effective
due to the large radii on the face and radial cutting edges. These flank milling to the sides of spiral grooves and similar applications,
tools enable substantially more material removal with fewer passes while lens shape mills excel in narrow channels or in lands on
in 5-Axis machining, generating cycle time reductions of up to molds. Each type is available in various diameters and lengths. ®
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90% and up to 50% smoother surface finishes. Specific CAM system software such as hyperMill or Mastercam
is required to support and compute the geometries of Circle
Segment end mills to achieve optimum performance.

German engineered
EMUGE-FRANKEN quality