A replaceable face-milling head configured for rotating about a central rotation axis A.sub.R. The head includes a cutting portion and an integrally formed threaded shank-connector portion, the latter of which being configured for connecting to a shank. A length-diameter ratio LDR, defined as a cutting portion length L.sub.C divided by a cutting portion diameter D.sub.E, fulfills the condition: LDR≦1.00.

A multi-flute ball end mill of the present invention includes: a shank portion configured to rotate about a rotational axis; a cutting edge portion; three or more ball edges formed on the cutting edge portion; gashes formed between the ball edges; peripheral cutting edges continuous with end portions of the ball edges on the shank portion side; and flutes formed between the peripheral cutting edges continuously with the gashes. The degree of curvature of the ball edges is 35% to 55%. Each of the gashes includes four faces of a rake face of each of the ball edges, a gash wall face, a first gash face, and a second gash face. The second gash face is formed such that the closer the second gash face is to the rotation center point, the more inwardly the second gash face enters a second face of each of the ball edges.

A milling machine fly-cutter with adjustable cutting-tool geometric angle and milling machine includes a fly-cutter plate body, a plurality of combination grooves are evenly set in the circumferential direction of the fly-cutter plate body, and adjusting assemblies are mounted in the combination grooves. Wherein, the adjusting assemblies include an adjusting block for rake angle and relief angle, an adjusting block for tool cutting edge angle and minor cutting edge angle, an adjusting block for tool cutting edge inclination angle. A first side of the adjusting block is attached with a cutter handle, and a second side is connected with the adjusting block for rake angle and relief angle by the adjusting block for tool cutting edge angle and minor cutting edge angle. The milling machine fly-cutter realizes adjustment of the geometric angles of cutting tool, and is able to adapt to cutter handles of a variety of different specifications.

Rotatable, solid cutting tool with both right-hand spirals and left-hand spirals, each of which includes an interrupted cutting edge having individual cutting edges. Individual cutting edges of the right hand spirals are axially staggered helically around a circumference of a cutting portion with respect to individual cutting edges of the left hand spirals so that, at each axial position along an axial length of the cutting portion, each radial cross-section includes both at least one individual cutting edge on a right hand spiral and at least one individual cutting edge on a left hand spiral. Individual cutting edges have a length along an outer circumference of the cutting tool that is the same for individual cutting edges of the right hand spiral and individual cutting edges of the left hand spirals. Cutting edges on differently handed spirals are both right handed cutting edges or both left handed cutting edges.

An end mill inspection device, which inspects an end mill having a blade part formed in a curved convex shape or an arc shape, includes: an imaging data acquisition unit that acquires imaging data obtained by capturing an image of a blade part of the end mill by an imaging unit; a contour extraction unit that extracts the contour of the blade part on the basis of the imaging data acquired by the imaging data acquisition unit; and a curvature radius calculation unit that calculates a curvature radius of the contour on the basis of the contour of the blade part extracted by the contour extraction unit.

A method of toolpath generation is provided whereby the tool may be any smooth convex axisymmetric shape. The tool includes a tool body extending between a shank and a head. The shank is configured to be mounted in a collet which may optionally rotate. In the case of a stylus tool, the head has an axisymmetric forming surface used to press metal. In the case of a routing tool, the head has cutting surfaces which are enveloped by a smooth convex axisymmetric surface and the tool is used for milling a part. In a least one embodiment the tool is a stylus tool which has a forming surface that has been generated from a portion of a clothoid curve.

An end mill may include a main body having a bar shape extending from a first end to a second end. The main body may include a plurality of cutting edges located at the first end, and a plurality of flutes individually extended from the cutting edges toward the second end. The cutting edges may include a plurality of long cutting edges and a plurality of short cutting edges. The long cutting edges include a first long cutting edge. N1 is the number of the short cutting edges located forwards in a rotation direction with respect to the first long cutting edge. N2 is the number of the short cutting edges located backwards, opposite the rotation direction with respect to the first long cutting edge. And, N1 is different from N2.

Novel endmills are provided. Such endmills have a body with outside diameter (OD), and outer surface, and a longitudinal axis, a plurality of flutes, helical in some embodiments. Flutes include a narrow leading edge land portion with circular segment profile and having flute cutting edge portions along a substantially uniform circumferential location, with an eccentric relief margin rotationally rearward of the narrow leading edge land portions. Face portions are provided with face cutting edge portions, and with a first dish portion adjacent each of the cutting edge portions sloping inwardly and downwardly generally toward a central longitudinal axis at a first dish angle alpha (α). Corner blend portions extend from flute cutting edge portions to the face cutting edge portions. Corner blend portions are provided in a variety of profiles, including an embodiment wherein the profile of the corner blend portions are truncated before the segment of curvature becomes tangential to the face cutting edge portions. In various embodiments, one or more coolant passageways are provided, and in an embodiment, an exit port for coolant is provided at the center of rotation of the end face portion.

A milling tool comprising a cylindrical shaft part, which has a central axis and which is followed by a cylindrical cutting part comprising at least three circumferential cutting edges, which run helically and which are separated from one another by chip grooves. The circumferential cutting edges continue via cutting edge corner regions in end cutting edges, which run essentially radially and which subsequently slope away from the milling cutter face towards the central axis from radially outer end cutting edge sections, in each case with a cutting edge section, which is formed by ground-in end pockets. The cutting edge section slopes continuously all the way to the central axis. In the region of the milling cutter core, it is formed by a point thinning, which is introduced into the end pocket and by means of which a center cutting edge is created. Also, a method for producing the milling tool.

Disclosed is a helical milling tool with forward-backward feeding, the tool including a cutting portion, a neck portion and a handle portion, which are successively connected to each other; wherein the cutting portion includes a front-end cutting section, a circumferential cutting section and a back-end cutting section, which are connected successively to each other; the front-end cutting section is of an end milling cutter structure or a drill bit structure; the circumferential cutting section is of a cylindrical shape and is of a circumferential milling cutter structure; and the back-end cutting section is of a frustum-shaped. The tool can avoid defects such as layering and tearing, which go beyond processing requirements in a composite material, improve the processing quality, save on costs, simplify the processing process, improve the production efficiency and prolong the service life of the tool.