Solid carbide end mills: the most important principles
Performance. Productivity. Precision. PFERD.
PFERD cutting tools for stationary applications incorporate the company’s many years of experience in the development and production of milling tools and PFERD’s wide-ranging expertise. With PFERD by your side, you benefit from:
- Performance: Universal high-performance tools for working on key materials and for the most common stationary applications.
- Productivity: High productivity due to optimum stock removal rate.
- Precision: The highest quality standards due to precise micro and macro geometry together with state-of-the-art coatings.
What are solid carbide end mills?
Solid carbide end mills (SCM) from PFERD are cutting tools for stationary use that are manufactured from application-optimised carbides using state-of-the-art manufacturing technology.
PFERD offers various designs whose geometry, coating, number and pitch of cutting edges, helix angle and shank shape are optimised for machining the most important materials and for the most common applications in stationary use.
The most common applications for solid carbide end mills include side milling, slotting, ramping, drilling, chamfering, deburring and profile milling when machining metal or plastic components.
The right choice for every situation
Our range of solid carbide end mills provides universal solutions for working on a wide range of applications and materials.
Watch our high-performance tools in action now!
Excellent wear resistance
We subjected our four-cutting-edge end mills to a performance test on different materials and measured the width of the flank wear after the tool was in cut for a defined period of time.
On the microscopic images we can see the impressive result – the cutting edge is still ready to use.
Performance test in ISO-M - Stainless
Material X5CrNi18-10 - 1.4301 – AISI 306
Operation Side milling
Coolant Emulsion – 6% concentration
vc 90 m/min
n 2865 RPM
fz 0,06 mm/z
vf 688 mm/min
ae 4 mm
ap 14 mm
Time in cut 74 min
Meters in cut 51 m
Performance test in ISO-P steel
Material 42CrMo4+QT (1.7725)
Operation Side milling
Coolant Dry – External pressured air
vc 90 m/min
n 2865 RPM
fz 0,05 mm/z
vf 573 mm/min
ae 2 mm
ap 14 mm
Time in cut 182 min
Meters in cut 104 m
Performance test in ISO-P steel
Material C45 (1.0503)
Operation Side milling
Coolant Dry – External pressured air
vc 120 m/min
n 3820 RPM
fz 0,065 mm/z
vf 993 mm/min
ae 4 mm
ap 14 mm
Time in cut 108 min
Meters in cut 108 m
Results
Cutting data was adapted to the machine conditions.
The tool was replaced after a defined time in cut and was not used until the end of the tool life to ensure best comparability.
PFERD by your side
If you have any questions about optimizing your stock removal applications, our sales representatives and technical advisers will be happy to help.
PFERD works alongside you to provide application engineering solutions for working with diverse materials.
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