
Milling using Circular or Helical Interpolation
| This method is analogous to ramping, except it is performed | face of the tool and may potentially destroy the tool completely. |
| along a circular path. In this case, one of the most important fac- | On the other hand, if the diameter of the milling cutter is too small, |
| tors is the milling cutter diameter or minimum and maximum di- | the core will remain inside the hole axis and must then be milled off |
| ameter of the hole we are able to machine with the given milling | separately. |
cutter type (this information is vital only when using milling cut- ters without central cutting edges). If the milling cutter diameter is too large, the path of the insert will not pass through the axis of the hole, resulting in a protrusion which will collide with the
| DC | d | DC | d | d | |
| 1 | DC | 1 |
1
DC = cca 0,5 × d DC > 0,5 × d DC < 0,5 × d
1 1 1
| D | – Hole diameter |
| max | |
| DC – Milling cutter diameter | |
| INSD – Insert diameter | |
| RE | – Insert corner radius |
| BS | – WIPER edge length |
| b | – Max. a for grooving |
e Maximum hole diameter For blind holes, you can achieve a flat bottom by having the tool pass over the bottom's centre.
| For through hole: | For through hole: |
| Dmax = 2 . DC | Dmax = 2 . DC |
Minimum hole diameter
| For through hole: | For through hole: |
| Dmin = (DC - b) . 2 | Dmin = (DC - 0.8 INSD) . 2 |
| For flat bottom: | For flat bottom: |
| Dmin = (DC - (RE + BS)) . 2 | Dmin = (DC - 0.5 INSD) . 2 |
Recommendations include tables listing the minimum hole diameter, maximum hole diameter and in-axis descent angle values for these diameters (in some cases there will be two tables: one for standard insert geometry and another for HFC).