What Are Carbide End Mills?

Carbide end mills are one of the essential tools in the machine industry and do help improve the working performance to some extent.

Solid carbide end mills provide extreme cutting performance, long tool life, and excellent process safety when machining demanding parts and are suitable for aerospace, medical, mold, power generation, and other industries.

Carbide end mills are made of high-quality cemented carbide to make them equipped with better properties and more resistant to wear and heat than other end mills, so they are more suitable for cutting cast iron, alloys, or plastics. Now in the market, the manufacturers will add chemical coatings on carbide end mills to enhance performance and reduce friction.

The quality of carbide end mills depends on the cemented carbide instead of the binder because the former does the cutting. There is an easy way to tell if a carbide end mill is of high quality or low quality. Generally, expensive fine-quality carbide end mills use smaller grain sizes while the cheap ones use larger grain sizes. Smaller grain means less room for the binder, and you get more carbide for end mills. Within the industry, manufacturers usually use ‘micro grain’ to describe the grade of the carbide end mill.

The cutting of carbide end mills performs differently depending on their types of cutters. The flutes and spiral-shaped cutting edges on the side of the carbide end mills have an impact on performance. The most popular carbide end mill on the market are 2 and 4 flutes. 2 flutes are suitable for wood and aluminum, and they can perform better in soft materials. The 4 flutes are used for cutting harder materials and create a much smoother surface than the 2 flutes.

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