Uses for Cutting Tools

Machining is another word for metal cutting.  The removal of metal from a bigger piece of metal to make a desired shape is the work of the metal cutting industry.  Uses range from high-precision machining, which has less than half the thickness of a human hair tolerances to low-precision machining where you grind off undesired protrusions on a rough casting.

Shaping, turning, drilling, abrasive machining, sawing, milling, and broaching are processes done in general machining.

To remove metal from another metal workpiece you use what is called a cutting tool. These cutting tools are called a tool bit.  In metalworking this is by means of shear deformation.  Cutting tools need to be made from a harder material than the part being made for general use.  When cutting metal parts there is a lot of heat generated therefore the tool needs to be able to withstand high temperatures.  

The cutting edge of a tool bit by necessity must be able to contact the part without dragging on the surface where the cut occurs.  The flute width, the angle of the cutting edge, and the tool material must always have a specific geometry and be exact.

An advanced new tool with four cutting edges named the CoroMill 690, is to be used for the aerospace industry.  This tool has 2D profile milling of titanium components.  It has insert pockets which contain coolant holes and chip jamming is reduced by optimized chip flute.  This tool may be used with Capto toolholders which may be used with long overhangs and reaches.  These features will be of great value to anyone producing components made of complex titanium for the aerospace industry.