Large Diameter Ball Nose End Mill

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Large diameter ball nose end mill. Ball end mills also known as ball nose end mills are used for milling contoured surfaces slotting and pocketing. Also known as ball nose end mills they are rotated against a workpiece to make round bottomed slots and pockets or mill complex shapes without sharp corners. Because of the shapes required in these products it s common that multi axis machining. Spetool 14411 ball nose carbide end mill cnc cutter router bits double flutes spiral milling tool 1 4 inch shank with 3 inch over length by spetool 16 99 16.

They can be single end or double end and they can be made from solid carbide or various compositions of high speed steel. Ball end mills are used for drilling shallow holes slotting a channel where a flat bottom is not required or most commonly used to produce multi dimensional contours in molds or dies. Each end mill has flutes on its cutting head that carry the removed material away from the workpiece to prevent damage to the end mill or workpiece. Square end mills cut a flat bottomed groove with 90 inside corners.

The end of this tool is ground with a full radius equal to half of the tool diameter and the edges are center cutting. 4 flute single end ball center cutting tc carbide end mill w altin. A ball end mill is constructed of a round cutting edge and used. Ball end mills have a rounded nose and create a round bottomed groove in milling tasks.

A ball end milling cutter is also known as a ball nose mill. The design of ball end mills forms a hemispherical cutting action identical to the diameter of the tool.