PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hanzl, Pavel
AU  - Zetková, Ivana
AU  - Zetek, Miroslav
TI  - Comparison of lightweight and solid milling cutter capabilities
DP  - 2020 Aug 6
TA  - Manufacturing Technology Journal
PG  - 23--26
VI  - 20
IP  - 1
AID - 10.21062/mft.2020.008
IS  - 12132489
AB  - Milling is one of the oldest methods of metal machining. This technology has been developed over a long time. The last milestone is the use of composite materials for the construction of cutting tools. However, there are other pos-sibilities for improvement offered by new production methods such as Metal Additive Manufacturing. The paper deals with machining experiments using a lightweight milling cutter with a lattice structure. The results of machin-ing are compared to the capabilities of a solid milling cutter. The evaluated parameters are: cutting forces, blade wear and surface roughness of the workpiece. Based on these parameters, it was not possible to confirm the benefit of the lightweight version for machining.