RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Hanzl, Pavel
A1 Zetková, Ivana
A1 Zetek, Miroslav
T1 Comparison of lightweight and solid milling cutter capabilities
JF Manufacturing Technology Journal
YR 2020
VO 20
IS 1
SP 23
OP 26
DO 10.21062/mft.2020.008
UL https://journalmt.com/artkey/mft-202001-0008.php
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.