How are flat end mills, ball nose end mills, and corner radius end mills different?

 A milling cutter is a cutting tool used in industrial milling. An end mill is a type of milling cutter. It is different from the drill bit in how it is used, its shape, and how it is made. Most milling bits can cut in both the axial and radial directions. A drill bit can only cut in the axial direction. Not all mills can cut in the axial direction. The mills that can cut in the axial direction are called end mills. For milling tasks like profile milling, tracer milling, face milling, and plunging, end mills are used.

End mills from UKO can be broken up into HRC45, HRC55, HRC65, etc. Depending on the coating, they can be uncoated, AlTiN, TiSiN, AlTiSiN, DLC coating, diamond coating, etc. End Mills can also be divided into flat cutters, ball nose cutters, and Corner radius end mill cutters. What's the difference between these two? As a company that makes solid carbide end mills professionally, UKO tells you.

Straight End Mill

The most popular end mill for our customers is the flat end mill, which comes in 2-flute, 3-flute, 4-flute, and 6-flute versions. The more flutes a flat end milling cutter has, the smoother it is to remove chips, and the more flutes it has, the more precise the work. The most common flat end milling cutter models are:

Carbide Engraving Bits

Solid carbide Engraving bits are half-round and have a cone-shaped tip.

These carbide engraving cutters, also called engraving bits, come in different angles, such as 20, 30, 45, and 60 degrees. Best for engraving on wood, plastic, acrylic, brass, aluminium, copper, and many other materials. You can use our 219 Series Engraving Bits on Steel, SS, and other hard materials.There are different shank sizes for these engraving bits, such as 3mm, 3.175 (1/8"), 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, 8mm, etc.

The tip diameters of engraving bits range from 0.10mm to 0.40mm, so choose these bits for your delicate engraving work.Engraving Router Bits are made from both HSS and Solid Carbide. The following are important things about how these engraving bits are made:

Using engraving bits can be as varied as machining wood to engrave on furniture, engraving on marble, and engraving letters on automotive dies, among other things.