Plunge Milling Cutter

[MetalMarvels]

Afternoon folks, does anyone have some good suggestions on a plunge-milling tool? I am looking for one to use in milling out large blocks of T6061 (pockets of about 2-1/2 to 3-inches in depth). An insert-type might be just the ticket.

[Hardmill]

Sandvik has some great tools.

You may want to look at their router tools,

talk about material removal

 

PEACE

[Chris Rizzo]

We run a Mitsubishi AQX 1" end mill with H-TI polished inserts. Works well, and takes a beating. Likes to helix a bit more than straight plunge. I've also got a 2.5" Iscar plunge mill, holds three inserts, and runs very smooth. That depth may be an issue for that cutter, it's looks like a mini facemill.

[TheePres]

Regarding this Plunge Milling, has anyone tried this approach on 6-AL4V Titanium?

[Mgrenier]

I'm with Hardmill on this one, Sandvik makes some great plunge milling cutters. We use them a lot with no problems. We also have some Kennametal plunge miling cutter and they work good. The Kennametal ones can give you a very long range in Z relative to the cutter diameter.

 

Hope that helps,

Have a nice day,

[MetalMarvels]

Thanks for the leads! The Sandvik stuff looks good and I am trying to arrange a demo.