Thread Mills
Thread mills are tools designed to cut threads by milling. Thread mills are used on numerically controlled machining centers (NC) that have simultaneous, triaxle control and helical interpolation functions. In comparison to general tapping, thread milling is more stable with less cutting condition limitations in terms of chip management and coolant lubricity.
Ideal for expensive workpieces where mistakes cannot be tolerated and holes with limited clearance before threading.
Types of Threadmills
- Indexible threadmill
- Thread mills
- Thread whirling
- D Thread
- Flute
- Cmt multi insert
- MT Drill
- Slim mt
- Hardcut
- Nitride
Applications
- Machining asymmetric/non-rotating components
- Machining materials that cause chip breaking and chip evacuation problems
- Machining against a shoulder or close to the bottom of a blind hole
- Machining thin-walled components
- Machining tough materials that create high cutting forces
