
Instruction Manual
CHAPTER 2
Section Five
Cutter Nomenclature and Measurement
I. CUTTER NOMENCLATURE
Figure 18A
radial relief
angle
Figure
18B
Solid HELICAL
PLAIN MILLING CUTTER
Figure 18C
heel
end gash
helix angle
Solid FORM
RELIEVED MILLING CUTTER
cutter sweep
flute
tooth
fillet
offset
raised land
conventional land
END MILL
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Solid Profile
Milling Cutter
staggered tooth side shown
Figure 18D
helical rake angle
(l.h. helix shown)
radial rake angle
(positive
shown)
flute length
face width
helical teeth
relief angle
clearance surface
land
heel
flute
tooth
radial
rake angle
(positive
shown)
root radius
or gullet
peripheral cutting edge
tooth face
side relief angle
clearance
surface
chip space
fillet
concavity
lip angle
lip
offset
neck
tooth face