
I also wrote an article on Indexing What is an indexing head in a milling machine? and up milling and down milling, you may check that too. This machine is used to design of metal and other materials.Modern mill machine cut superalloys, titanium, tensile steel to closer tolerance, a greater accuracy, and faster rate.Usually used to a machined flat surface but can also produce irregular surfaces.

These are the following applications of the milling machine: They may cost millions of dollars but the cost is justifiable when handling labor which is virtually eliminated and machining accuracy and repeatability is ensured.For mass production, it becomes economically necessary to use special-purpose machines.If these processes can provide the flatness, surface finish and dimensional accuracy required for the part. It is more costly than casting, cold forming, extrusion, etc.These are the following disadvantages of a milling machine: Operation cost can be very modest given general-purpose equipment and cutters are used.Capable of producing complex shapes with the use of multitooth, as well as a single point, cutting tools.Ideal for the production of individual pieces and small batches.In the milling machine there are the following advantages, those are: This process is used to produce completely milled cabinet, drawer and toe board parts, without secondary operations or supporting machinery. In gang milling, the cutters are mounted on the arbor. TenonCam is a manufacturing system, consisting of patent pending router bits and software, used to form mortise and tenon joints, In-the-Nest, on a flat table CNC Router. A single angle milling cutter is used for. It is the machining process in which two or more milling cutters are used together to perform different milling operations simultaneously. Angular milling is milling flat surfaces where the cutting tools axis is at an angle to the surface of the workpiece. The workpiece is fixed firmly on a milling machine and fixing the end milling cutter on an arbor, by adjusting the depth of cut, the work is fed against the cutter to cut the groove on the work surface. It is the operation of producing the groove on the surface of the workpiece by using a saw-milling cutter or end milling cutter. This is commonly used to produce a hexagonal or square surface. The distance between the two cutters is adjusted by using a spacing collar. It is the operation of producing the flat vertical surface on both sides of the workpiece by using two side milling cutters mounted on the same arbor. The cutter profile is exactly matched with the tooth space of the gear. It is the operation of producing gear tooth on the gear blank by using a form-relieved cutter in a milling machine. The cutter is having teeth on its face as well as its side.

You can read the Milling cutter here in detail. It is the operation of producing the flat vertical surface on the sides of the workpiece by using a side milling cutter. T-slot milling operation diagram Side milling Operation:
