Metal Cutting and Cutting Tools

The process in which a thin layer of excess metal (chip) is removed by a wedge-shaped single-point or multipoint cutting tool with defined geometry from a workpiece.

• Machining

• Metal Cutting

• Chip Formation

• Lathe machine

• Milling machine

• Grinder machine

It is the angle between the rake face and the normal to the machining surface.

• Rake Angle

• Clearance Angle

• Shear Angle

Part of the process of cutting materials by mechanical means, using tools such as saws, lathes, and milling cutters.

• Machining

• Metal Cutting

• Chip Formation

• Lathe Machine

• Milling Machine

• Grinder Machine

It is formed when the chips formed during cutting operation are without any intervals.

• Continuous Chip

• Discontinuous Chip

• Continuous Chip with Built-up Edge (BUE)

Material removed from a workpiece with the help of a tool.

• Chuck

• Chip

• Chuck Breaker

It is formed when there is a breakage or fracture of chips in the process of metal cutting

• Continuous Chip

• Discontinuous Chip

• Continuous Chip with Built-up Edge (BUE)

A small groove ground back of the cutting edge on the top of a cutting tool to keep the chips short.

• Chuck

• Chip

• Chip Breaker

The term applied to all material-removal processes

• Machining

• Metal Cutting

• Chip Formation