Custom Carbide-Tipped Side and Face Milling Cutters
Aoshiji® Custom Tool designs and manufactures custom carbide-tipped side and face milling cutters for precision slotting, groove milling, shoulder milling, side-wall finishing and special profile machining.
These disc-type milling cutters use brazed carbide cutting edges on the cutter periphery and side faces. The carbide provides wear resistance at the cutting zone, while the heat-treated steel cutter body provides rigidity, toughness and economical construction for large-diameter, wide or drawing-specific cutters.
Each cutter is engineered from the customer’s component drawing or tool drawing. We evaluate the cutter diameter, cutting width, slot depth, side-wall profile, corner radius, tooth arrangement, arbor interface, workpiece material, tolerance, surface finish, machine rigidity, coolant method and required tool life.
Aoshiji supplies custom side and face cutters to industrial manufacturers, OEM plants, machine shops, cutting-tool distributors and tooling suppliers in North America, Europe and other international markets.
Available Custom Designs
- Straight-tooth side and face milling cutters
- Staggered-tooth side and face cutters
- Full side and face cutters
- Half-side milling cutters
- Interlocking side milling cutters
- Gang and straddle milling cutter sets
- Thin slotting cutters
- Large-diameter side cutters
- Radius and full-form groove cutters
- Chamfered, tapered and stepped-profile cutters
- Arbor-mounted and shank-mounted designs
Typical production lead time: 7–21 days after final drawing approval, depending on cutter complexity, dimensions, quantity and material availability.
Table of Contents
- What Is a Side and Face Milling Cutter?
- Side and Face Cutter vs Side Mill, Face Mill and T-Slot Cutter
- When a Custom Cutter Is Recommended
- Types of Custom Side and Face Milling Cutters
- Machining Applications and Profile Features
- Cutter Dimensions and Specification Requirements
- Tooth Arrangement and Cutting Geometry
- Side Clearance, Runout and Arbor Mounting
- Workpiece Materials and Carbide Grade Selection
- Chip Evacuation and Coolant Strategy
- High Speed Milling
- Application Case: R5.025 Staggered-Tooth Cutter
- Carbide-Tipped vs HSS, Solid Carbide and Indexable Cutters
- Manufacturing and Quality Control
- Support for Distributors and OEM Manufacturers
- Information Required for a Quotation
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Related Custom Cutting Tools
- Request a Custom Cutter Quote
01 What Is a Side and Face Milling Cutter?
A side and face milling cutter is a disc-shaped milling tool with cutting edges on its outer diameter and side faces.
The peripheral teeth remove material at the bottom of the slot or groove. The side cutting edges generate and finish the slot walls, shoulders or parallel side surfaces. This allows one cutter to control the slot width, groove bottom and side-wall geometry in a single operation.
Typical uses include:
- Milling long open slots
- Cutting deep grooves
- Machining shoulders
- Finishing parallel side walls
- Straddle milling
- Gang milling
- Back-facing narrow shoulders
- Producing radius or profile grooves
- Machining drawing-specific slot widths
In some Asian catalogues, this tool is translated as a three-side milling cutter. For communication with engineers and buyers in the United States and Europe, side and face milling cutter is the preferred industry term.
A custom carbide-tipped cutter is recommended when a standard HSS, indexable or catalogued side cutter cannot provide the required diameter, width, side profile, corner form, rigidity or tool life.
For a broader explanation of carbide-tipped and brazed carbide tool construction, see our main product guide: Custom Carbide-Tipped Cutting Tools.
02 Side and Face Cutter vs Side Mill, Face Mill and T-Slot Cutter
| Cutter Type | Primary Cutting Area | Typical Applications |
|---|---|---|
| Side and face milling cutter | Peripheral teeth and both side faces | Open slots, deep grooves, shoulders, parallel side walls and profile slots |
| Half-side milling cutter | Peripheral teeth and one principal side face | Shoulder milling, side cutting and paired straddle-milling arrangements |
| Face mill | Cutter face and peripheral corner | Machining broad, flat external surfaces |
| Slot milling cutter | Peripheral and side edges, depending on design | Standard or non-standard slots and grooves |
| T-slot cutter | Undercutting head below a narrower neck | Machining a T-shaped slot after a preliminary straight slot |
| Form milling cutter | Profile-ground cutting edge | Radii, concave or convex profiles and drawing-specific contours |
A face mill should not normally be described as a side and face milling cutter. A face mill is primarily intended to generate a broad flat surface, while a side and face cutter is a disc-type tool used to machine slots, grooves and side surfaces.
A true T-slot cutter is also a different tool type. It machines an undercut T-shaped feature after a preliminary slot has already been produced.
03 When a Custom Cutter Is Recommended
A custom side and face milling cutter is appropriate when the machining requirement cannot be solved efficiently with a standard catalogue tool.
Typical reasons include:
- The required slot width is non-standard
- The slot has a full-radius or partial-radius bottom
- The two side walls require a controlled relationship
- The cutter must machine a special shoulder or step
- A chamfer, taper or radius must be integrated into the profile
- The cutter diameter or cutting width is unusually large
- A narrow cutter requires improved rigidity
- The workpiece has interrupted surfaces
- The existing cutter produces chatter
- Slot width changes during batch production
- The side-wall finish is unstable
- Entrance or exit burrs are excessive
- The existing tool has insufficient chip space
- A solid carbide cutter would be unnecessarily expensive
- An indexable cutter cannot reproduce the required profile
- Several standard tools currently perform one connected feature
- Tool changes and accumulated positioning error must be reduced
A custom tool should be developed around the complete machining process rather than only the cutter diameter and width.
04 Types of Custom Side and Face Milling Cutters
Straight-Tooth Side and Face Milling Cutters
Straight-tooth cutters have teeth arranged in a consistent axial orientation around the cutter body.
They can provide a strong and straightforward construction for stable machines, shallow or moderate slot depths and applications where chip evacuation is not difficult.
The tooth number, gullet depth, side clearance and edge preparation are selected according to the cutter diameter, cutting width, material and cutting load.
Staggered-Tooth Side and Face Milling Cutters
A staggered-tooth cutter alternates the side-cutting engagement between adjacent teeth.
This arrangement can reduce simultaneous cutting contact, provide more chip space and lower cutting-force peaks. It is particularly useful for deeper slots, wider cutters and applications where a straight-tooth tool produces vibration or chip congestion.
A staggered-tooth design may improve:
- Cutting smoothness
- Chip evacuation
- Side-wall stability
- Entry and exit behaviour
- Load distribution
- Resistance to chatter
Full Side and Face Milling Cutters
A full side and face cutter has effective cutting edges on the cutter periphery and both side faces.
It is commonly used for producing complete slots and grooves where both side walls and the groove bottom must be machined.
Half-Side Milling Cutters
A half-side cutter is designed with principal cutting action on one side.
It is suitable for shoulder milling, side cutting, back-facing and paired cutter arrangements. Two half-side cutters may be assembled for straddle milling or for controlling the distance between parallel surfaces.
Interlocking Side Milling Cutters
Interlocking cutters use two mating cutter sections to provide an adjustable or drawing-specific cutting width.
This design can be useful when:
- Several related widths must be produced
- Regrinding compensation is required
- A very wide one-piece cutter would be difficult to manufacture
- Width adjustment is part of the production strategy
The interlocking interface, arbor fit and axial location must be rigid enough to prevent movement under cutting load.
Gang and Straddle Milling Cutter Sets
Several side cutters can be mounted on one arbor to machine multiple surfaces in one pass.
A gang-milling arrangement produces several features simultaneously. A straddle-milling arrangement typically uses two cutters to machine two parallel vertical surfaces.
Spacer accuracy, cutter runout and arbor rigidity are critical because dimensional error can accumulate across the complete assembly.
Form and Profile Side Milling Cutters
A form side milling cutter has a profile-ground cutting edge for generating a specific groove or side-wall shape.
Available forms may include:
- Full-radius grooves
- Partial-radius grooves
- Chamfered slot edges
- Angular side walls
- Tapered profiles
- Stepped grooves
- Concave or convex profiles
- Combined radius and chamfer geometry
- Drawing-specific contours
Thin Slotting Cutters
Thin cutters are used for narrow slots and thin grooves.
Because the cutter body has limited axial thickness, the design must control body rigidity, axial runout, side clearance, brazing distortion, tooth load and workpiece engagement.
Large-Diameter and Heavy-Duty Cutters
Large-diameter carbide-tipped side and face cutters are used for deep slots, large components and heavy duty milling operations where cutter-body toughness, chip space and cutting stability are critical.
A steel body with brazed carbide edges can reduce carbide consumption and improve body toughness compared with manufacturing the entire cutter from solid carbide.
05 Machining Applications and Profile Features
Custom carbide-tipped side and face milling cutters can be engineered for the following operations:
Carbide-tipped side and face milling cutters are suitable for automotive and aerospace components where custom slot widths, shoulder features, side milling or repeatable machining of complex features are required.
Slot and Groove Milling
- Straight open slots
- Deep open slots
- Non-standard slot widths
- Narrow grooves
- Wide grooves
- Full-radius grooves
- Stepped grooves
- Chamfered grooves
- Tapered groove walls
- Special groove-bottom profiles
Shoulder and Side Milling
- Narrow shoulders
- Deep shoulders
- Parallel side faces
- Back-facing hidden shoulders
- Side-wall finishing
- Edge milling
- Stepped side surfaces
Multiple-Surface Milling
- Gang milling
- Straddle milling
- Paired cutter assemblies
- Multiple grooves in one setup
- Simultaneous machining of related surfaces
Form and Profile Milling
- Semi-circular slots
- Radius profiles
- Angular profiles
- Undercut-related features
- Combined slot and shoulder forms
- Drawing-specific side profiles
One custom cutter may combine several cutting features when doing so improves dimensional relationships, reduces tool changes and maintains sufficient cutter strength.
06 Cutter Dimensions and Specification Requirements
A side and face milling cutter should be specified with more information than only its outside diameter and width.
Custom bore sizes must be matched to the arbor or adapter while maintaining the required bore tolerance, keyway relationship and cutter-body strength.
Basic Cutter Dimensions
| Specification | Engineering Requirement |
|---|---|
| Cutter diameter | Determines cutting depth, clearance and arbor requirements |
| Cutting width | Controls the nominal slot or groove width |
| Body thickness | Must provide sufficient rigidity behind the cutting edges |
| Bore diameter | Must match the arbor or adapter accurately |
| Keyway dimensions | Must transmit torque without excessive movement |
| Hub diameter and length | Must fit the arbor, spacers and machine setup |
| Tooth number | Affects chip space, feed capacity and cutting-force frequency |
| Maximum cutting depth | Determines tooth length, gullet depth and body strength |
| Side profile | Defines straight, tapered, stepped, chamfered or formed side walls |
| Corner radius | Controls groove-bottom or side-wall transitions |
| Axial runout requirement | Affects slot width and side-wall finish |
| Radial runout requirement | Affects tooth loading, vibration and diameter control |
Application Information
The design must also consider:
- Workpiece material and hardness
- Slot depth and engagement length
- Through slot or closed feature
- Roughing, semi-finishing or finishing operation
- Interrupted or continuous cutting
- Machine spindle power and rigidity
- Horizontal or vertical machining arrangement
- Arbor overhang
- Workpiece clamping
- Coolant type and delivery position
- Required tolerance
- Surface roughness target
- Expected batch quantity
- Current tool life and failure mode
07 Tooth Arrangement and Cutting Geometry
The tooth arrangement determines how the cutter enters the material, generates chips and distributes cutting forces.
Important design variables include:
- Straight or staggered tooth arrangement
- Number of teeth
- Unequal tooth spacing
- Peripheral rake angle
- Side rake geometry
- Primary and secondary relief
- Side clearance
- Cutting-edge overlap
- Chip-gullet volume
- Tooth strength
- Carbide tip dimensions
- Edge preparation
- Corner radius
- Cutting direction
- Regrinding allowance
Straight-Tooth Geometry
Straight teeth may be suitable for rigid setups, moderate slot depths and materials that do not create difficult chips.
Chip Evacuation and Staggered-Tooth Geometry
Staggered teeth are often selected for deeper slots, wide engagement or applications with vibration and chip-packing risk.
Unequal Tooth Spacing
Unequal pitch may be used to alter the frequency of cutting-force excitation and reduce the tendency for regenerative chatter.
Edge Preparation
The cutting edge may be supplied as:
- Sharp edge
- Light hone
- Micro-radius
- Protective chamfer
- Combined chamfer and hone
The correct preparation depends on the carbide grade, workpiece material, interrupted cutting severity and finish requirement.
08 Side Clearance, Runout and Arbor Mounting
Side and face milling cutters are sensitive to axial runout because the side cutting edges control the slot walls and cutting width.
If axial runout is excessive, one side or one tooth group may remove more material than the others. Possible results include:
- Uneven side-wall finish
- Incorrect slot width
- Tapered slot walls
- Localized edge wear
- Increased cutting forces
- Chatter
- Carbide chipping
Radial runout also affects tooth loading. If one tooth projects farther than the others, that tooth carries a disproportionate chip load and may fail prematurely.
Important control points include:
- Precision-ground cutter bore
- Keyway accuracy
- Arbor pilot fit
- Arbor face runout
- Spacer parallelism
- Cutter-body flatness
- Carbide edge-height consistency
- Axial cutting-edge runout
- Radial cutting-edge runout
- Arbor overhang
- Drawbar or clamping force
- Machine spindle condition
The cutter should be mounted against clean, undamaged arbor faces and spacers. Chips, burrs or contamination between mounting surfaces can produce measurable axial error.
For large-diameter or higher-speed cutters, dynamic balancing can be specified when required by the operating speed and machine configuration.
09 Workpiece Materials and Carbide Grade Selection
The carbide grade and cutting geometry must be selected according to the workpiece material, hardness, cutting stability and coolant condition.
Correct carbide-grade selection, edge preparation and cutting geometry can support longer tool life by balancing wear resistance, edge toughness and cutting stability for the actual workpiece material.
ISO K — Cast Iron and Ductile Iron
Typical materials include:
- Grey cast iron
- QT400 ductile iron
- QT500 ductile iron
- Abrasive cast materials
Design priorities may include:
- Wear-resistant carbide grade
- Strong edge support
- Controlled micro-hone
- Sufficient body rigidity
- Resistance to interrupted cutting
- Stable tooth loading
ISO P — Carbon and Alloy Steels
Typical materials include:
- Low-carbon steel
- Medium-carbon steel
- Alloy steel
- Case-hardening steel
The carbide grade must balance wear resistance and edge toughness. Slotting creates high radial engagement, so chip thickness and cutting heat must be controlled carefully.
ISO N — Aluminum, Brass, Bronze and Copper Alloys
Non-ferrous materials may require:
- Sharp cutting edges
- Positive cutting geometry
- Polished carbide surfaces
- Larger chip space
- Built-up-edge control
- Burr-control geometry
ISO M, S and H Materials
Stainless steels, heat-resistant alloys, titanium alloys and hardened materials should be reviewed individually.
These materials can create high cutting temperatures, work hardening or severe edge loads. The feasibility of a brazed carbide design depends on the specific grade, hardness, slot geometry and production conditions.
10 Chip Evacuation and Coolant Strategy
Chip evacuation is a primary design consideration in slot and groove milling.
A cutter may have suitable cutting-edge geometry but still fail if chips remain trapped between the cutter and the finished slot walls.
Poor chip control can cause:
- Chip recutting
- Side-wall scratches
- Excessive heat
- Built-up edge
- Edge chipping
- Cutter jamming
- Slot-width variation
- Unstable surface finish
Chip evacuation is influenced by:
- Tooth number
- Gullet depth and width
- Staggered or straight tooth arrangement
- Slot depth
- Workpiece material
- Feed per tooth
- Cutter rotation
- Machine orientation
- Coolant direction
- Available exit path
Coolant Options
Depending on the application, the cutter may operate with:
- Flood emulsion coolant
- Oil-based coolant
- Minimum-quantity lubrication
- Compressed-air chip evacuation
- External coolant nozzles
- Dry cutting for suitable cast-iron applications
Coolant should reach the cutting zone without forcing chips back into the slot. For deep grooves and gummy materials, nozzle direction and chip exit must be evaluated before finalizing the cutter design.
11 High Speed Milling
Cutting Speed and Feed Calculation
Cutting parameters must be selected according to the carbide grade, workpiece material, cutter diameter, tooth number, engagement and machine rigidity.
There are no universal cutting speeds or feed rates for every side and face milling cutter because the correct parameters depend on the carbide grade, workpiece material, cutter diameter, tooth count, engagement and machine rigidity.
Spindle Speed
For metric cutting data:
n = 1000 × Vc ÷ (π × D)
Where:
- n = spindle speed in revolutions per minute
- Vc = cutting speed in metres per minute
- D = cutter diameter in millimetres
Table Feed
Vf = fz × z × n
Where:
- Vf = table feed in millimetres per minute
- fz = feed per tooth in millimetres
- z = number of effective cutting teeth
- n = spindle speed in revolutions per minute
The effective tooth count may differ from the physical tooth count in staggered or alternating-side designs.
Starting parameters should be reduced when the operation includes:
- Long arbor overhang
- Thin cutter bodies
- Deep slot engagement
- Interrupted surfaces
- Weak workpiece clamping
- Low machine rigidity
- Difficult chip evacuation
- Large profile engagement
Final parameters should be confirmed through controlled production trials.
12 Application Case: R5.025 Staggered-Tooth Cutter
Workpiece and Machining Requirement
| Item | Application Data |
|---|---|
| Workpiece | Large gear ring |
| Material | 20CrMnTi |
| Operation | Five semi-circular slots on the outside diameter |
| Groove profile | R5.025 full radius |
| Nominal slot size | 10 mm |
| Dimensional tolerance | 0 / +0.08 mm |
| Surface finish | Ra 1.6 |
| Previous cutter | Straight-tooth cutter |
| Main problem | Vibration and unstable entry and exit dimensions |
Custom Tool Solution
A brazed carbide staggered-tooth side and face cutter was developed with a full-radius cutting profile.
The cutter design focused on:
- Alternating tooth engagement
- Reduced cutting-force peaks
- Improved chip space
- Stable full-radius profile generation
- Controlled side and peripheral edge relationship
- Cutter-body rigidity
- Repeatable brazed carbide edge location
- Precision profile grinding
Production Result
The staggered-tooth design reduced vibration and improved dimensional stability at the slot entrance and exit.
The cutter maintained the 10 mm feature within the required 0 / +0.08 mm tolerance, achieved the specified Ra 1.6 surface finish and supported stable batch production.
Internal Link: Staggered Tooth Side and Face Cutter with R5.025 Full Radius Profile
13 Carbide-Tipped vs HSS, Solid Carbide and Indexable Cutters
| Tool Construction | Main Advantages | Best-Suited Applications |
|---|---|---|
| Brazed carbide-tipped cutter | Carbide wear resistance with a tough, economical steel body | Large diameter, special width, form profile and drawing-specific cutters |
| HSS cutter | High toughness, easy regrinding and lower initial cost | Lower-speed machining, small batches and less-abrasive materials |
| Solid carbide cutter | High rigidity and wear resistance | Smaller diameters, rigid machines and high-speed precision machining |
| Indexable cutter | Replaceable inserts and high production flexibility | Standard profiles, larger production volumes and applications compatible with insert geometry |
Why Use Brazed Carbide Construction?
For a large side and face cutter, manufacturing the entire body from solid carbide can be expensive and mechanically unnecessary.
A brazed carbide design places carbide where wear resistance is required while using steel for the supporting body.
When the carbide grade, cutting geometry and machining conditions are properly matched, this construction can support longer tool life while retaining the toughness of the steel cutter body.
This construction can provide:
- Lower carbide consumption
- Tougher cutter body
- Greater flexibility for large diameters
- Drawing-specific profile geometry
- Practical regrinding allowance
- Lower initial cost than a comparable solid carbide cutter
- Better suitability for low- and medium-volume custom production
An indexable cutter may be preferable when the required profile can be generated by standard inserts and the production volume justifies replaceable-edge tooling.
Coated Cutters and Coating Options
Where required by the workpiece material and cutting conditions, coated cutters can be specified with suitable coatings to improve wear resistance, reduce adhesion or support stable cutting performance. Coating selection should be evaluated together with the carbide grade, edge preparation, cutting speed, coolant strategy and regrinding requirements.
14 Manufacturing and Quality Control
A custom side and face milling cutter requires control of both the steel cutter body and the brazed carbide cutting structure.
For repeat and high-volume production, a custom carbide-tipped side and face milling cutter can improve part-to-part consistency when the cutting geometry, cutter width, runout and machining parameters are controlled consistently from batch to batch.
Custom Side and Face Cutter Design and Manufacturing Process
- Review the component drawing or existing tool drawing
- Confirm the machining operation and workpiece material
- Define cutter diameter, width, bore, keyway and profile
- Select cutter-body material and carbide grade
- Design tooth spacing, chip gullets and side clearance
- Prepare the manufacturing drawing for approval
- Machine and heat-treat the steel cutter body
- Prepare carbide seats and brazing contact surfaces
- Braze the carbide tips or bars under a controlled process
- Precision-grind the bore, side faces and cutting profile
- Apply the specified edge preparation
- Inspect dimensions, runout and profile geometry
- Dynamically balance the cutter when required
- Mark the drawing number or tool identification
- Package the cutter for international shipment
Critical Inspection Items
- Outside diameter
- Cutting width
- Bore diameter
- Keyway size
- Hub dimensions
- Profile radius or angle
- Tooth quantity and arrangement
- Side clearance
- Axial runout
- Radial runout
- Cutting-edge height consistency
- Brazed joint condition
- Surface finish of ground cutting areas
15 Support for Distributors and OEM Manufacturers
Aoshiji® Custom Tool supports:
- Cutting-tool distributors
- Industrial tooling suppliers
- OEM manufacturing plants
- Machine-tool companies
- Contract manufacturers
- CNC machine shops
- Maintenance and process-engineering departments
Distributor Support
We can work from:
- A customer’s component drawing
- An existing cutter drawing
- A physical tool sample
- A dimensional sketch
- A machining-problem description
- A previously approved Aoshiji drawing number
Support may include:
- Drawing review
- Tool concept development
- Technical clarification
- Application-specific geometry
- Manufacturing drawing approval
- Revision-controlled production
- Small and medium custom quantities
- Repeat production based on an approved drawing
- Export packing and international shipment coordination
Engineering communication is coordinated from Dalian, with custom cutting-tool production managed through our Shanghai manufacturing resources.
For repeat orders, please provide the previous drawing number, quotation number or order reference so that the correct revision can be identified.
16 Information Required for a Quotation
Please provide as much of the following information as possible.
Drawing and Tool Dimensions
Please specify the required bore sizes, arbor interface and keyway dimensions so the cutter can be engineered for the actual machine setup.
- Component drawing in PDF, DWG, DXF or STEP format
- Existing tool drawing, if available
- Cutter outside diameter
- Cutting width
- Body thickness
- Bore diameter
- Keyway dimensions
- Hub diameter and length
- Number of teeth
- Straight or staggered tooth preference
- Required side profile
- Corner radius
- Chamfer or taper dimensions
- Maximum slot depth
- Overall clearance restrictions
Machining Conditions
- Workpiece material
- Material hardness
- Slot or groove dimensions
- Required tolerance
- Surface finish requirement
- Machine tool
- Horizontal or vertical setup
- Arbor or holder specification
- Arbor overhang
- Coolant method
- Current cutting speed and feed
- Current tool life
- Existing machining problem
- Roughing or finishing operation
- Interrupted or continuous cutting
Commercial Requirements
- Required quantity
- Target delivery date
- Expected annual usage
- Target tool life
- Target cost per component
- Destination country
Engineering Email: [email protected]
17 Frequently Asked Questions
What is a side and face milling cutter?
A side and face milling cutter is a disc-shaped milling tool with cutting edges on the outside diameter and side faces. It is used to machine slots, grooves, shoulders and parallel side surfaces.
What is a side and face cutter used for?
It is used for long open slots, deep grooves, shoulder milling, side-wall finishing, straddle milling, gang milling and drawing-specific profile slots.
What is the difference between a side and face cutter and a face mill?
A side and face cutter is primarily a disc-type slotting and side-milling tool. A face mill is primarily designed to machine broad, flat external surfaces.
Is a three-side milling cutter the same as a side and face milling cutter?
The Chinese term commonly translated as three-side milling cutter generally refers to a side and face milling cutter. For international engineering communication, side and face milling cutter is the more standard English term.
What is the difference between straight-tooth and staggered-tooth cutters?
A straight-tooth cutter has teeth arranged consistently around the cutter. A staggered-tooth cutter alternates side engagement between teeth, which can improve chip space and reduce cutting-force peaks in deep or wide slots.
What is a half-side milling cutter?
A half-side milling cutter has principal side-cutting action on one side. It is used for shoulders, side cutting, back-facing and paired straddle-milling arrangements.
Carbide-tipped cutters are generally preferred when higher wear resistance, longer tool life or greater cutting performance is required. HSS may remain suitable for lower speeds, less-abrasive materials and applications that prioritize toughness.
Many brazed carbide cutters can be reground when sufficient carbide and profile allowance remain. The regrinding method must preserve cutter width, side clearance, profile geometry and tooth-height consistency.
Yes. Dynamic balancing can be specified for large-diameter or higher-speed cutters when required by the operating conditions.
The most important information is the component or tool drawing, workpiece material, cutter diameter, cutting width, bore or shank interface, slot depth, profile geometry, tolerance, surface finish, machine setup and coolant condition.Available bore sizes are determined by the customer’s arbor or adapter requirements, and the required bore size and tolerance should be clearly specified on the drawing.
Yes. Aoshiji supports distributors and tooling suppliers with drawing review, technical clarification, custom manufacturing and revision-controlled repeat production.
Can a side and face cutter machine a T-slot?
A conventional side and face cutter can produce the preliminary straight slot. The undercut portion of a true T-slot normally requires a dedicated T-slot cutter.
What controls the finished slot width?
The finished width depends on cutter width, axial runout, side-edge geometry, tool deflection, arbor accuracy, machine rigidity, cutting parameters, wear and thermal conditions.
Can a custom cutter produce a radius groove?
Yes. The peripheral and side cutting edges can be profile-ground to produce full-radius, partial-radius, stepped, chamfered or drawing-specific groove forms.
How long does custom production take?
Typical production requires 7–21 days after the final drawing is approved. Large, complex or special-material cutters may require additional time.
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19 Request a Custom Side and Face Milling Cutter Quote
Custom carbide-tipped side and face milling cutters are suitable for industrial slotting and side-milling applications where a standard cutter cannot provide the required width, profile, rigidity, surface finish or tool life.
Aoshiji® Custom Tool develops each cutter from the customer’s drawing and machining conditions. Available designs include straight-tooth cutters, staggered-tooth cutters, full and half-side cutters, interlocking cutters, gang-milling sets, thin slotting cutters and full-profile form cutters.
Send your component drawing or existing tool drawing for an engineering review and quotation.
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