Abstract
The required conditions for face milling with sintered carbide blades are extremely critical, this being especially so with the case where a hardened alloy steel is machined. This is the reason why the machining standards for face milling is difficult to be estaslished. In order to overcome this, the methodological investigation for the test procedure is essential.
Important factors to govern the tool life such as carbide grade, tool shape, depth of cut, feed, speed, engage angle, shock number, path ratio, etc.have been investigated experimentally.
