Milling is the process of removing

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classification types. In general, the
milling machine holds the workpiece and
advances or feeds it slowly under the
rotating cutter in such a way that a
surface cut is completed in one
translational of the workpiece.
Drilling machines are those machine
tools which hold a drill or cutting tool
that can be fed into the work to produce
a hole of a given size. In most cases the
drill or cutting tool rotates while the work
is stationary; in some cases, the work
may rotate while the drill is stationary.
 The origin of drilling is not definitely
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pieces of equipment, and many of those
used in production shops are highly
specialized. The first successful milling
machine was designed by Eli Whitney, the
inventor of the cotton gin, about 1818.
This machine bears little resemblance to
the present-day milling machine, and it did
not have a very extensive use. After
Whitney, a universal milling machine was
developed by F. W. Howe in 1852.
However, this machine was not a success
until it was redesigned in 1862 by Joseph
R. Brown of the firm of Brown and Sharpe.
Modern universal milling machines have
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Classification of Milling Machines

According to the way the workpiece is
moved or fed with respect to the cutter,
there are plain milling machines and
universal milling machines. In the
plain miller, the piece has translation
only, usually in two horizontal directions
and one vertical direction. In the
universal miller, the piece may be given
of translation, as in the plain milling
machines, and in addition, a motion of
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According to the type of design:

1. Column and knee type
Horizontal spindle (plain or
universal)
Vertical spindle (plain and
universal)
2. Manufacturing milling machines
Horizontal spindle, plain type
3. Plainer milling machines
Horizontal spindle, plain type
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A third group grouping might be
made, consisting of types adapted to a
variety of work and of specialized types
restricted to the performance of some
special work, such as milling threads and
cutting special types of gears.
Tracer controlled milling machine
Thread milling machine
CNC milling machine:
1. Tracer controlled milling machine
2. Thread milling machine
3. CNC milling machine
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Classification of Milling Machines
A third group grouping might be
made, consisting of types adapted to a
variety of work and of specialized types
restricted to the performance of some
special work, such as milling threads and
cutting special types of gears.
Tracer controlled milling machine
Thread milling machine
CNC milling machine:
1. Tracer controlled milling machine
2. Thread milling machine
3. CNC milling machine
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Classification of Milling Machines
A third group grouping might be
made, consisting of types adapted to a
variety of work and of specialized types
restricted to the performance of some
special work, such as milling threads and
cutting special types of gears.
Tracer controlled milling machine
Thread milling machine
CNC milling machine:
1. Tracer controlled milling machine
2. Thread milling machine
3. CNC milling machine