Regardless of the cutting tool chosen, the first thing to understand is: What is the material of the workpiece? What machine tool is used for machining? Is it fine machining or rough machining? Are there any drawing requirements?
1. Lathe Tool
All lathe tools require prior understanding: How many sides of the tool? Clamping method? What kind of blade is installed?
1. External Turning Tool
What is the required main rake angle? Are there any drawing requirements? What material is being processed? Are there any hardness requirements?
2. Internal Turning Tool
What is the diameter? How deep is the hole? What is the inner diameter of the machine tool's tool holder? Is there any interference in the internal hole?
3. Grooving Tool
How deep is the cut required? How wide is the groove? Is it an end face groove, external circular groove, or internal hole groove tool? What are the maximum and minimum processing diameters? (Specific to end face grooving tools)
4. Cut-off Tool
What diameter is being cut? What is the required groove width?
5. Threading Tool
Right-hand or left-hand threading tool? External or internal thread? Metric or imperial? What is the pitch?
2. Milling Cutter
1. Integral Milling Cutter
Is high-speed steel or carbide required for the end mill? What is the hardness being processed? What is the required length? How many cutting edges? Ball-nose or flat-end? What is the handle angle? What is the thread? What kind of coating? What is the helix angle?
2. Indexable Milling Cutter
1) Arbor-type Milling Cutter (Milling Cutter Shank)
What diameter is required? Are there any angle requirements for the blade? What is the required processing length?
2) Face Milling Cutter
What is the diameter? What is the required blade angle? Fine machining or rough machining? Are there any requirements for the tool inclination angle?
3. Drill Bit
1. Straight Shank Drill Bit
Is high-speed steel or carbide required for the drill bit? What is the processing diameter? What is the processing depth? Are there any requirements for the cutting edge?
2. Taper Shank Drill Bit
What is the number of the original tool holder? What is the processing diameter? What is the required processing depth? Are there any requirements for the cutting edge?
4. Tap
1. Spiral Tap
Left-hand or right-hand tap? What are the required thread dimensions? Metric or imperial? What is the processing accuracy grade? What is the material being processed? What country's standard for the shank?
2. Straight Flute Tap
What is the material being processed? Hand tapping or machine tapping?
5. Chamfering Tool
What is the required chamfer range? What is the angle?
6. Reamer
1. Straight Shank Reamer
What is the processing depth? What is the processing accuracy? What is the processing diameter?
2. Taper Shank Reamer
What is the number of the original taper sleeve? What is the processing depth? What is the processing accuracy? What is the processing diameter?
7. Boring Bar
1. Rough Boring Bar
Modular or integral type? What is the required processing range? Processing length? Is it required to add an extension rod?
2. Finish Boring Bar
Modular or integral type? What is the processing accuracy? What is the processing length? Is it required to add an extension rod to increase the processing range?
8. Fixture
First, clarify the connection method between the tool and the machine tool: BT\NT\CAT\ISO\R8\DINE\HSK\MT?
1. Drill Bit Clamping
Elastic collet type or three-jaw centering type? What size tool is to be installed? ER number? What number taper shank? What is the length?
2. Milling Cutter Clamping
What size milling cutter is required for clamping? High-torque, standard, or high-speed type? What number taper shank? What size is the threaded hole?
3. Tap Clamping
Rigid tapping or flexible tapping? What size tap?
4. Face Milling Cutter Clamping
What is the diameter of the face milling cutter? What is the inscribed circle of the face milling cutter? Metric or imperial hole? Are there any length requirements?
5. Tool Setter
Dial or digital display, or projection type? What is the measurement range? What is the measurement accuracy?
