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UP milling, also called conventional milling, involves the cutter and feed moving opposite each other, while down milling, also called climb milling, involves the cutter and feed moving in the same direction. The key differences are that up milling is used for rough work and produces poorer surface finishes, puts more force on the cutter leading to greater tool wear, and removes chips upward. Down milling is used for finishing, produces better surfaces, has less tool wear as the cutter rotates with the feed direction, and removes chips downward. Down milling is generally better for chip management and finishing operations on materials like aluminum.

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Difference Between UP Milling and Down Milling Machine Notes PDF

UP milling, also called conventional milling, involves the cutter and feed moving opposite each other, while down milling, also called climb milling, involves the cutter and feed moving in the same direction. The key differences are that up milling is used for rough work and produces poorer surface finishes, puts more force on the cutter leading to greater tool wear, and removes chips upward. Down milling is used for finishing, produces better surfaces, has less tool wear as the cutter rotates with the feed direction, and removes chips downward. Down milling is generally better for chip management and finishing operations on materials like aluminum.

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Difference between UP Milling and Down Milling

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Er. Amrit Kumar October 11, 2020

Hi, In this article we will study the difference between UP and DOWN Milling Machine.
And also you can download whole articles in PDF format at the end.

Before moving to our main topic lets have small overview on UP and DOWN Milling.

What is UP Milling?
Table of Contents

What is UP Milling?
What is Down Milling?
Difference Between UP and DOWN Milling Machine:

In UP Milling to perform the operation the cutter and feed moves opposite to each
other.
It is also called a Climb UP or Conventional Milling.

What is Down Milling?


In Down Milling to perform the operation the cutter and feed move in the same
direction with each other.
It is also called a Climb Down Milling.

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Difference Between UP and DOWN Milling Machine:

UP MILLING MACHINE DOWN MILLING MACHINE

UP Milling is known as the Conventional Whereas, Down Milling is known as


Milling process. the Climb Milling process.

The cutting forces act upward in the UP Here the cutting forces act opposite to
Milling as you can see in the diagram. the up milling or you can say
downward.

The UP Milling process is used for rough Down Milling or Climb Milling Process
purposes. Whereas, is used for the final or finishing
operation.

Therefore, Surface finishing is not good. Here surface finishing is great.

It is used for cutting of brass, bronze, and But This one is applicable to
ferrous materials. aluminum and aluminum alloys.

The tool wear rate is more here because The tool wear rate is less here
the direction of the rotary cutter is against because the cutter is in the same
the feed. direction as that of the feed.

The tool life is not much because of toll Here tool life is more because there is
wear rate is high. less tool wear rate compared to UP
Milling.

UP Milling is a traditional type of process. Down Milling is used nowadays for


better surface finish.

Here in UP Milling, The cutter rotates But In Down milling, the cutter rotates
against the direction of the feed. in the same direction of feed.

Why did we call this process is UP Milling Here The cutting chips are removed in
Process? Because The material from the a downward direction, So it is called
surface or cutting chips is thrown in the Down Milling.
upward direction.

UP Milling takes a large amount of force But it do not takes much amount of
compared to climb down milling. forces.

UP Milling is less for chip management. Down milling is more suitable for chip
management.

If the workpiece material is brittle then the Down Milling can not perform
UP Milling process is followed. operation when work piece material is
brittle. But if it perform then chances
of wear and tear of tool.

In UP Milling the backlash eliminator is But here Backlash eliminator is


not required. required, especially when the machine
is older.

UP Milling vs Down Milling

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