Horizontal Milling Machine

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Milling is the process of machining using rotary cutters to remove material by advancing a cutter into a workpiece. This may be done in varyingdirections on one or several axes, cutter head speed, and pressure. Milling covers a wide variety of different operations and machines, on scalesfrom small individual parts to large, heavy-duty gang milling operations. It is one of the most commonly used processes for machining custom parts to precise tolerances. Milling can be done with a wide range of machine tools. The original class of machine tools for milling was themilling machine (often called a mill). After the advent of computer numerical control (CNC) in the 1960s, milling machines evolved intomachining centers: milling machines augmented by automatic tool changers, tool magazines or carousels, CNC capability, coolant systems, andenclosures.