Lab Report: CLD 20502 Basic Engineering Workshop

Lecturers Name :
Yushazaziah Binti Mohd Yunos
Group/ Name: 3 DCF A, Group 4
Date: 15 September 2012
1. Nur Farahin Najwa binti Othman
2. Abu Hurairah bin Zulkifli
Title :

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Labwork 4: Machining Milling

Introduction/ objective :
Machining Milling are usually used to machine flat surfaces, but can also produce irregular surfaces. It can also
be used to drill, bore, cut gears, and produce slots. The type of milling machine most commonly found in student
shops is a vertical spindle machine with a swiveling head. Although there are several other types of milling
machines, this document will focus only on the vertical milling machine. A milling machine removes metal by
rotating a multi-toothed cutter that is fed into the moving work piece. The spindle can be fed up and down with a
quill feed lever on the head. The bed can also by fed in the x, y, and z axes manually. In this clip the z axis is
adjusted first, then the y, than the x. Once an axis is located at a desired position and will no longer be fed, it
should be locked into position with the gib locks. Most milling machines are equipped with power feed for one
or more axes. Power feed is smoother than manual feed and, therefore, can produce a better surface finish.
Power feed also reduces operator fatigue on long cuts. On some machines, the power feed is controlled by a
forward reverse lever and a speed control knob. Milling is the most common form of machining, a material
removal process, which can create a variety of features on a part by cutting away the unwanted material. The
milling process requires a milling machine, workpiece, fixture, and cutter. The workpiece is a piece of preshaped material that is secured to the fixture, which itself is attached to a platform inside the milling machine.
The cutter is a cutting tool with sharp teeth that is also secured in the milling machine and rotates at high speeds.
By feeding the workpiece into the rotating cutter, material is cut away from this workpiece in the form of small
chips to create the desired shape. Milling is typically used to produce parts that are not axially symmetric and
have many features, such as holes, slots, pockets, and even three dimensional surface contours. Parts that are
fabricated completely through milling often include components that are used in limited quantities, perhaps for
prototypes, such as custom designed fasteners or brackets. Another application of milling is the fabrication of
tooling for other processes.
Objective

To familiarize with the milling machine.

To familiarize with the milling process.

To understand the usage of milling machine in fabrication work

Apparatus/ Material:

10.23c

5.99

6.00

4.00