Ball End Mill: 0.0500" Dia, 0.1500" LOC, 3 Flute, Solid Carbide MPN:04576

Ball end mills are solid carbide tools used for various cutting operations, such as drilling or roughing out a pocket in mold or die making. They are suitable for stainless steel, aluminum, brass and other soft metals but must be cooled to avoid heat build up while cutting harder materials because they don't dissipate heat like square end mills which have edges for roughing cuts. A ball end mill is generally preferred in operations where a contour needs finishing smoothly around corners or curvature surfaces without causing damages at the bottom of pockets as its unique hemispherical cutting shape offers great feed rates, high chip ejection capabilities resulting in quality finished products essential in industries like automotive aviation defense where precision counts greatly hence its importance at SGS.