Device for thread milling and milling cutter for this device

摘要

A method of rotational milling of a thread on a workpiece and including providing a device having a rotatable workpiece spindle for supporting the workpiece and a rotatable milling cutter spindle for supporting a thread milling cutter, and displacing axially the workpiece spindle and the milling cutter relative to each other by a distance shorter than a length of the thread, while rotating the workpiece spindle and the milling cutter spindle with respective rotational speeds a ratio of which is not equal to 1; and displacing radially the workpiece spindle and the milling cutter spindle relative to each other.