Patent ID: 8882406

Claim:
A round head milling cutter, comprising a tool head, which extends along an axial direction and defines a central, rotational axis of the milling cutter, and has a plurality of cutting teeth, each cutting tooth having a cutting edge, and wherein chip flutes are disposed between the cutting teeth, each cutting tooth having a front-side radial portion and a circumferential axial portion, wherein the respective cutting edge, in the circumferential axial portion, and the chip flute assigned thereto are inclined in opposite directions with respect of the axial direction in such a way that the cutting tooth widens in the axial direction towards a foot region of the round head milling cutter, wherein the respective cutting edge is oriented, with respect of the axial direction, at a positive angle of inclination (α 1 ), and wherein the chip flute is oriented, with respect of the axial direction, at a negative angle of inclination (α 2 ).