Flank milling operations are particularly common in aerospace industry, especially when milling impellers and blades of the gas turbines.
The fundamental operations are usually conducted on three-, four- and five-axis machine tools depending on the complexity of the airfoils to be machined.
The part is modeled and multi-axis NC tool path is generated in CAD environment. However, traditional machining process physics is not considered in selecting feeds, speeds and depth of cuts during NC tool path generation step.  Blademodeler solves this oversight through integrative capabilities.
Tapered profiling of a Helical Solutions End Mill
The software seamlessly present unique solution (based on industry) that integrates process simulation and optimization to flank milling operations conducted with tapered helical ball end mills.
Majority of the past research in flank milling has been dedicated to modeling of the ruled surface which can be machined in flank milling mode.  Ansys Blademodeler trailblazes where most researchers left off.