24.2.4 Other milling operations and milling cutters
Straddle milling:two or more cutters are mounted on arbor and are used to machine two parallel surface on the workpiece (Fig 24.11a)
Form milling: produces curved profiles using cutters that have specially shaped teeth (Fig. 24.11b)
Slotting / Slitting operations are done using circular cutters (Fig 24.11c and d). T-slots such as Fig.24.12a, a slot first is milled with an end mill; then the cutter machines the complete profile of the T-slot in one pass.