Heavy Duty Helical Spiral Cutter Head

Heavy-duty helical spiral cutterhead with indexable 15x15x2.5 inserts. Built for industrial planing lines.

The Heavy Duty Helical Spiral Cutter Head is designed for maximum performance and durability in demanding woodworking applications. Its robust helical design provides efficient chip removal, reducing strain on your machine while delivering a superior finish. Ideal for heavy milling tasks, this cutter head excels in processing both soft and hard woods.

The cutterdiameterrange:φ72-φ300mm
The cutter length range:150-2500mm
Grnove number ange:4T-12T

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Heavy Duty Helical Spiral Cutter Head

Apply wood Machine

Spiral Cutterhead can be fits in Vertical machine

Copy milling machine,4-side moulders

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Techinical Parameters

The cutter head body with steel or aluminum alloy materials avaiable.

Choice of T.C.T knife bit size 14x14x2.0x6T/4T; 15x15x2.5x6T/4T; 30×1.2×1.5x4T/6T  carbide knives

Design and Construction

The heavy-duty helical spiral cutterhead carries indexable tungsten carbide inserts in helical rows on a reinforced steel body for industrial planing. Head diameter, width, bore and insert count are matched to the machine when ordering; inserts are the standard 15 x 15 x 2.5 mm size.

How It Works

As the head spins, the helical rows of inserts cut a continuous shearing arc: cutting force stays low, noise drops, and the finish shows the characteristic sheared-surface look instead of ripple marks. When an edge dulls, the insert is turned to its second edge or swapped in minutes — the head, its mounting and its balance stay on the spindle.

Applications

  • Industrial planer upgrades
  • Heavy planing programmes
  • High-volume solid wood lines
  • Deep dimensioning cuts

Suitable Materials

  • Solid wood
  • MDF and particleboard
  • Plywood and veneered panels
  • Laminated boards

Suitable materials: melamine-faced particleboard, MDF, laminate HPL, veneered plywood, solid hardwood

The reinforced body keeps the helical rows stable through deep, heavy cuts.

System Comparison: Replaceable Insert vs. Solid Knife

Insert cutterheads keep the steel body in service and replace only the cutting edges. For production planing and jointing, this is usually the lower-cost way to hold edge quality.

Property Replaceable Insert Knife (This Tool) Solid Profile Knife
Edge replacement Swap the worn insert only; the steel body stays in service Regrind or replace the complete tool
Body material 40Cr chrome-molybdenum steel body, reused across insert changes Whole tool consumed as the edge wears
Downtime per edge change Minutes — index or swap the insert Send out for regrinding or buy a new tool
Profile changes Fit a different insert geometry to the same body New tool required per profile
Edge condition Fresh edge on every change; consistent cut quality Edge quality drifts between regrinds
Best suited for Production cutterheads with repeat profiles One-off profiles and low-volume work

Solid knives remain the better choice for one-off profiles and very low volumes.

Delivery Scope

Single cutterhead. Order by the diameter, width, bore and tooth count stated in the specifications table below (inserts sold separately).

Why Choose VPOINT

  • One-year warranty on every cutter — defects in material or workmanship are covered for 12 months from delivery.
  • Custom tooling — diameters, shanks, cutting lengths and flute configurations built to your drawing or sample.
  • Non-standard fabrication — sizes outside the standard catalogue, including special geometries.
  • Resharpening service — cutters return to service after regrinding at a fraction of new-tool cost.
  • Factory-direct since 2008 — ISO 9001 manufacturing in Sichuan and Dongguan, China; no trading intermediaries.

Send a drawing, a sample or a worn tool, and our engineering team will quote the exact specification you need.

Precision & Quality Control

Every cutter is inspected before shipment. Shank diameter, cutting-edge diameter, cutting length and overall length are measured against the values listed in the specifications table, and cutting edge runout is verified on the assembled tool.

Tools measuring outside tolerance do not ship. Inspection is performed under our ISO 9001 quality system, with batch records retained for traceability.

Key words: heavy duty helical cutterhead, spiral cutter head, industrial planer head, helical head inserts

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