A grooving cutter is a rotary tool designed to create grooves, grooves or notches in a material. Its main function is to remove material by means of cutting edges, which are located both on its circumference and often on its face. It is the cutting edges on the face that allow the tool to "drill" into the material to start a groove anywhere on the surface, not just from the edge. In this way, grooves can be made, for example, for feathers to connect the shaft firmly to the gear, grooves for seals or guide grooves for moving other components. In the woodworking industry, it is used to create joints or decorative grooves. The width of the groove created corresponds to the diameter of the cutter, while the depth and length of the groove is controlled by the feed of the machine in which the tool is clamped. They are produced in different variants for machining specific materials such as metals, wood or plastics.