End milling cutter and method for the production thereof

A milling tool, comprising a cylindrical shaft part, which has a central axis, and a cylindrical cutting part comprising at least three cutting edges, each cutting edge comprising a circumferential cutting edge, a cutting edge corner region, a radially outer cutting edge section and a radially inner cutting edge section, wherein:

• the circumferential cutting edges run helically and are separated from one another by chip grooves,
• the radially outer cutting edge sections run essentially radially and slope away from a milling cutter face of the milling tool toward a central axis of the milling tool, and
• the radially inner cutting edge sections are formed by ground-in end pockets and slope continuously away from the milling cutter face all the way to the central axis and, in a region of a milling cutter core of the milling tool, each radially inner cutting edge section comprising a first section having a first slope relative to the milling cutter face and a second section having a second slope relative to the milling cutter face, the second section closer to the central axis of the milling tool, the first slope greater than the second slope, a portion of each radially inner cutting edge section is formed by a point thinning, which is introduced into the end pocket and by means of which a center cutting edge of each radially inner cutting edge is created, which extends from a first end to a second end that is closer to the central axis.