Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
407114000 | With integral chip breaker, guide or deflector | 76 |
20080219783 | Cutting Segment of Cutting Tool and Cutting Tool - A cutting segment of a cutting tool for cutting or drilling a brittle work piece such as stone, bricks, concrete and asphalt, and a cutting tool. The cutting segment includes a cutting surface for cutting a work piece and a number of abrasive particles arranged in a plurality of rows. Each of the abrasive rows includes high-concentration parts and low-concentration parts. The high-concentration parts are grouped together to form a high-concentration area on the cutting surface and the low-concentration parts are grouped together to form a low-concentration area on the cutting surface. The cutting segment and the cutting tool are capable of improving cutting rate and useful life. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219784 | CUTTING INSERT - In a cutting insert, a cutting edge is formed on a peripheral border of a rake face; a protruding section is formed on the rake face; a pair of convex sections is formed so as to extend toward the cutting edge; the convex sections face toward a corner portion; the convex sections include first wall surfaces and second wall surfaces; the first wall surfaces and the second wall surfaces are inclined surfaces that are inclined toward the rake face as those are farther from ridgelines intersecting with each other; and the intersection ridgelines intersect with a wall surface of the protruding section, at a position lower than a top portion of the protruding section in the corner portion side. | 09-11-2008 |
20080226404 | THREAD CUTTING INSERT - In this thread cutting insert, on a common edge section of front and back faces of an insert main body, there is formed a pair of cutting edge sections that project from the edge section when seen from a direction facing the front and back faces, and on at least two of four projecting faces that respectively face the front and back face sides of the pair of these cutting edge sections, there is formed a thread cutting edge with the projecting face serving as a rake face. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226405 | Metal cutting inserts with abrasive bodies - The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert of a generally polygonal shape provided with a ceramic tip in a recess in at least one of its corners with a bottom surface and at least one side surface. At least the bottom surface of the recess is provided with rails with a height h being from about 50 to about 100 μm, width w being from about 100 to about 200 μm and spaced at distance l from about 0.75 to about 1.25 mm. The invention also relates to a method of making such an insert using a grinding wheel of a suitable profile before or after sintering or in the pressing operation. | 09-18-2008 |
20080232912 | Cutting Insert for a Milling Cutter - A fully indexable square cutting insert has four side surfaces connecting to two end surfaces. At the intersection of each side surface with an end surface is a primary cutting edge which extends from an insert corner and along a first side surface, in a downward direction towards a median plane. A wiper extends from the same insert corner and along an adjacent side surface, in an upward direction away from the median plane, to rise above an abutment surface of an associated end surface. The geometry of the cutting insert and of the insert pocket in which the insert is seated are such that the primary cutting edge has a positive axial angle (helix), while the insert has an overall negative axial angle for providing axial clearance and an overall negative radial angle for providing radial clearance. | 09-25-2008 |
20080253848 | NEGATIVE INSERT FOR CUTTING MACHINING - A negative insert for cutting machining has a top side, a clearance side perpendicular thereto and a cutting edge in a region interconnecting these sides and extending substantially in parallel with these sides. The insert has further a flat or rounded chamfer connecting the cutting edge to the clearance side on at least one lateral side of the insert in the region of a corner thereof. The chamfer makes an angle of 1°-15° with the clearance side for enabling application of the chamfer substantially tangentially to a work piece to be machined for bearing of the insert in two dimensions against the work piece during cutting machining operation carried out by the insert. | 10-16-2008 |
20080260476 | Throwaway Insert and Milling Tool Equipped with the Same - A throwaway insert enabling the use of a holder for a long period and having excellent chip evacuation is provided. The throwaway insert is formed in a substantially polygonal plate shape and includes a rake face formed on an upper surface thereof a relief face formed on a side surface thereof a main cutting edge formed along a ridge representing an intersection of the rake face and the relief face, which is divided into a plurality of main cutting edge divisions by at least one groove formed on the relief face, and a projection formed so as to protrude from the rake face in correspondence with each of the main cutting edge divisions. | 10-23-2008 |
20080304924 | Indexable end-milling insert - An indexable end-milling insert including an underside, an upperside and a plurality of cutting edges that are formed between the upperside and a number of clearance sides and that include a chip-removing main edge as well as a surface-wiping wiper edge. The cutting insert has a square basic shape and includes four main edges and four wiper edges that are countersunk to a lower level than the main edges. The wiper edge is included in a lip projecting in relation to a secondary clearance surface and has a tertiary clearance surface, which laterally transforms into a primary clearance surface. The primary clearance surface has a width that decreases from the two opposite ends thereof toward a section having a smallest width therebetween. | 12-11-2008 |
20080317558 | ROUND CUTTING INSERT WITH CHIP CONTROL FEATURE - A round cutting insert includes a bottom surface, a clearance side surface and a top surface. The top surface includes a chip control feature in the form of a continuous, circumferential depression formed by a substantially planar bottom surface and a pair of upward sloping substantially planar side walls that form an angle with respect to the top surface. The chip control feature may also include a plurality of radially offset bumps located in the depression. The bumps may have the same size and shape, or may have a different size and shape. The top surface also includes an elevated island having one or more indexing marks for easy indexing of the cutting insert. | 12-25-2008 |
20090047078 | INDEXABLE INSERT FOR MILLING TOOLS - The invention relates to an indexable insert for a milling tool. Furthermore, the invention relates to a milling tool, in particular for machining crankshafts or camshafts. In order to create a milling tool, in particular for machining crankshafts and camshafts, which runs smoothly with reduced drive power consumption at a high cutting capacity, it is provided according to the invention that the indexable insert ( | 02-19-2009 |
20090067937 | CUTTING INSERT HAVING MAIN AND SECONDARY CHIP FORMERS - As seen in a side view of a cutting insert, the cutting insert is provided with cutting edges that slope in opposite directions. A rake surface extends at the upper surface inwardly from the cutting edges. An inward portion of the rake surface forms a main chip former. A first end of the rake surface adjacent a raised cutting corner and distal a lower cutting corner is provided with a secondary chip former that extends from adjacent the raised cutting corner to the main chip former. | 03-12-2009 |
20090097929 | CUTTING INSERT FOR HIGH FEED FACE MILLING, AND MILLING CUTTER TOOL INCLUDING SAME - A cutting insert for milling operations, such as, face milling, slot milling, plunge milling, and ramping operations. The cutting insert exhibits a combination of favorable cutting edge strength, and unique cutting edge geometry, thus, allowing milling operations at relatively high feed rates. The cutting insert includes at least four cutting edges, wherein at least one of the cutting edges is a convex cutting edge. Certain embodiments of square cutting inserts will have four convex cutting edges which may be connected by nose corners. The convex cutting edge may comprise at least one of a circular arc, a portion of an ellipse, a portion of a parabola, a multi-segment spline curve, a straight line, or combinations of these. Wherein the convex cutting edge comprises a circular arc, the circular arc may have a radius greater than or equal to two times a radius of the largest circle that may be inscribed on the top surface. | 04-16-2009 |
20090103992 | Cutting Insert and Milling Tool - A milling tool includes a cutting tool insert, roughly plate-shaped and having a rake face on an upper face and a flank on a side face and a main cutting edge at an intersection ridge line part at the intersection of the rake face and the flank, fitted in the periphery of a substantially cylindrical holder removably and so that an axial rake angle of the cutting edge ridge line of the main cutting edge is positive. When the cutting tool insert is rotated about the axis of rotation of the holder, the shape of the locus of rotation of the main cutting edge in a section parallel to the axis of rotation is made an approximate circular arc shape swelling outward with progress from the ends to the center. | 04-23-2009 |
20090123242 | Cutting Insert - The invention relates to a cutting insert for clamping into a disc-type or strip-shaped tool body, in particular, for milling crankshafts, whereby said insert is substantially cuboid-shaped and has two front faces, the distance between which defines the width ( | 05-14-2009 |
20090142149 | CUTTING INSERT FOR CHIP REMOVING MACHINING - A cutting insert for chip removing machining is provided, the cutting insert including an elongate center part, cutting edges being arranged at the opposite ends of the center part, the cutting insert being provided with engagement members along two longitudinal, opposite sides, the cutting edges forming, in an end view of the cutting insert, a mutual angle (α). A tool is also provided and includes such a cutting insert. The cutting insert includes rake faces associated with the respective cutting edge that are facing the opposite direction in the vertical direction (H) of the cutting insert, and the mutual angle (α) is in the interval of 10°<α<20°, and a distance (H | 06-04-2009 |
20090155005 | CUTTING INSERT AND TOOL FOR CHIP REMOVING MACHINING - An indexable milling insert having triangular shape, the cutting insert comprising a mounting hole placed centrally in the cutting insert, a first support surface and a second support surface, which support surfaces are parallel with each other and act as alternating support surfaces, that the cutting insert comprises three equally long sides, which extend between the parallel support surfaces, that the cutting insert is provided with main cutting edges, which are orientated perpendicularly to the center axis of the mounting hole as well as provided in such a way that a rotation of the cutting insert around the center of the mounting hole to an alternative insert scat alternatively a turning of the cutting insert to an alternative insert seat provides an identical location of the main cutting edges in relation to a piece to be machined, and that the wedge angles (β) of the cutting insert are in the range of 70°≦β≦85°. The invention also relates to a milling tool equipped with the milling inserts defined above. The cutting insert comprises planar support surfaces situated on the sides, and the support surfaces in the respective sides form mutual angles of 60°. | 06-18-2009 |
20090162154 | INDEXABLE TURNING INSERT AND A CUTTING TOOL COMPRISING SUCH AN INSERT - An indexable turning insert ( | 06-25-2009 |
20090162155 | Cutting insert and associated milling cutter - A cutting insert used for cutting metal, especially for milling camshafts. The insert comprises at least one cutting edge that is formed by the intersection of a face with a flank. The cutting edges extend at an angle deviating from 90° relative to the cutting direction of the cutting insert in order to reduce the noise level during machining. | 06-25-2009 |
20090185875 | Machining Tool and Method For The Production Thereof - The invention relates to a machining tool having a determined or non-determined cut and to a method for the production thereof. The tool is provided with a hard metal substrate ( | 07-23-2009 |
20090220311 | CUTTING TOOL WITH CHIP GUIDING FUNCTION AND CUTTING METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides a cutting tool and a cutting method for the cutting tool which enable curl of a chip to be corrected without causing the chip to be jammed and which also allow the chip to be guided by correcting the direction of the chip to a desired one. A cutting tool | 09-03-2009 |
20090220312 | MACHINE TOOL WITH CHIP PROCESSING FUNCTION - The present invention provides a machine tool which allows a chip to be guided in a desired direction and which enables consecutive chip processing, the machine tool further enabling a reduction in cutting resistance, required power, resulting heat, friction of a tool, and the like. The machine tool includes a chip processing means | 09-03-2009 |
20090232611 | INDEXABLE CUTTING INSERT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An indexable cutting insert ( | 09-17-2009 |
20090269150 | INDEXABLE INSERT - An indexable insert ( | 10-29-2009 |
20090285646 | MILLING INSERT - A milling insert, including an upperside, an underside, and a reference plane parallel to the upperside and the underside. A plurality of indexable cutting edges are formed along a peripheral borderline in transitions between at least the upperside and a number of clearance surfaces. Each cutting edge includes a chip-removing main edge and a surface-wiping secondary edge, the secondary edge forming an obtuse angle with the main edge as viewed in planar view from the upperside. The main edge, from a first end of the main edge adjacent to the secondary edge, first declines toward the underside of the milling insert and then, from a lowest part, rises toward an opposite second end of the main edge. The secondary edge is inclined at an angle (ε) in relation to the reference plane as viewed perpendicularly to the clearance surface of the secondary edge, such that a first end of the secondary edge connected to the main edge is situated on a lower level than the opposite, second end of the secondary edge. | 11-19-2009 |
20090290946 | CUTTING INSERT FOR MACHINING A WORKPIECE - A cutting insert for machining a workpiece. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72( | 11-26-2009 |
20090297283 | CUTTING EDGE CONFIGURATION OF CUTTING TOOL - A cutting edge configuration of a cutting tool for performing a cutting process on a surface ( | 12-03-2009 |
20100061816 | CUTTING INSERT - The invention relates to a cutting insert for chip-forming machining, of which at least the top surface, on one side, forms the face ( | 03-11-2010 |
20100086369 | Processes for improving tool life and surface finish in high speed machining - Processes for high speed machining of workpiece materials using high performance tools with prolonged tool life and improved surface finish are provided by vibrating the tool and/or the workpiece at a frequency greater than the frequency of shear localization in the primary shear zone or chip segmentation occurring in the absence of tool vibration, with an amplitude sufficient to break up the tool-chip atomic contact, thereby decreasing the tool-chip contact length through decreasing the tool-chip contact time, thereby suppressing accelerated chemical tool wear caused by dissolution of the tool into the workpiece by nanocrystalline grain boundary diffusion and grain boundary sliding mechanisms by preventing shear localization associated with nanocrystalline grain formation in the primary shear zone of the chip, and suppressing oxidation wear of the tool by preventing segmentation of the chip. | 04-08-2010 |
20100129167 | ROUGHING CUT EDGE INSERT WITH A FINISHING WIPER - An indexable cutting insert having a body with a central axis extending therethrough and including two opposing surfaces interconnected by at least three sides. First and second sides intersect with one of the opposing surfaces at a primary corner to form a primary cutting edge having a corner radius. First and third sides intersect at a secondary corner. An intersection between an intermediate portion of the first side and the opposing surface forms a secondary cutting edge having an arcuate shape with a radius extending away from the central axis beyond a line between the primary corner and the secondary corner. An end of the secondary cutting edge is spaced from the end of the corner radius on the first side at a distance at least approximately one-eighth of a length of the line between the end of the corner radius on the first side and the secondary corner. | 05-27-2010 |
20100172704 | CUTTING INSERT WITH COOLANT DELIVERY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE CUTTING INSERT - An assembly of components for forming upon consolidation of the components a cutting insert for use in chipforming and material removal from a workpiece wherein the cutting insert receives coolant from a coolant source. The assembly comprises a cavity member that presents opposite first and second rake surfaces and a flank surface. The cavity member further presents a first cutting edge at the juncture of the first rake surface and the flank surface. The cavity member further has a first depression in the first rake surface that is generally adjacent to the first cutting edge. The cavity member has a first cavity channel in communication with the first depression. The assembly also has a first core member that has a first core channel and a first flange wherein when the components are assembled, the first core channel is adjacent to the first cavity channel and the first flange is adjacent to the first depression. The assembly also has a second core member which has a second flange containing a fifth notch and the second core member further containing a fifth notch channel opening into the fifth notch. When the components are assembled, the fifth notch is adjacent to the second rake surface and the fifth notch channel is adjacent to the first cavity channel. Upon consolidation of the components, the cavity member, the first core member and the second core member join together so that the first depression and the first flange define a first fluid spray chamber, and the first cavity channel and the first core channel and the fifth notch channel join together to form a fifth internal fluid passageway, which provides fluid communication from the fifth notch adjacent to the second rake surface to the first fluid spray chamber adjacent to the first rake surface. | 07-08-2010 |
20100239379 | Cutting Insert - A cutting insert of the present invention has a body, auxiliary cutting edges of a convex curve shape and main cutting edges. The body has a top surface, a bottom surface, side surfaces connecting the top and bottom surfaces, and corner surfaces connecting the adjacent side surfaces. The auxiliary cutting edges are formed at intersections between the top and bottom surfaces and the side surfaces. The main cutting edges are formed at intersections between the top and bottom surfaces and the corner surfaces. The main cutting edge in the top surface extends from an end of an adjacent auxiliary cutting edge to its center in a direction toward the bottom surface and from the center to an end of another adjacent auxiliary cutting edge in a direction away from the bottom surface. | 09-23-2010 |
20100272526 | DOUBLE-SIDED CUTTING INSERT FOR DRILLING TOOL - A double-sided cutting insert for a drilling tool includes a top side, a bottom side, and at least one side surface interconnecting the top side and the bottom side and forming at least one cutting edge. The top side and the bottom side comprise a different external profile and chip groove geometry and an identical inscribed circle, and each of the top side and the bottom side comprises four indexable cutting edges. | 10-28-2010 |
20100278599 | CUTTING INSERT COMPRISING A RIBBED SWARF GUILDING LEVEL - A cutting insert wherein, in particular an indexable cutting insert for machining predominantly metal materials, comprising a first surface that acts as a contact surface for a chuck tool and a depression in the first surface in the cutting corner region and along the cutting edges, said depression acting as a swarf surface. To reinforce and stabilize the cutting edge, the first swarf surface border or the second swarf surface border has or have one or more interruptions in the form of ribs surface, said ribs lying on the same plane as the second surface. | 11-04-2010 |
20100322723 | ROTATABLE TOOL FOR CHIP REMOVING MACHINING AS WELL AS A LOOSE TOP AND A BASIC BODY THEREFOR - A rotatable tool for chip removing machining, including a basic body having front and rear ends between which a first center axis (C | 12-23-2010 |
20100329800 | TOOL FOR CHIP REMOVING MACHINING AS WELL AS A SOLID INDEXABLE CUTTING INSERT AND A SOLID BASIC BODY THEREFOR - A tool for chip removing machining, including a basic body having an insert seat, and an indexable cutting insert fixed in the seat. The insert includes an upperside, an underside, a pair of side contact surfaces, two cutting edges that individually extend along a chip surface included in one of the upperside and underside, at least two heads that are spaced-apart via an intermediate part and individually include a front portion having at least one cutting edge and a rear portion along which the pair of side contact surfaces are formed. The insert seat of the basic body includes a central hollow space, and a front cavity and at least one rear cavity in which the heads of the cutting insert are housed, the front cavity including a pair of side support surfaces against which the pair of side contact surfaces of the cutting insert are pressed when a tightening element pulls the head rearward toward the side support surfaces. The basic body is solid by being formed integrally of steel material. The seat is countersunk in the basic body such that the side support surfaces are integrated in the steel material. The cutting insert is formed integrally from a second, hard-wearing material having at least the same hardness as cemented carbide, the pair of side contact surfaces of the insert being integrated in the second material. | 12-30-2010 |
20110033251 | ROTARY CUTTING TOOL WITH REVERSE CHIPBREAKER PATTERN - A rotary cutting tool with a longitudinal axis includes a shank portion, a cutting portion, and a plurality of chipbreakers. The cutting portion includes a plurality of blades and a plurality of flutes. The blades and flutes extend substantially along the length of the cutting portion. Each blade includes a leading face, a trailing face, and a land surface that extends between the leading face and the trailing face. The chipbreakers are disposed in the land surfaces of the blades. The chipbreakers on each blade are equidistant from each other and are distributed in a reverse chipbreaker pattern among the blades such that each chipbreaker on a preceding blade is closer to the cutting tip than a corresponding chipbreaker on an immediately adjacent following blade for a particular direction of rotation of the rotary cutting tool. | 02-10-2011 |
20110033252 | Cutting Insert - Provided is a cutting insert including an insert body in the form of a substantially rhombic flat plate, a rake face on at least one rhombic surface of the insert body, a corner portion provided at a corner of the rake face, and at least one pair of cutting edges provided at a side ridge portion of the rake face and crossing the corner portion. A breaker projection is provided on the rake face near the corner portion so as to bulge gradually along a bisector of the corner portion with distance from the corner portion. The breaker projection includes a front apex portion substantially in the shape of a convex circular arc in a section along the bisector and a side portion which includes a recess substantially in the shape of a concave circular arc in a section perpendicular to the bisector. | 02-10-2011 |
20110164934 | ROUND CUTTING INSERT WITH ASYMMETRIC CHIPBREAKER FEATURE - A round cutting insert includes a top surface, a clearance side surface and a bottom surface. The top surface includes an asymmetric chipbreaker feature adjacent a cutting edge that includes a finishing portion, a roughing portion, and a transition portion. The asymmetric chipbreaker feature includes a first rake face extending from the cutting edge, a second rake face between a bottom face and the first rake face, and a back face between a central island and the bottom face. The second rake face and the back face are sinusoidal waveforms with different periods to cause the distances from the cutting edge to the second rake face and back face to vary. The first and second rake faces are formed at different rake angles to provide effective chip control during machining operations. | 07-07-2011 |
20110222974 | Cutting Insert Having Grooves Formed Between Adjacent Cutting Edges - A cutting insert has a structure by which a sufficient surface area is in contact with a tool holder and cutting fluid can be smoothly flowed. The cutting insert has an upper face, a lower face, a plurality of side faces connecting the upper face and the lower face and a through hole passing through the upper face and the lower face, the upper face being divided into a periphery region disposed adjacently to cutting edges formed by the upper face and the side faces, and a central protruded region disposed between the through hole and the periphery region and surrounding the through hole, the central protruded region being placed higher than the edges. The periphery region is formed along all the cutting edges and includes a descent face inclined downward from a given cutting edge to the central protruded region, a bottom face and an ascent face inclined upward from the bottom face to the central protruded region. A plurality of grooves are formed on the central protruded region of the upper face, each groove being formed such that both ends of the groove are directed to adjacent cutting edges. | 09-15-2011 |
20110268514 | PVD COATED TOOL - The invention concerns a cutting tool comprising a main body and a multi-layer coating applied thereto. To provide improved cutting tools which have increased resistance to comb cracking, tribochemical wear and cratering caused thereby the main body comprises a hard metal which includes 5 to 8% by weight of Co, 0 to 2% by weight of TaC, 0 to 1% by weight of NbC and 89 to 95% by weight of WC with a mean grain size of 1 to 5 μm, and the coating has a first layer of TiAlN having a layer thickness of 1 to 5 μm, and a second layer of aluminium oxide having a layer thickness of 1 to 4 μm, wherein the coating further additionally includes on the second layer of aluminium oxide n alternately mutually superposedly applied layers of TiAlN and layers of aluminium oxide respectively having a layer thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 μm, wherein n relates to each individual layer and is an even number of 0 to 10, and wherein the total layer thickness of the coating is 2 to 16 μm and the coating is produced in the PVD process. | 11-03-2011 |
20110268515 | ROUGHING INSERT AND ROUGHING END MILL - This roughing insert is provided with an insert body, and a waveform cutting edge which is formed on an intersecting ridge line portion between a rake face and a flank face of the insert body, and which undulates along this intersecting ridge line portion. The waveform cutting edges are formed such that a portion thereof has a smaller wavelength than the remaining portion thereof. | 11-03-2011 |
20110293383 | INDEXABLE INSERT - An indexable insert having two main faces ( | 12-01-2011 |
20110299948 | CEMENTED CARBIDE INSERT AS WELL AS A CEMENTED CARBIDE BLANK FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SUCH CUTTING INSERTS - A cemented carbide insert, including an upper side, an under side, a plurality of side surfaces extending between the upper side and the underside, and an inset including a cutting edge. The cutting edge includes a nose edge and two main edges converging toward the nose edge. The inset is formed of a material that is harder than the cemented carbide, and is countersunk in the surrounding cemented carbide and co-ground with the surrounding cemented carbide. The inset is arranged in a front, wedge-shaped head delimited by one chip surface and two clearance surfaces running along the main edges. The inset transforms into an adjacent body part via limiting surfaces situated inside imaginary planes in the extension of the chip surface and the clearance surfaces. | 12-08-2011 |
20120027530 | INDEXABLE CUTTING INSERT - A cutting insert is provided including at least three cutting edges, each cutting edge including a primary cutting edge. Each primary cutting edge is associated with a respective different side surface of the cutting insert, each side surface having a respective rake surface and a clearance surface. The clearance surface is of varying width. | 02-02-2012 |
20120170986 | DOUBLE-SIDED CUTTING INSERT - A double-sided cutting insert includes: rectangular shaped upper and lower surfaces formed at upper and lower sides of the insert; four side surfaces of each of the upper and lower surfaces; an assembling hole perpendicular to the upper surface; major cutting edges, at corners of one side surface, and rotationally symmetrical with respect to a center of an outer shape of the insert in a plan view where the upper surface is the front and rotationally symmetrical with respect to the center in a front view where the one of the side surfaces is the front; minor cutting edges, formed at one side of each major cutting edge, and rotationally symmetrical with respect to the center in the plan view; and minor side surfaces formed on a surface where the minor cutting edges meet the side surfaces and inclined toward the center with respect to an assembling hole central axis. | 07-05-2012 |
20120170987 | Cutting Insert and Cutting Tool - A cutting insert includes a rake face extending along a cutting edge and a rising wall surface extending so as to form a recess along the cutting edge together with the rake face. The rake face is formed to have a positive rake angle, and includes a first rake face and a second rake face arranged in order in a direction in which a distance from the cutting edge increases. The second rake face is larger than the first rake face in rake angle. | 07-05-2012 |
20120177452 | Cutting Insert - A cutting insert enables a reduction in cutting resistance and stable cutting process. The insert includes a chip breaker groove formed inside corner cutting edges and a raised portion. The raised portion includes a top surface, a front raised surface, and side raised surfaces. The top surface intersects the front raised surface and each of the side raised surfaces. A first intersecting portion at which the front raised surface and the top surface intersect with each other extends linearly. A second intersecting portion at which each of the side raised surfaces and the top surface intersect with each other extends from a corresponding one of opposite sides of the first intersecting portion so that a distance from the corresponding side cutting edge increases gradually with a distance from the corner cutting edge. The front raised surface and the side raised surfaces are curved convexly outward. | 07-12-2012 |
20120207555 | Cutting Insert for a Milling Tool - A cutting insert for a gear milling tool comprises an under side, an opposite upper side that forms a chip surface and is parallel to an extension plane (p), a circumferential edge side that connects the upper side and the under side. A centre axis (A) extends through the under side. A symmetry line (S) is perpendicular to the centre axis. A first cutting edge comprises a primary main cutting edge, a secondary main cutting edge—which are symmetrical in respect of the symmetry line—and a transverse end cutting edge between the primary and the secondary main cutting edge. A normal to the extension plane (p) forms an acute clearance angle with the edge side at least along the first cutting edge so that the cutting insert obtains a positive cutting geometry. | 08-16-2012 |
20120230785 | CUTTING INSERT WITH DISCRETE CUTTING TIP AND CHIP CONTROL STRUCTURE - A cutting insert incorporates a pre-formed discrete cutting tip which wraps around a curved cutting corner of the insert. The cutting tip includes a top layer and a bottom layer made of a relatively harder material than the top layer. In one embodiment, the bottom layer is made of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) or a polycrystalline cubic boron nitride (CBN) material and the top layer is made of cemented carbide. The cutting insert may further incorporate a chip control structure formed in the cutting tip including a plurality of facets formed on each side of a centerline for providing chip control during a cutting operation. The chip control structure can be formed in a two-step process to expose a portion of the bottom layer. The discrete cutting tip can be brazed to the cutting insert prior to forming the chip control structure. | 09-13-2012 |
20120237305 | Multi-Functional Cutting Tool and Tool Holder Therefor - A multi-functional cutting tool has a first cutting head, a second cutting head positioned opposite to the first cutting head, a shank formed between the first cutting head and the second cutting head, and a chip discharge portion extending from the first cutting head to the second cutting head by way of the shank. The first cutting head has 180 degrees rotational symmetry with the second cutting head about an axis, which passes through the longitudinal center of the cutting tool and is perpendicular to the central axis of the cutting tool. The chip discharge portion comprises a helical portion formed helically with respect to the central axis of the cutting tool such that the chip discharge portion is not positioned on the portion, where a tool holder clamps the cutting tool and a cutting load is concentrated during the cutting process. | 09-20-2012 |
20120294682 | CUTTING INSERT HAVING CHIP CONTROL SURFACE WITH OUTWARDLY FACING ARCUATE CORNER PROTRUSIONS - A hexahedral-shaped cutting insert has a concavely curved upper surface, a lower surface, a plurality of side surfaces connecting the two, and a central hole passing through the upper and lower surfaces. Cutting edges are formed at intersections between the upper surface and the side surfaces, and corner cutting edge portions are formed at borders of two adjacent cutting edges. Cutting edge height is largest at corner cutting edge portions and smallest in the middle portions. In an inward direction of the insert from a cutting edge, the upper surface has a land portion, a downward inclined surface, a bottom surface, and a seating surface portion. A plurality of semispherical protrusions are formed on border portions between the downward inclined surface and the bottom surface, and at least one corner cutting edge portion has a corner bottom surface surrounded by an outwardly facing arcuate protrusion connecting two adjacent semispherical protrusions. | 11-22-2012 |
20120308318 | CUTTING INSERT - A cutting insert with a substantially triangular or square basic form is particularly suited for face milling at high feed rates. It has convex cutting edges, which are each made up of a circular arc and at least one straight portion. Each cutting edge has, adjoining a cutting corner, a straight face cutting edge that merges with a main cutting edge, having 1 to 3 straight portions, a circular portion with a radius of at most 80% of the radius Ri of the inscribed circle. The cutting edges have an all-round cutting edge chamfer with a chamfer angle α. This chamfer angle α has along the cutting corners a value in the range from −10° to −20° and changes continuously along sub-portions of the face cutting edge and main cutting edge and along the circular portion to a constant value in the range from 0° to −10°. | 12-06-2012 |
20120315098 | Fluted Cutter Element and Method of Application - The present application presents a cutter element fabricated from a material harder than the surface to be cut having a fluted cube that continuously presents an acute angle to the cutter edge thereby prolonging the wear of the cutter as the cutter element wears. Six-sides of the cutter element can provide four, five or six fluted sides and the flutes can be parallel on opposing sides or could provide perpendicular flutes on each of the four, five or six sides. In an alternative embodiment, two of the six sides of the cube can be concave thereby providing a chip breaker indentation in the cube to remove cuttings from the surface being scrapped or cut. | 12-13-2012 |
20130064613 | Cutting Insert and Chip-Control Arrangement Therefor - A cutting insert has at least first and second side surfaces, with a chip-control arrangement. The chip-control arrangement includes at least one projection disposed at an intersection of a corner of the cutting insert. When the chip-control arrangement includes two projections they can be disposed symmetrically on both sides of the intersection. Each of the at least one projections is elongated and extends longitudinally along an associated side surface. | 03-14-2013 |
20130094914 | CUTTING INSERT HAVING CHIP BREAKER - A cutting insert has an approximately polygonal plate shape with a cutting edge formed on a intersection portion between a rake face and a flank. A chip breaker is formed on the rake face, and a chip-breaker concave portion is defined by an inclined surface which is curved in a concave manner and which is smoothly connected to the bottom surface portion while being gradually inclined toward the bottom surface portion, from a peripheral edge portion on a nose portion side to a bottom surface portion. | 04-18-2013 |
20130108384 | CUTTING INSERT FOR THREADING | 05-02-2013 |
20130142581 | HIGH FEED CUTTING INSERT - A replaceable insert for tipped cutting tools is described. The replaceable insert has a peripheral wall bounding a first surface and an opposite second surface in which at least one of the first and second surfaces is convex. | 06-06-2013 |
20130236257 | CUTTING INSERT - The present invention relates to a cutting insert having a cutting edge which is provided with a corner section that forms a convex arc shape when seen in a planar view from the direction facing the rake face and a pair of linear sections that are in contact with the corner section at the both ends thereof. The cutting edge is provided with a first region along the corner section, a second region along the linear section and a third region positioned between them, and a cross-sectional area of the insert main body on a cross-section orthogonal to the cutting edge in a range of width which is a radius R (mm) of the corner section is made largest in the third region, smallest in second region and between them in the first region in terms of size. | 09-12-2013 |
20130236258 | CUTTING INSERT - The present invention relates to the cutting insert having a cutting edge which has a corner section that forms a convex arc shape when seen in a planar view from direction facing the rake face and a linear section that is in contact with the corner section at least at one end of the corner section and extends linearly. The cutting edge is provided with a first region along the corner section when seen in a planar a second region along the linear section and a third region between the first region and the second region. A rake angle of the cutting edge in the third region is made greater than rake angles of the cutting edges in the first region and the second region. | 09-12-2013 |
20130251468 | Polygonal Turning Insert - Polygonal turning insert has a cutting edge including three part edges, a nose edge and two main edges, and chip-guiding flank surfaces for each part edge, a primary flank surface, and secondary flank surfaces. The primary flank surface is convexly arched and delimited by an arched lower boundary line, which has an apex point facing the nose edge and is situated along a bisector between the main edges, and includes two mirror-symmetrical arc part lines extending from the apex point to a pair of opposite end points situated along a reference line intersecting the bisector at a midpoint between the end points. The distance between the midpoint and the individual end points is greater than that between the midpoint and the apex point. An angle of inclination of the primary flank surface decreases from a greatest value in a bisector section to a smallest value in a reference line section. | 09-26-2013 |
20130259586 | CUTTING INSERT WITH GROOVED SURFACE DEFINING PLURAL SUPPORT SURFACES - A cutting insert includes a first mounting surface, a second mounting surface located on an opposite side of the insert from the first mounting surface, and a first side surface disposed between the first mounting surface and the second mounting surface. The insert further includes a first groove extending substantially diagonally across the first side surface and dividing the first side surface into discrete, separated, triangular first and second first side support surfaces. The first and second first side support surfaces are each bounded along first and second edges thereof by rake surfaces forming non-zero angles with the first and second side support surfaces and along third edges thereof by the groove. | 10-03-2013 |
20130309028 | Cutting Insert with Chip-Control Arrangement Having Recess Depths and Projection Heights Which Increase with Distance from Cutting Edge - A cutting insert has a cutting edge formed at an intersection of a rake surface and a relief surface, with a chip-control arrangement located at the rake surface. The chip-control arrangement includes a plurality of recesses that extend downwardly into the rake surface and a plurality of projections that extend upwardly from the rake surface. The plurality of recesses follow a pattern of increasing depth in a rearward direction from the forward portion of the cutting edge. The plurality of projections follow a pattern of increasing height in a rearward direction from the forward portion of the cutting edge. | 11-21-2013 |
20130330138 | CUTTING INSERT - A cutting insert is provided with an insert main body formed in the shape of a tetragonal plate, and the insert main body has a pair of tetragonal faces and four side faces. Four cutting edges are formed at ridge lines between the adjacent side faces, each of which is provided with a major cutting edge and a pair of minor cutting edges extending from both ends of the major cutting edge. Four tetragonal rake faces are formed on a pair of side faces, the three sides of each of which is formed by the major cutting edge and the pair of minor cutting edges. A major cutting edge continuing to a first rake face and a major cutting edge continuing to a second rake face extend in a different direction to each other so as to intersect in an X-letter shape. | 12-12-2013 |
20140064864 | TANGENTIAL INDEXABLE CUTTING INSERT - A tangential indexable cutting insert having eight lips which are distributed in pairs over four side faces of the indexable cutting insert, each lip being formed by a main lip which is formed by the intersection of one of the side faces with a base face, a secondary lip, which is formed by the intersection of the side face with an adjacent side face, and a corner edge ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140126970 | INDEXABLE CUTTING INSERT FOR MILLING - Corner cutting edges ( | 05-08-2014 |
20140154019 | CUTTING INSERT WITH SCALLOPS - A polygonal indexable cutting insert including a pair of faces, a plurality of peripheral side surfaces, a plurality of rounded corners, a plurality of cutting edges formed with an edge radius, a plurality of triangular-shaped areas proximate the rounded corners; and a plurality of chip breaking scallops positioned along the cutting edges. Each scallop has a bottom surface formed by a rake face and an arcuate back wall having a varying depth. The arcuate back wall of each scallop intersects the arcuate back wall of adjacent scallops at a point located at a distance from each cutting edge for providing a wedge effect that facilitates in dividing and breaking chips. | 06-05-2014 |
20140212231 | INDEXABLE CUTTING INSERT FOR MACHINING COMPOSITE MATERIALS - An indexable cutting insert includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of peripheral side surfaces, and a plurality of cutting edges formed at an intersection between said top surface and plurality of side surfaces. A plurality of triangular-shaped serrations are positioned along the cutting edges, each serration comprising an apex and a pair of side surfaces that meet at a vertex. The serrations provide the cutting edges with both a positive axial rake angle and a negative axial rake angle, thereby reducing delamination when machining a composite material. | 07-31-2014 |
20140248098 | CUTTING INSERT WITH ASYMMETRIC CHIP FORMER - A cutting insert includes a top surface, a bottom surface and a plurality of peripheral side surfaces. The top and bottom surfaces and the side surfaces are joined to form rounded cutting corners. A plurality of cutting edges are formed at an intersection between the top surface and the plurality of side surfaces. A pair of asymmetric chip formers are proximate opposite rounded cutting corners. A distance between the opposite rounded cutting corners and the asymmetric chip formers varies in such a way that a ratio of a chip thickness and the distance is substantially constant as a function of a depth of cut. | 09-04-2014 |
20140286717 | Polygonal turning insert - The present disclosure relates to a polygonal turning insert having primary cutting edges, which individually include a nose edge and two main edges, which converge toward the same. Behind the nose edge, chip-directing guide surfaces are formed, on one hand, with a breast surface included in a knob situated behind the nose edge along a bisector between the main edges, and, on the other hand, with a pair of flank surfaces included in a land there behind. At a distance behind the knob, there is formed a second breast surface, the upper part of which is situated on a higher level than the upper part of the first breast surface. In such a way, it is guaranteed that thin chips, which tend to pass or jump over the first breast surface without being affected by the same, will impinge on the second, higher breast surface and be subjected to guiding by the same. | 09-25-2014 |
20140286718 | Double-sided, indexable turning insert - A double-sided, indexable, polygonal turning insert includes a plurality of corners, a peripheral clearance surface, and identical upper and under sides. Along the upper side and underside, primary cutting edges, which individually include a nose edge situated in a corner and two main edges, converge toward the same and transform into auxiliary cutting edges, which separate each pair of primary cutting edges along one and the same side. Chip-directing guide surfaces are placed inside the chip surfaces of the cutting edges. The primary cutting edge has a generally positive cutting geometry such that a wedge angle of the cutting edge between the chip surface and the clearance surface is acute in arbitrary sections along the nose edge, as well as along the two main edges. In such a way, the primary cutting edge produces chips that can be guided in a careful, although distinct, way by the guide surfaces. | 09-25-2014 |
20140334890 | CUTTING INSERT AND INDEXABLE CUTTING TOOL - A cutting insert includes an insert body having a polygonal plate shape. Rake faces are formed on polygonal surfaces of the insert body, and flank faces are formed on lateral faces of the insert body arranged around the polygonal surfaces. Main cutting edges are formed on side ridges of the polygonal surfaces at intersecting ridgelines between the rake faces and the flank faces. Each main cutting edge extends between two corners adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction of the polygonal surface among corners of the polygonal surface. When seen from a direction opposing the rake face, one end portion of the main cutting edge that stretches to one corner of the two corners has a convexly curved shape, and the other end portion of the main cutting edge that stretches to the other corner of the two corners has a concavely curved shape. | 11-13-2014 |
20150043982 | CUTTING INSERT - A cutting insert includes a land and a breaker flute on a rake face, the land providing a cutting edge by intersecting a flank face. The breaker flute includes breakers. A width T of a portion of the land that extends along a portion of the cutting edge that is at a round corner portion is 0.05 mm20°. | 02-12-2015 |
20150078844 | Finish Depth Turning Insert Comprising A Chip Control Arrangement - A finish depth turning insert includes a chip control arrangement. The chip control arrangement includes a medium protuberance for medium depth machining operations and a finish protuberance for finish depth machining operations. The finish protuberance is located between the medium protuberance and a corner of the insert. The finish protuberance also includes a front finish deflector surface and first and second relief surfaces extending towards the medium protuberance from the front finish deflector surface. | 03-19-2015 |
20150098768 | DOUBLE-SIDED, NONAGON CUTTING INSERT - A double-sided, nonagon cutting insert includes a top surface, a bottom surface identical to the top surface, nine side surfaces that are identical to each other, a cutting edge formed at an intersection between each of the nine side surfaces and the top and bottom surfaces for a total of eighteen cutting edges, and nine corner radiuses identical to each other, each corner radius extending between the top and bottom surfaces and each of the nine side surfaces. Each cutting edge has a non-symmetric profile with respect to a central, longitudinal axis. The non-symmetrical profile of the cutting edge has the technical advantage of providing a variable cutting force, particularly during fine finishing cutting operations. | 04-09-2015 |
20160039015 | CUTTING INSERT FOR A MILLING CUTTER - A cutting insert, used for a milling cutter, which includes two polygonal main surfaces that are opposite each other and a plurality of side faces and whose main surfaces are rake faces, whose side faces are flank faces, and whose ridge lines at positions where the main surfaces and the side faces cross each other are used as cutting edges include two major side surfaces that are opposite each other and a plurality of minor side surfaces that are formed continuously with the major side surfaces. A mounting hole is provided at the two major side surfaces in a direction in which the mounting hole extends therethrough, and areas of the two major side surfaces are greater than those of the main surfaces. The major side surfaces and the minor side surfaces are provided with flutes along entire regions of the cutting edges. | 02-11-2016 |
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