Including Tool Having Plural Alternatively Usable Cutting Edges Patents (Class 407/113)
  • Patent number: 9486857
    Abstract: The invention relates to a ready-to-use ceramic blanking die (1), which is produced by sintering a blank, as an indexable insert, comprising an upper face and a lower face (2, 3) which each have a support surface (4) for installation in a tool holder of a cutting tool, lateral surfaces (5) that connect the upper and lower faces (2, 3), and cutting edges (6) for machining workpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: CeramTec GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Stemmer
  • Patent number: 9475133
    Abstract: In a cutting insert according to an embodiment, an upper cutting edge includes, sequentially from a first corner to a second corner, a corner cutting edge, a minor cutting edge inclined as separating from the corner cutting edge at a first inclination angle on a basis of a vertical plane perpendicular to a central axis extending between upper and lower surfaces, and a major cutting edge inclined as separating from the minor cutting edge at a second inclination angle on the basis of the vertical plane so as to become more closer to the lower surface than the minor cutting edge. A cross section of a rake surface obtained by cutting an inwardly located end portion thereof along a direction of the central axis has a straight line shape or concave shape in a region crossing over at least a minor rake surface and a major rake surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichirou Koga
  • Patent number: 9468983
    Abstract: In a rotary cutting tool used for milling operations, a reversible cutting insert is removably secured in a cutting body. The cutting insert has two opposing end surfaces interconnected by a continuous peripheral surface, which includes three side surfaces alternating with three corner surfaces. The side and corner surfaces intersect with both end surfaces at side and corner edges, respectively, with each side edge having a major cutting edge, and each corner edge having a corner and minor cutting edge. Each minor cutting edge has a projected minor cutting length, in an end view, and each associated minor relief surface has a minor relief width between two lateral boundary points contained in a horizontal plane, varying with an offset distance between the horizontal plane and a median plane. Each projected minor cutting length is greater than the maximum minor relief width of its associated minor relief surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Assaf Ballas
  • Patent number: 9457409
    Abstract: Indexable cutting insert with a plate-like main body having two parallel main surfaces and a peripheral surface connecting the two main surfaces and with a plurality of sections angled with respect to one another, wherein four cutting edges that extend transversely to the main surfaces are provided on the peripheral surface at the transition to sections, that are angled with respect to one another, of the peripheral surface, and wherein the position of the cutting edges defines a quadrilateral in the plan view of the main surfaces. Fixing with more favorable leverages and permanently more precise positioning of the cutting edges are provided by the quadrilateral having in each case two short and two long sides and cutting edges oriented in each case in opposite directions in the peripheral direction at adjacent corners and oriented in each case in the same direction at diagonally opposite corners of the quadrilateral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Walter AG
    Inventors: Rudi Zeeb, Christian Bandura
  • Patent number: 9446450
    Abstract: A cutting insert, a cutting tool and method of manufacturing a machined product. The cutting insert includes: upper and lower surfaces; a side surface; a cutting edge; and a rake portion on the upper surface. The cutting edge includes major and minor cutting edges that are convex toward outside of the main body portion. The minor cutting edge has a curvature radius smaller than a curvature radius of the major cutting edge. The rake portion is inclined and approaches the lower surface as moving from the major cutting edge toward inside of the main body portion and is located along the major cutting edge. An inclination angle of the rake portion becomes smaller as moving from a part continuous with one end of the major cutting edge toward a part continuous with center of the major cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9440294
    Abstract: A cutting insert for use on a tool body includes a first member formed in a predetermined shape and a second member formed separate from the first member in a second predetermined shape and coupled to the first member. At least one of the first member or the second member comprise a number of cutting portions adapted to perform cutting operations on a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Christoph Gey, Pankaj K. Mehrotra
  • Patent number: 9427812
    Abstract: A cutting insert for tooth cutters includes a substantially cuboid basic body. The basic body has two top surfaces on sides opposite each other. The basic body also has four circumferential surfaces which extend in each case from an edge portion of the one top surface to an edge portion of the other top surface. A cutting edge is formed at at least one transition from each circumferential surface to one of the top surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Reinhold Friedrich Gesell, Rene Schumann
  • Patent number: 9421615
    Abstract: In a cutting tool having an indexable cutting insert with exactly four cutting portions, the cutting insert is removably securable to an insert holder by a fastener. The cutting insert has two opposing end surfaces with a peripheral side surface extending therebetween, and each cutting portion has a major cutting edge formed by the intersection of a rake surface and a relief surface. The peripheral side surface has first and second pairs of opposing side surfaces which include the four relief surfaces and the four rake surfaces, respectively. In an end view, four cutting points on the four major cutting edges define the transitions between the first and second pairs of opposing side surfaces, and a minimum first length dimension between the second pair of opposing side surfaces is less than six-tenths of a minimum second length dimension between two of the four cutting points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Patent number: 9421611
    Abstract: A composite cutting insert includes a first portion made of a first composite material, a second portion made of a second composite material, and an intermediate portion interposed between the first and second portions and made of a third material. The intermediate portion has a two dimensional interlocking geometric shape. In one embodiment, the two-dimensional interlocking geometric shape is in the form of a mesh of interlocking links with evenly spaced, uniform small openings between the links. The interlocking geometric shape prevents movement of the first portion relative to the second portion. In addition, the openings allow the first and second composite materials to bond directly to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Brad Daniel Hoffer
  • Patent number: 9381583
    Abstract: A prismatic and cylindrical cutting insert for long edge rotary milling applications has multiple indexable cutting edges ranging from four to six or even more depending on the actual milling applications. Each cutting edge of a prismatic or cylindrical cutting insert provides a positive cutting geometry and is equivalent to an indexable cutting edge of a traditional single-sided parallelogram-shaped cutting insert having two indexable cutting edges (often referred as A-Style insert). The prismatic and cylindrical (including tapered or conical) cutting insert may be used for machining a wide range of materials including difficult-to-machine materials, cast-iron and alloys, aluminum and alloys, carbon steels, and fiber reinforced composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: X. Daniel Fang
  • Patent number: 9375793
    Abstract: A cutting insert for heavy machining operations is described. The cutting insert has two opposing end surfaces, two identical opposing major side surfaces and two identical opposing minor side surfaces. The cutting insert further includes a major cutting edge formed at an intersection of each major edge and the end surface, and a minor cutting edge formed at an intersection of each minor edge and the end surface, and a corner cutting edge formed at an intersection of the major and minor cutting edges. The major cutting edge has a non-linear, variable slope with respect to a central axis A2 passing through the two minor side surfaces of the cutting insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Lance David Brunetto, Jeffrey Francis Kovac
  • Patent number: 9370833
    Abstract: A cutting insert has a first cutting edge provided with a chip breaker suitable for cutting an outermost region of a hole. The cutting insert has a substantially polygonal upper face, a substantially polygonal lower face, and a plurality of side faces extending between the upper face and the lower face. The plurality of side faces include a main side face constituting a flank of a linear cutting edge and a sub side face constituting a flank of a corner cutting edge; the main side face has a relief angle of 0°, the sub side face has a relief angle larger than 0°. A second cutting edge is further provided at an intersection portion between the main side face and the lower face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Tungaloy Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Saji, Souzou Kawasaki
  • Patent number: 9370832
    Abstract: A cutting insert has cutting edge portions at intersection ridge portions between each of two end surfaces at the opposite side to each other and the peripheral side surface. Both the end surfaces are formed to be plane-symmetrical. In each end surface, long side portions and short side portions are alternately connected through raised corners or lowered corners. Each cutting edge portion is formed in regard to the raised corner, and has a corner cutting edge formed in the raised corner, a major cutting edge connected to the corner cutting edge and extending in the long side portion, and a minor cutting edge connected to the corner cutting edge at the opposite side and extending in the short side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Tungaloy Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Kurokawa, Takashi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9346102
    Abstract: A cutting insert for turning includes an upper side, a lower side, a clearance surface connecting the upper side and the lower side, and an upper cutting edge. The upper cutting edge forms a primary edge portion and a secondary edge portion connected by a nose edge portion. On the upper side, a chip former is formed, including a nose bottom surface formed behind the nose edge portion, a primary main bottom surface extending along the primary edge portion, and, between the nose bottom surface and the primary main bottom surface, a continuous primary elevated bottom surface extending along the primary edge portion, having a lowest point lower than the level of the primary edge portion but higher than the lowest point of each of the nose bottom surface and the primary main bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Erik Selin, Ronnie Lof
  • Patent number: 9346104
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes an upper surface, a side surface having a front clearance surface, and an end cutting edge along an intersection of the upper and the front clearance surfaces. The upper surface includes an end rake surface inclined downward as departing from the end cutting edge, a pair of front protrusions that is located apart from the end cutting edge and are less apart from each other as departing from the end cutting edge, a rear protrusion further apart from the end cutting edge than the pair of front protrusions, and a pair of intermediate protrusions located between the front protrusions and the rear protrusion. Top portions of the pair of intermediate protrusions are respectively located between the front protrusions and the rear protrusion, and are higher than top portions of the front protrusions and a top portion of the rear protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Inoue
  • Patent number: 9333566
    Abstract: Corner cutting edges (7 and 8) each having a side portion connected to a minor cutting edge and curved in the same direction as that in which the minor cutting edge is curved are formed on opposite sides of the minor cutting edge (6) of an indexable cutting insert for milling including a major cutting edge (5) formed of a ridge formed by an intersection of a rake face and a flank face and the minor cutting edge (6) for finish machining curved in a convex manner when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the flank face, and the minor cutting edge (6) continues to the major cutting edge (5) via the corner cutting edges (7 and 8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Maeta, Naoki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9333567
    Abstract: An object is to provide a cutting insert for milling that has a minor cutting edge for wiping to achieve improved machined surface quality. A minor cutting edge 3 at a corner includes two circular cutting edge portions 3a and 3a joined to major cutting edges 2 on both sides of the corner and a straight cutting edge portion 3b located between the two circular cutting edge portions 3a. The cutting insert satisfies the following conditions: 0.05TA?L1?0.4TA, 0.1L1?L?0.5L1, and h?15 ?m, where TA is the radius of a circle inscribed inside the major cutting edges 2 as viewed in the thickness direction of the cutting insert, L1 is the length of the minor cutting edge 3 in the longitudinal direction of the straight cutting edge portion 3b, L is the length of the straight cutting edge portion 3b, and h is the height of the minor cutting edge 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Maeta, Kouki Matsubara, Katsuya Nakakihara, Yoshinari Nagami
  • Patent number: 9289834
    Abstract: A cutting insert has a circular top surface, a bottom surface shaped to be identical to the top surface, a cylindrical side surface for connecting the top and bottom surfaces, and cutting edges formed between the top and side surfaces and between the bottom and side surfaces. The side surface of the cutting insert has a plurality of rotation prevention surfaces substantially perpendicular to the top and bottom surfaces in the circumferential direction of the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: TaeguTec, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Gyu Park, Jae Wook Lee, Kang Sool Jung
  • Patent number: 9283626
    Abstract: A double-sided cutting insert may generally comprise: a top surface; a bottom surface; at least one side surface interconnecting the top surface and the bottom surface and forming at least one cutting edge; a through hole extending between the top surface and bottom surface; and wherein each of the top surface and bottom surface comprise an anti-rotation element comprising a single recess comprising a generally cyclic conical periphery. Each of the top surface and bottom surface may comprise at least one cyclic conical face. The recess may comprise a geometry that is complementary to the at least one cyclic conical face of the projection in an insert receiving pocket in a tool holder. A cutting tool incorporating one or more of the cutting inserts, and methods of making and using the cutting inserts are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: X. Daniel Fang, Jean-Luc Dufour, David J. Wills
  • Patent number: 9278396
    Abstract: A double-sided cutting insert for milling, in particular for face milling, includes first and second cutting edges each having alternately disposed main lips and secondary lips which each extend between active and passive cutting corners. Each main lip, starting from a first distance from a reference plane at an active cutting corner, extends in a manner dropping monotonously to a smaller, second distance from the reference plane at a passive cutting corner. That end of a secondary lip that adjoins the active cutting corner is in each case at a greater distance from the reference plane than the other end of the secondary lip that is remote from the active cutting corner. A circumferential side surface has, immediately adjacent the secondary lips, in each case planar secondary flanks and each secondary lip is formed at least regionally in a convex manner in plan view of the associated secondary flank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Ceratizit Austria Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventor: Anton Diepold
  • Patent number: 9272342
    Abstract: Tools and methods are disclosed for producing a machined product using a cutting tool with a cutting insert. The cutting insert has an upper surface sequentially including a first rake surface and a second rake surface. The first rake surface is inclined toward the lower surface going inward from the cutting edge at a first rake angle on a basis of a perpendicular plane perpendicular to a central axis extending between the upper surface and a lower surface. The second rake surface is located more inward than the first rake surface and is inclined toward the lower surface at a second rake angle different from the first rake angle on the basis of the perpendicular plane. An intersecting part between the first rake surface and the second rake surface includes a protruded part located at a highest position in a region of the intersecting part along the second side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirohisa Ishi
  • Patent number: 9233426
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The top surface is generally octagonal in shape and the side surface includes eight sides and eight corners. Four edge portions are formed at an intersection of the top and side surface. A first end of each edge portion begins along one of the eight sides at a non-zero distance from any of the eight corners and a second end of the edge portion ends along another one of the eight sides that is non-consecutive to the one of the sides. Each edge portion has a wedge angle that changes from a first angle at the first end of the edge portion to a different angle at the second end of the edge portion. A cutting tool using such an insert is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: SECO TOOLS AB
    Inventor: Mikael Jansson
  • Patent number: 9216463
    Abstract: In a cutting tool having an indexable cutting insert with three cutting portions, the cutting insert is removably securable to an insert holder by means of a fastener. The cutting insert has two opposing end surfaces with a peripheral side surface extending therebetween. At least one end surface has a central boss protruding therefrom with a raised support surface, and the peripheral side surface has three abutment recesses. In an end view of the cutting insert, each of the three abutment recesses is visible and located inside a first imaginary circle circumscribing the visible central boss. A holding portion of the insert holder has a seating surface with at least one protuberance protruding therefrom. The support surface is in clamping contact with the seating surface, and exactly two of the three abutment recesses are engaged with the at least one protuberance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Patent number: 9199313
    Abstract: A clamping device having a high clamping force and operability when a cutting insert is attached/detached is provided. The clamping device has a guide hole, a screw hole, a clamp member having a clamp portion and arranged movably in the guide hole, and a screw member screwed with the screw hole and movable in first and second directions, wherein the screw member can be engaged with the clamp member in movement both in the directions and the guide hole has a first cam surface engaged with the clamp member and converting a force in the first direction received from the screw member into a force for moving the clamp member in a direction toward the cutting insert and a second cam surface converting a force in the second direction into a force for moving the clamp portion in a direction away from the cutting insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryuichi Saji
  • Patent number: 9186733
    Abstract: A circular cutting insert includes a top surface having a top edge portion, a side surface having a clearance surface and a clearance edge portion. A cutting edge is formed between the clearance edge portion and the top edge portion. The clearance edge portion and the top edge portion form a wedge angle. The wedge angle varies as a function of circumferential position about a central axis of the insert relative to a point on the cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SECO TOOLS AB
    Inventors: Bertrand Riviere, Francois Auzenat, Thomas Norstrom
  • Patent number: 9168589
    Abstract: A quadrangular indexable drill insert includes: a top surface, a bottom surface, a side surface adjoining the top and bottom surfaces from four sides of the insert, four cutting edges configured at the intersection of the side surface and the top surface, and a screw hole disposed at the center of the insert. Each cutting edge includes: a first part edge; a second part edge extending from the first part edge; a third part edge extends away from a reference axis, a nose portion adjoins the first part edge with the third part edge of a succeeding cutting edge and a transitional edge joining the second and third part edges. The transitional part edge forms an angle of about 10° to about 90° with respect to the reference axis and forms a convex curve with the second part edge and a concave curve with the third part edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INDIA LIMITED
    Inventor: Karthic Ramesh
  • Patent number: 9162296
    Abstract: A chamfering insert has an elongated shape with a longitudinal insert axis and includes two opposite end portions and a cylindrically shaped insert peripheral surface which extends therebetween. The chamfering insert has a cutting edge, first and second opposite insert abutment surfaces, each of which extends perpendicularly to the insert axis, and an insert anti-rotation surface which extends parallel to the insert axis. The insert anti-rotation and abutment surfaces are located on one side of an imaginary plane, and the cutting edge is located, separately therefrom, on an opposite side of the imaginary plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shimon Athad
  • Patent number: 9150950
    Abstract: Method for the production of indexable inserts, which exhibits the following: Deposition of a layer of cutting tip material forming the indexable inserts (40) by means of a PVD method on a dissolvable profiled substrate (10), and—dissolving of the substrate to produce the form of free-standing parts as indexable inserts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: MSM KRYSTALL GBR
    Inventors: Arno Mecklenburg, Rainer Schneider, Rainer Michaelsen
  • Patent number: 9149878
    Abstract: A family of cutting inserts includes a plurality of different inserts, each having a different geometry. Each insert of the plurality of different inserts is adapted to be mounted in a common insert-receiving pocket on a toolholder of a milling cutting tool so that an outer diameter generated by the milling cutting tool is the same, regardless which insert of the plurality of inserts is mounted in the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Seco Tools AB
    Inventors: Benjamin Michelet, Bertrand Rivière, Catherine Jublot, Francois Auzenat
  • Patent number: 9144849
    Abstract: A toolholder for holding a plurality of types of removable cutting inserts is provided. The toolholder includes a toolholder body having an insert-receiving recess. The recess includes an insert abutment surface for abutting a corresponding insert supporting surface of an insert. The insert abutment surface includes a first portion that abuts a first insert supporting surface of a first type of cutting insert and a second portion abuts a second insert supporting surface of a second type of cutting insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Seco Tools AB
    Inventors: Benjamin Michelet, Bertrand Riviere
  • Patent number: 9079257
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Francis Kovac
  • Patent number: 9079251
    Abstract: Cutting inserts are described having at least two discontiguous clearance faces. Cutting tool systems including the cutting inserts are also described. An indexable cutting insert includes a top face, a bottom face, and at least two clearance faces connecting the top face and the bottom face at a periphery of the cutting insert. The at least two clearance faces include a primary clearance face contiguous with the top face and forming a cutting edge at an intersection of the primary clearance face and the top face, and a secondary clearance face discontiguous with the primary clearance face and separated from the primary clearance face by a bridge surface, and wherein a primary clearance angle formed by the primary clearance face is larger than a secondary clearance angle formed by the secondary clearance face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dufour, X. Daniel Fang, David J. Wills
  • Patent number: 9039335
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes a first surface having a first rake surface, a second surface having a second rake surface, a central axis of the insert extending between the first and second surfaces, four side surfaces extending between the first surface and the second surface, and four cutting edges. Each cutting edge has a first cutting edge component and a second cutting edge component and being associated with a respective one of the first and second surfaces and with two respective ones of the side surfaces. The first rake surface is identical to the second rake surface and the first rake surface and the second rake surface are oriented at a 90° angle to each other about the central axis of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: SECO TOOLS AB
    Inventor: Stefan Hedberg
  • Publication number: 20150139745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting insert. The cutting insert, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a top surface; a bottom surface; side surfaces which connect the top surface and the bottom surface to each other; a hole which penetrates the top surface and the bottom surface; and cutting edges which are defined by the top surface and the side surfaces, wherein a main cutting edge side surface among the side surfaces is provided with a first relief surface, a transition surface extending from the first relief surface, and a second relief surface extending from the transition surface, the first relief surface is formed such that the relief angle or the relief surface width varies along the cutting edge, and the transition surface is provided with a plurality of ridges in order to reinforce the rigidity of the cutting edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: KORLOY INC.
    Inventors: Sang-Yong Lee, Ki-Chan Nam, Wook-Jung Sung, Young-Jun Park, Dong-Bok Park
  • Publication number: 20150139743
    Abstract: A single-sided ramping milling insert for ramping operations has top and bottom surfaces and a peripheral surface which extends therebetween. The peripheral surface meets the top and bottom surfaces at respective top and bottom edges. The top edge includes two opposite side cutting edges, two opposite ramping cutting edges, two diagonally opposite raised corner cutting edges and two diagonally opposite associated lowered corner cutting edges. The lowered corner cutting edges are closer to the bottom surface than the raised corner cutting edges. The bottom edge has two diagonally opposite bottom corner edges. The lowered corner cutting edges and the bottom corner edges are convexly curved and a depression is recessed into the peripheral surface between each lowered corner cutting edge and its associated bottom corner edge, the depression configured for providing relief from a convex workpiece surface cut by the lowered corner cutting edge during ramping operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Assaf BALLAS
  • Publication number: 20150132493
    Abstract: A method removes a fuel injector pole piece from bar stock and provides a cutoff tool having a first cutting surface and a second cutting surface separate from the first cutting surface. The pole piece and bar stock are caused to rotate about a longitudinal axis. The tool is advanced with respect to the pole piece so that the first cutting surface severs the pole piece from the bar stock and defines an unfinished end surface of the pole piece, with a certain cutting force being exerted on the tool. The tool is further advanced with respect to the pole piece so that the second cutting surface removes material from the unfinished end surface to define a finished end surface of the pole piece, with a cutting force on the tool being substantially less than the certain cutting force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Traynham G. Matheson
  • Patent number: 9022700
    Abstract: A cutting insert is provided with a plurality of cutting portions formed at the intersection portion of each end surface and a peripheral surface. Each cutting portion includes first and second cutting edges. First corners and second corners which differ in their internal angles are alternately formed in each end surface. An internal angle of the first corner is smaller than an internal angle of the second corner. Each first cutting edge has a portion extending to approach the median plane as a distance from a corresponding first corner increases. A first side surface portion extending on the peripheral surface from each first cutting edge forms an insert internal obtuse angle, and a second side surface portion extending on the peripheral surface from each second cutting edge forms an insert internal acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Tungaloy Corporation
    Inventors: Kedar Suresh Bhagath, Takashi Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20150117968
    Abstract: A cutting insert for heavy machining operations is described. The cutting insert has two opposing end surfaces, two identical opposing major side surfaces and two identical opposing minor side surfaces. The cutting insert further includes a major cutting edge formed at an intersection of each major edge and the end surface, and a minor cutting edge formed at an intersection of each minor edge and the end surface, and a corner cutting edge formed at an intersection of the major and minor cutting edges. The major cutting edge has a non-linear, variable slope with respect to a central axis A2 passing through the two minor side surfaces of the cutting insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Lance David Brunetto, Jeffrey Francis Kovac
  • Publication number: 20150117969
    Abstract: A combination of a cutting insert and a shim. The cutting insert and shim have two opposing end surfaces, two identical opposing major side surfaces and two identical opposing minor side surfaces. Each end surface of the insert has a shim abutment surface for contacting the shim. One end surface of the shim has an insert abutment surface for contacting the insert. The abutment surfaces contact each other along an entire length of the cutting insert and shim so as to help distribute the loads encountered in the cutting operation, as well as provide protection of the insert pocket in case of insert failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Lance David Brunetto, Jeffrey Francis Kovac
  • Patent number: 9011049
    Abstract: A double-sided cutting insert may generally comprise a top surface, a bottom surface, at least one side surface interconnecting the top surface and the bottom surface and forming at least one cutting edge, a through hole extending between the top surface and bottom surface, wherein each of the top surface and bottom surface comprise at least one anti-rotation element. The cutting insert may comprise a single anti-rotation element on the top surface and a single anti-rotation element on the bottom surface. The anti-rotation element may be proximate to the through hole. A cutting tool using the cutting inserts, as well as methods of making and using the same are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: X. Daniel Fang, Jean-Luc Dufour, David J. Wills
  • Patent number: 9004824
    Abstract: A milling cutter for chip removing machining, including a basic body rotatable in a predetermined direction around a center axis and having a front end surface and an envelope surface that extends axially backward from the front end surface and is concentric with the center axis. A number of indexable milling inserts are mounted in respective peripherally spaced-apart seats having a mutually fixed pitch, each milling insert including an upper side, an under side and at least one clearance surface, the clearance surface together with the upper side delimiting at least two alternately active cutting edges that are uniform in their extension between first and second end points. The cutting edges of each milling insert are situated on different levels in relation to the under side of the milling insert to alter the effective pitch between the active cutting edges of the milling inserts by indexing of at least one of the milling inserts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB
    Inventor: Mikael Lundblad
  • Patent number: 8997610
    Abstract: A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper surface; a lower surface; a side surface located between the upper surface and the lower surface; at least one concave part extending in a thickness direction in the side surface, and having one end thereof located at the upper surface; and a cutting edge which is located at an intersection region of the upper surface and the side surface, and is divided into a plurality of divided cutting edges with the at least one concave part interposed therebetween. The upper surface includes a first raised part located inwardly of the at least one concave part, and a plurality of second raised parts respectively located inwardly of the plurality of divided cutting edges. The plurality of the second raised parts are located inward compared to one end of the first raised part close to the cutting edge in a top view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya Ishida
  • Patent number: 8998542
    Abstract: A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the invention includes: an upper surface; a lower surface; a side surface which is connected to each of the upper surface and the lower surface, and includes a first side surface and a second side surface adjacent to each other; and a cutting edge including a major cutting edge located at an intersection of the upper surface and the first side surface, and a minor cutting edge located at an intersection of the upper surface and the second side surface. The upper surface includes a rake surface which is located along the major cutting edge, and is inclined downward as the upper surface separates from the major cutting edge. The second side surface includes a second upper constraining surface and a second lower constraining surface in order as the second side surface goes from the upper surface to the lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Hirohisa Ishi
  • Patent number: 8985915
    Abstract: A cutting insert having excellent chip discharge performance is provided. The cutting insert (1) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper surface (2), a lower surface (3), a side surface (4) connected to the upper surface (2) and the lower surface (3), and a cutting edge (5) which is located at an intersection of the upper surface (2) and the side surface (4), and includes a major cutting edge (51) and a flat cutting edge (52). The major cutting edge (51) includes a major cutting section (512) which has a concave shape and is inclined downward as a straight line connecting both ends thereof is away from the flat cutting edge (52) in a side view. A cutting tool (11) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the cutting insert (1) and a holder (10) configured to attach the cutting insert (1) thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Hirohisa Ishi
  • Patent number: 8979440
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes an upper surface; a lower surface; a side surface which is connected to each of the upper surface and the lower surface and includes a first side surface, a second side surface and a third side surface being adjacent to each other in order; an upper cutting edge including an upper major cutting edge located at an intersection of the upper surface and the first side surface, and an upper flat cutting edge located closer to the upper major cutting edge in an intersection of the upper surface and the second side surface; and a lower cutting edge including a lower major cutting edge located at an intersection of the lower surface and the third side surface, and a lower flat cutting edge located closer to the lower major cutting edge in an intersection of the lower surface and the second side surface. The second side surface comprises an upper flank surface connected to the upper flat cutting edge, and a lower flank surface connected to the lower flat cutting edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Hirohisa Ishi
  • Patent number: 8979443
    Abstract: A drill insert of the present invention comprises a corner part, and an upper face having a first side and a second side disposed on both sides of the corner part, respectively. The drill insert comprises a first cutting edge formed along the first side; a second cutting edge formed along the second side; a first region of the upper face located along the first cutting edge; a second region of the upper face located along the second cutting edge; and a first raised part disposed in the first region so as to lie at a higher position than the second region. The first raised part has an upper portion; a breaker portion configured to be inclined so as to become at a lower position as the first raised part extends from the upper portion; and a side portion configured to be inclined so as to become at a lower position as the side portion extends from the upper portion. The first raised part is disposed at a position closer to the first cutting edge than a bisector of the corner part when viewed from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Okumura
  • Patent number: 8979447
    Abstract: The face miller is equipped with a plurality of plate-shaped hard material cutting inserts that are distributed over the circumference. The hard material cutting inserts are located on a graduated circle in pockets of a blade carrier and have a main cutting edge, which is adjusted at a cutting edge angle smaller than 90° relative to the working plane of the miller. In order to ensure maximum machining performance at a good service life, the cutting edge angle is selected to range between 10° and 30°, wherein the main cutting edge at the same time has a slightly convex design. The main cutting edge transitions into the secondary cutting edge via a transition radius having a value that ranges between 0.5 and 1.5 mm. The axial rake angle ranges between 20 and 30°. According to an advantageous further development, the radial rake angle ranges between ?6° and ?10°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Guehring OHG
    Inventor: Lutfi Bozkurt
  • Patent number: 8974156
    Abstract: 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 ?. This chamfer angle ? 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°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Ceratizit Austria GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Burtscher
  • Publication number: 20150063933
    Abstract: The invention relates to a deburring tool for deburring edges (1, 1a, 1b), of any desired shape, of recesses in workpieces (19) using at least one cutting blade (2, 2a, 2b, 2?), wherein the deburring tool is in the form of a slotting and/or drawings tool which is rotated incrementally about its longitudinal axis and is driven displaceably in an oscillating manner in the direction of its longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Roman Faessler, Heinrich Heule
  • Patent number: RE45845
    Abstract: A cutting insert for retention in a rotating cutting tool having an axis of rotation has two opposing end surfaces and a peripheral surface extending therebetween, each end surface having a mutual first axis of symmetry passing through the end surfaces about which each end surface has N-fold rotational symmetry for some value of N where N is chosen from the group consisting of 2, 3 and 4. A peripheral cutting edge is formed at the junction between each end surface and the peripheral surface, the peripheral cutting edge having N curved cutting edges merging with N straight cutting edges which extend between the curved cutting edges at extremities thereof. The curved cutting edges of the two end surfaces are not aligned in an end view of the cutting insert along the first axis of symmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuri Men, Amir Satran