Abstract: A cutting element adapted for removing a chip from a surface of a workpiece has at least one cutting edge defined by an intersection line between a rake and a relief surface and is formed with one or more workpiece deforming protrusions. At least a portion of the protrusions is spaced from the cutting edge such this portion protrudes, along a plane perpendicular to the relief surface and passing through the cutting edge, in a direction transverse to the relief surface beyond the cutting edge. At least the projecting portion of at least one of the protrusions is constructed so as to deform the workpiece before its contact with the cutting edge.

Abstract: A device and a method for processing an optical lens as well as a corresponding shipping container for multiple optical lenses are proposed, whereby the presence of necessary or specific operating means is acquired preferably automatically, in particular by means of corresponding detection devices, and/or is indicated for the respective processing of necessary lenses and/or other operating means, such as tools. In particular, a user guidance is provided, which as an alternative or in addition indicates a necessary clamping or reclamping of the lens or assigned block pieces and/or necessary tool-changing, or the like.

Abstract: A machining system 1 comprises a lathe 10 having end portion supporting mechanisms 13, 15 for supporting an elongated workpiece W horizontally, center rests 21 for supporting the middle portion of the workpiece W, an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the supported position of the workpiece W by adjusting the height positions of the center rests 21, a tool rest 20, and a control device 25, and a non-contact measuring device 30 for measuring the deflection amount of the workpiece W at portions thereof supported by the center rests 21 when the workpiece W is rotated. The control device 25 is configured to adjust the height positions of the center rests 21 by controlling the adjustment mechanism on the basis of the measured deflection amount, so that the height positions of both end portions of the workpiece W being rotated and the middle portion thereof become the same.

Abstract: A machine tool apparatus and method for exterior and interior cutting operations on a workpiece is provided. In one form, the machine tool apparatus has a common support assembly with a tailstock and a boring tool holder mounted thereto. The common support assembly has a common support carriage that is mounted to a machine base for travel along a longitudinal axis parallel to a central axis of the workpiece. The tailstock and boring tool holder are mounted to a mounting base portion for travel transverse to the workpiece central axis. In one form, a turret having external cutting tools is separate from the boring tool holder and mounted to the machine base for performing external cutting operations on the workpiece. This separate mounting allows the turret to machine the exterior of the workpiece while also permitting a longer boring tool to perform deep internal cutting operations on the workpiece.

Abstract: Embodiments of silicone hydrogels, ophthalmic lenses made therefrom, and methods of making the same are described. Fully hydrated silicone hydrogels have relatively high water content and oxygen permeability, along with relatively low modulus of elasticity. Embodiments of the silicone hydrogels in substantially dehydrated condition are adapted to lathe cutting at or above room temperature. Variations of the silicone hydrogels include silicon-containing monomers in an amount greater than 25% by weight, a hydrophilic substituted N-vinyl acetamide monomer in an amount greater than 30% by weight, and a hydrophilic non-acetamide monomer in an amount resulting in a hydrophilic substituted N-vinyl acetamide monomer to hydrophilic non-acetamide monomer weight to weight ratio of greater than 2.1 to 1.

Abstract: A system for re-profiling a first wheel in accordance with the first profile includes a lathe cutting tool and a plate. The first wheel is associated with a train or other rail riding device. The lathe cutting tool is configured to engage the first wheel and attach to a compound slide mechanism. The plate includes supports for supporting the wheel assembly including the first wheel. The plate is attached to the compound slide mechanism.

Abstract: A device for machining an electrical cable having a cylindrical part and a conical part adjoining the cylindrical part. The device includes a fixture arranged to receive the cable and to hold the cable in a fixed position, the fixture defines an elongated space for accommodating the cable, a tool for removing material from the cable including at least one cutter, and rotational guiding means for guiding a first rotation of the cutter about a longitudinal axis of the space. The cutter is elongated and the longitudinal axis of the cutter is arranged inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the space so that the angle between the longitudinal axes of the cutter and the space is between 10 and 80 degrees. The device further includes drive means for providing a second rotation of the cutter about a rotational axis through the tool in order to cause the machining.

Abstract: A closed-loop feedback system and method for performing a machining operation. A tool's operational properties are measured in real-time. The operating parameters of the machining process are adjusted in real-time based on the measured properties.

Abstract: The cutting tool for machining an inner surface of a hole is provided with a cutting tool main body extending in the shape of a shaft, a cutting edge portion mounted on a head portion of the cutting tool main body so as to radially-outwardly protrude with respect to the center axis of the cutting tool main body, and a coolant hole formed at the cutting tool main body so as to have an opening at a position apart from the cutting edge portion on a circumferential surface of the head portion of the cutting tool main body, thereby flushing out a coolant from the opening to an axially orthogonal plane orthogonal to the center axis and also along a protruding direction at which the cutting edge portion protrudes. The opening of the coolant hole faces a direction different from the protruding direction of the cutting edge portion in the radial direction with respect to the center axis.

Abstract: A cutting insert (130) is formed to be rotationally symmetric with respect to an axis line (C3) of a height direction and to be planarly symmetric with respect to a virtual plane of the insert (VS1), an axis line (C2) of a traverse direction is gradually inclined toward the front of a rotational direction around which a workpiece (W) rotates moving toward a first traverse direction (C2A), an axis line (C1) of a longitudinal direction extends toward a lower surface side of an insert body (131) so as to approach a virtual plane of the tool moving toward a first longitudinal direction (C1A), and one corner portion (143C) in the other cutting edge (132B) is disposed further toward a first traverse direction (C2A) than one corner portion (143A) in one cutting edge (132A).

Abstract: A test kit for unevenly worn sheave grooves, a tool for regrooving sheave grooves that are found to be unevenly worn, and a method for testing for and maintaining the sheave grooves utilizing the test kit and tool. The test kit includes magnetic standards which adhere to a sheave beneath the portion of the sheave touched by the ropes, facilitating testing without having to unrope the sheave. Unevenly worn sheave grooves are visually ascertained by holding a straightedge adjacent to the magnetic standards. The regrooving tool includes a shank that can be received by a stand set up next to the sheave, a body attached to the shank, and an interchangeable cutting insert received by the body that is inserted in the sheave groove. When the sheave is rotated, the sheave groove is ground by the cutting insert, with each groove being ground sequentially until all grooves are again uniform.

Abstract: A free form cutting machine is disclosed. The free form cutting machine includes a table, a spindle; and a cutting arrangement attached to the spindle. The cutting arrangement having at least a cutting tool used to cutting selected portions from a workpiece on the table. The free form cutting machine causes the cutting tool to apply a continuous shaping force to the surface of the workpiece until a first surface shape of the workpiece conforms with a predefined finished spline surface shape.

Abstract: A method of producing an interbody spinal implant. The method includes the steps of obtaining a blank having a top surface, bottom surface, opposing lateral sides, and opposing anterior and posterior portions, and applying a subtractive process (e.g., masked acid etching) to the top surface, the bottom surface, or both surfaces of the blank to form a roughened surface topography. Subsequently, the blank is machined to form the interbody spinal implant, which includes a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing lateral sides, opposing anterior and posterior portions, a substantially hollow center, and a single vertical aperture where the top surface, the bottom surface, or both surfaces of the interbody spinal implant have the roughened surface topography produced by the subtractive process. This simplified method produces more accurate and repeatable implants with fewer process steps and defects, reducing process time and costs.

Abstract: A rotating head and a corresponding method of removing material employing a base having a substantially planar underside, a plurality of bit holder assemblies connected to the base and holding a corresponding plurality of bits via the assemblies, and apparatus permitting adjusting cutting surfaces of the bits to be held at different distances from the underside, which enables removing material from a target by presenting it to the rotating base and thereby engaging the cutting surfaces with the target.

Abstract: A cutting insert having excellent chip discharge performance is provided. In the cutting insert of the present invention, a bottom surface of a concave groove 21 includes a first bottom surface 211 continuous with a cutting edge part 5, and a second bottom surface 212 which is located on a side further remote from the cutting edge part 5 than the first bottom surface 211, and is located at a lower position than a virtual extension line L1 of an end portion of the first bottom surface 211 on a side remote from the cutting edge part 5. Further, a pair of inclined surfaces 23 are located on a side further remote from the cutting edge part 5 than the end portion of the first bottom surface 211 on the side remote from the cutting edge part 5 in a top view. Therefore, the diameter of generated chips decreases by the fact that the chips are curled while sinking in space formed at a lower position than the virtual extension line L1 of the first bottom surface 211.

Abstract: A system manages a machine tool operation. The system includes a cutting tool, which includes a tool body; an integrated circuit chip securely mounted within the tool body and capable of being read and written upon; and a read/write device for communicating with the integrated circuit chip. The integrated circuit chip is an RFID chip. The tool body may be a mounting chuck, adapter, twist drill, thread tap, indexable drill, milling cutter or a square shank lathe tool.

Abstract: A hollow turning device comprises a tool handle, a cutting bar extending from one end of the tool handle having a longitudinal axis and a cross section at least a portion of which is non-circular, and a cutting tool disposed at a distal end of the cutting bar. A tool rest is disposed adjacent the work piece. A torque arrestor has a pair of spaced apart cooperating rollers between which the cutting bar extends, the cooperating rollers being spaced apart to fittingly receive and restrain the cutting bar to allow motion of the cutting bar between the cooperating rollers to facilitate motion of the cutting tool within the hollow to shape the inside of the work piece, wherein the non-circular portion of the cutting bar cross section prevents vertical movement and rotation of the cutting bar along its longitudinal axis when the cutting tool engages the work piece.

Abstract: A pipe cutter and methods are shown. Examples of pipe cutters allow a user to only rotate the pipe cutter back and forth by a small number of degrees sufficient to provide each path cut by a number of cutter wheels to intersect. Cutter wheels with shoulders are shown, that keep cutting blades from penetrating to an inner diameter of a protective housing.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing a wheel rim in light alloy including the following operations: providing a rough wheel rim in light alloy, comprising a wheel disc and an annular portion, the annular portion including a first and a second bead defining a drop well having a first profile; processing the rough wheel rim, modifying the first profile in order to obtain a second profile being of a lower thickness than the first profile, at least at an intermediate portion of the drop well, characterised by including a finishing operation of a surface of the second profile intermediate portion by means of a compression action of said surface, the finishing operation leaving the low thickness substantially unchanged.

Abstract: A cutting tool holder includes a pressing member with a pressing part and an inserting part, a holder body, a head member including a first fixing section which is divided into a first front end region and a first rear end region, and has a first fixing hole for inserting the inserting part of the pressing member and a contact part pressed by the pressing part of the pressing member, at a portion of a first surface close to the first front end region in reference to the first rear end region; and a second fixing section divided into a second front end region and a second rear end region in which the first rear end region of the first fixing section and the second rear end region are connected to each other so that a fixing space extending from the second rear end region to the second front end region is located between the second fixing section and a second surface different from the first surface in the first fixing section.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a milling cutter having a cutting head and a coaxial integral shank including grinding, in a first grinding operation, a plurality of helical flutes into the outer periphery of a cutter blank from a lead end using a peripheral area of a first grinding wheel generally of frusto-conical profile and rotatable about an axis generally transversely of the milling cutter axis, which peripheral area produces, simultaneously, the following three features: a leading face of a trailing tooth; a rear face on an adjacent preceding tooth; and a swarf removal gullet having divergent sides, grinding, in a second grinding operation, and using a peripheral edge of a second grinding wheel, a relief face, which extends rearwardly from a leading end of a tooth tip, resulting in a minimum tooth wedge angle of approximately 60°, and grinding, in a third grinding operation, a radius on the end of each flute.

Abstract: A pipe-shaving apparatus has a cylindrical section, a base section and a drive shaft connected to the base section for rotation. The cylindrical section has a cylindrical wall dimensioned to fit the outer diameter of a pipe. The cylindrical wall has a plurality of windows and a plurality of angle-cutting edges. Each angle-cutting edge is located at the trailing side of the window. When the cylindrical wall is caused to rotate and the pipe is inserted into the inner space of the cylindrical wall, the angle-cutting edges shave off the outer diameter of the pipe-end section. The base section has one or more openings and one or more front-cutting edges located on the trailing side of the openings. When the pipe-end section is further inserted into the inner space of the cylindrical section, the front-cutting edges shave off the front part of the pipe-end section.

Abstract: A machining method for machining a surface of a spectacle lens at a fixed rotation speed, includes a step of determining the rotation speed from geometric characteristics of the surface, characterized in that the step of determining the rotation speed includes the following steps: a value (Maxdiff) representative of the largest difference in geometric value of the mean sphere on the surface is determined; and the rotation speed is deduced from the value (Maxdiff) of the largest difference in geometric values of the mean sphere on the surface and from a geometric value of the cylinder (FV torus) at a predetermined far-vision control point.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an optical assembly, comprising at least two optical functional surfaces arranged in a fixed positional relationship to one another on a common supporting structure, wherein by means of a processing machine, in various process steps, at least two optical functional surfaces and at least one reference structure having a defined and measurable relative position to the optical functional surfaces are produced. The supporting structure remains rigidly connected to the processing machine until said process steps have been completed, and wherein the optical functional surfaces are then measured relative to the at least one reference structure, and any deviation from a target shape and target position is determined, after which said process steps are repeated at least once with modified actuation of the processing machine. The invention further relates to an optical device comprising an optical assembly produced in this way and to a unit for carrying out such a method.

Abstract: The invention concerns a tool head with a housing (11), in which at least one thrusting wedge (31, 32, 33) is provided, able to move back and forth in the longitudinal direction (L) in a first toothed guide, which is coordinated with a support (21, 22, 23) in the housing (11), able to move in a second toothed guide in a transverse direction (R1, R2, R3) transversely to the longitudinal direction (L), and the thrusting wedge (31, 32, 33) and the coordinated support (21, 22, 23) are in sliding contact with each other via a slanted contact surface (51, 52, 53) and a movement of the thrusting wedge (31, 32, 33) in the longitudinal direction (L) brings about a transverse movement of the coordinated support (21, 22, 23) via the slanted contact surface (51, 52, 53) and a cutting tool (161, 162, 163) can be fastened on the support (21, 22, 23) and the support (21, 22, 23) has a support arm (101, 102, 103) extending in the transverse direction (R1, R2, R3).

Abstract: Methods are described for calibrating a turning machine having a first rotatable portion or chuck for holding a workpiece. The first rotatable portion has a first feature associated therewith. The method comprises the steps of using a measurement probe to determine the position of the first feature, rotating the first rotatable portion through an angle, and using said measurement probe to determine the new position of the first feature. The extension of the technique to swivel head mill-turn machines is also described.

Abstract: A test kit for unevenly worn sheave grooves, a tool for regrooving sheave grooves that are found to be unevenly worn, and a method for testing for and maintaining the sheave grooves utilizing the test kit and tool. The test kit includes magnetic standards which adhere to a sheave beneath the portion of the sheave touched by the ropes, facilitating testing without having to unrope the sheave. Unevenly worn sheave grooves are visually ascertained by holding a straightedge adjacent to the magnetic standards. The regrooving tool includes a shank that can be received by a stand set up next to the sheave, a body attached to the shank, and an interchangeable cutting insert received by the body that is inserted in the sheave groove. When the sheave is rotated, the sheave groove is ground by the cutting insert, with each groove being ground sequentially until all grooves are again uniform.

Abstract: A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper surface; a side surface; and a cutting edge located at an intersection region of the upper surface and the side surface. The upper surface includes a rake surface continuous with the cutting edge; and a rising surface inclined and lying at a higher position as going inward from the rake surface. The rake surface includes a pair of first raised parts respectively extending inward from near both ends of the cutting edge in a top view; and a second raised part extending from one of the pair of first raised parts to the other. A cutting tool including the cutting insert, and a method of manufacturing a machined product by using the cutting tool are also provided.

Abstract: A method for making a mold core for molding lenses of optical fiber connector, is provided. The method includes: providing a first fixture and a mold block, the first fixture defining a first cavity therein, a center of the first fixture located within the first cavity and deviated from a center of the first cavity; providing a lathe comprising a rotatable spindle and a drill bit aligning with the rotatable spindle; installing the blank in the first cavity of the first fixture, and mounting the first fixture to the spindle; machining a first mold cavity in the blank using the drill bit; reinstalling the blank in the first cavity by revolving the blank 180 degrees; and machining a second mold cavity in the blank using the drill bit, thereby obtaining a mold core having the first and the second mold cavities.

Abstract: A reporting system, employing a microprocessor, tracks the operation of an on-vehicle brake lathe and provides records of the resurfacing operations performed by the lathe. Identification of the vehicle and wheel position of a brake disk to be resurfaced are inputted using an operator interface, and stored in a temporary memory. When tool bits of the lathe are positioned to set a depth of cut, a thickness monitor indicates the resulting thickness for the brake disk, which is compared to a minimum thickness specification for the inputted vehicle and wheel position to determine whether the disk can be resurfaced to meet the specification. If so, a cutting operation evaluator monitors a continuity checker that is responsive to contact of the tool bits and the disk to determine when the resurfacing operation is complete, at which time the collected data can be reported.

Abstract: The turning machine according to the present invention includes a displacement sensor (200) which measures a distance between an immobile reference point and a position of variable point which reflects the positional displacement of the tool, the immobile reference point being able to determine a relative positional correlation relating to a variable position of tools with the progress of machining of the workpiece (W) by the tool (421). In drawings the reference point is set up in the guide bush (90). And based on the measured result by the displacement sensor, the tool is moved so that the center height of the tool and the center line of the workpiece satisfy relatively the predetermined positional correlation. Accordingly, the center height deviation amount due to heat deformation and the like is corrected.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for chip breaking, controlling cutting tool wear, and the like in turning, boring, and other applications, including: engaging a workpiece with a cutting tool in a feed direction along a toolpath, superimposing an oscillation in the feed direction on the toolpath, and dynamically or non-dynamically varying the oscillation superimposed in the feed direction on the toolpath such that interrupted cuts and chips of a predetermined length or less are produced. These systems take full advantage of computer numerical control (CNC) methodologies.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for reducing a thickness of a thermomechanically-affected layer on an as-machined surface of a hard metal workpiece being machined by a hard cutting tool exerting a thermomechanical load on a surface of the workpiece. The method involves reducing the thermomechanical load on the surface of the workpiece, and the apparatus includes a means for reducing the thermomechanical load on the surface of the workpiece.

Abstract: There is provided a V-groove machining method and apparatus which, by measuring the depth of a V groove cut by a cutting tool and correcting the cutting depth of the cutting tool based on the measurement data, enables high precision machining of four-sided pyramids having vertices of a uniform height.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of machining a face (3) of an ophthalmic lens (1) with a main machining step in which the position of a machining tool (8) is synchronised with the angular position of the ophthalmic lens (1) which is rotated around an axis of rotation (4) that is transverse to the face (3), in order to provide the face with a machined surface that is asymmetrical in relation to the axis of rotation (4) of the ophthalmic lens (1); and a complementary machining step in which a recess (22) is machined around the axis of rotation (4) of the lens (1).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a drug delivery device (6) comprising a dose button (1). Furthermore it relates to a method for manufacturing a dose button (1) by using a cutting-off process. The aim of the present invention is to minimize the risk of using a drug delivery device (6) containing a wrong drug. By means of tactile features, a drug delivery device (6) is distinguishable from another drug delivery device (6) containing another type of drug. This tactile feature is manufactured by using a dose button (1) out of metal which is milled or lathed.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: Computer numerically controlled (CNC) machines, adjustable material-working tools, and methods of operating an adjustable tool with a CNC machine are presented herein. An adjustable tool for a material-working machine is disclosed. The adjustable tool includes an elongated housing, and one or more cutting inserts at least partially disposed within the housing. Each cutting insert is selectively transversely repositionable with respect to the housing. A wedge is selectively longitudinally repositionable with respect to the housing. The wedge mates with the cutting insert(s) such that longitudinal movement of the wedge effectuates transverse movement of the cutting insert(s). A control arm is movably mounted to the housing. The control arm is configured to mechanically couple the wedge to a prime mover of the material-working machine such that motive force is transferred from the prime mover through the control arm to the wedge for the selective repositioning thereof.

Abstract: A cutting tool insert for turning of hardened steels and tool steels includes a textured CVD ?-Al2O3 coated cemented carbide body. The cemented carbide body has 4.0-7.0 wt-% Co and 0.25-0.50 wt-% Cr and an S-value of 0.68-0.88 and a coercivity (Hc) of 28-38 kA/m. The ?-Al2O3 layer has a thickness ranging from 7 to 12 ?m, is composed of columnar grains having a length/width ratio from 2 to 12 and is deposited on an MTCVD Ti(C,N) layer having a thickness from 4 to 12 ?m. The alumina layer is characterised by a pronounced (006) growth texture.

Abstract: A lathe (1) in which the work piece (16) to be lathed with a tool (18) is clamped with the longitudinal axis of the work piece parallel to the rotational axis (29) of the rotating clamping device (15) such that the rotational axis (29) does not intersect the work piece (16), and between two machining steps of the machining process by lathing, a position of the work piece (16) in the clamping device (15) is changed such that surface areas (30, 36) not previously machined are moved into the working area of the tool (18).

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method and device for machining a workpiece (2), which rotates about a central axis (1) by means of a tool (3), which contains at least one planar cutting plate (17) arranged in an inclined plane (E) relative to the central axis (1) of the workpiece (2) and is provided with a curved cutting edge (21) directed toward the workpiece (2), wherein the tool (3) is non-rotatably held during the machining, and wherein the workpiece (2) and the tool (3) are displaced relative to one another along two mutually perpendicular axes (X-axis, Y-axis) within a plane (X-Y plane) that lies perpendicular to the central axis (1) of the workpiece (2) such that the point of action between the cutting plate (17) and the workpiece (2) travels along the cutting edge (21).

Abstract: A sleeve and a hub are fixed to each other, and then the sleeve and the hub are gripped and rotated around a central axis, during which cutting is performed over the inner peripheral surface of the sleeve and a flange surface of the hub. Thus, the flange surface can be finished accurately such that the flange surface is normal to the central axis and the inner peripheral surface of the sleeve.

Abstract: A high-torque connection refacing tool, including a shaft, a mandrel, a primary face plate, and a torque-stop face plate.

Abstract: One embodiment of the invention relates to an apparatus for configuring a wheel associated with a train. The apparatus comprises a tool configured to engage the wheel; a compound slide system for positioning the cutting tool in at least two axes; and a computer control coupled to control the compound slide system. The compound slide system is controlled so that the wheel is configured in accordance with a profile.

Abstract: A turning machine having: a machine frame with a longitudinal axis; a rotary part driver for rotating a part about the longitudinal axis; three tools mounted on the frame, each tool having a radial tool axis transverse the longitudinal axis and each radial tool axis being disposed in a circumferential array spaced apart by substantially 120°; wherein each tool has an independent radial actuator and an independent longitudinal actuator, wherein each tool is movable radially and longitudinally relative to the part and relative to the other two tools.

Abstract: A machining apparatus has a frame defining a transfer station and a machining station thereabove, a spindle having a workpiece grab and vertically displaceable on the frame between an upper position with the grab in the machining station and a lower position with the grab in the transfer station, a tool holder horizontally displaceable on the frame toward and away from the machining station, and a workpiece conveyor extending through the transfer station. After shifting a deflector underneath the machining station into a side position out from underneath the grab, the grab is lowered to pick an at least partially unmachined workpiece in the transfer station off the conveyor and then raised with the workpiece into the machining station. The deflector is then shifted between a use position over the transfer station and under the machining station and a side position allowing the spindle to pass.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for spirally slicing meat are disclosed. In one embodiment, a meat stabilizer apparatus includes a paddle; an arm attached to and extending from the paddle; and a coupling assembly that couples the arm to a meat cutting assembly. In another embodiment, a spiral slicing apparatus includes a cutting assembly having a knife blade coupled with a knife carriage; a meat support apparatus having a rotatable turntable coupled with a drive assembly; and a meat stabilizer apparatus having a paddle and an arm attached to and extending from the paddle. In another embodiment, a method for spirally slicing meat includes (1) rotating a meat product about a first axis on a turntable; (2) stabilizing the rotating meat product along its exterior surface with a meat stabilizer apparatus comprising a paddle coupled with and extending from an arm; and (3) spirally slicing the meat product in a direction generally transverse to the first axis.

Abstract: A method of machining a workpiece may include continuously rotating the workpiece, continuously rotating a tool having at least one cutting surface, and positioning the tool relative to the workpiece so that the at least one cutting surface engages the workpiece at a first discrete location at a periphery of the workpiece. The method may further include continuing to rotate the workpiece and the tool so that the at least one cutting surface engages a second discrete location at the periphery of the workpiece, and controlling a tool surface velocity VT relative to the workpiece surface velocity VW so that the first and second discrete locations are discontinuous. The tool may make multiple iterative passes over the workpiece to engage subsequent discrete locations, wherein the first discrete location, second discrete location, and multiple subsequent discrete locations may form a machined surface that extends continuously around the workpiece.

Abstract: A method of making a cutting insert includes: (i) forming a blank having a substrate and superhard material, the substrate having more than 4 pockets, the superhard material disposed within the pockets; (ii) removing cutting tips from the blank by cutting the blank along cutting lines; (iii) providing a cutting insert body having a plurality of cavities for receiving a corresponding number of cutting tips; (iv) inserting a cutting tip into each of the plurality of cavities; and (v) brazing the cutting tips to the cutting insert body. A related cutting insert includes: a cutting insert body having a plurality of cavities formed therein; a plurality of cutting tips, each of the plurality of cutting tips disposed in a respective cavity, the cutting tips having a geometry that provides a mechanical retention or lock when inserted into the cavities of the cutting insert body, the cutting tips further being brazed in the cutting insert body.

Abstract: A method and device for trimming components may include mounting a component in a fixture and providing a cutting tool having a cutting portion, wherein the cutting tool is displaceable in at least three axes relative to the fixture. Gas may be supplied through a supply tube to the cutting portion of the cutting tool and the supply tube may be cooled to a first temperature. The component may be cut with the cutting tool while supplying gas to the component.