Patents Assigned to Iscar, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240139829
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a replaceable cutting head including a forward cutting portion and a rearward mounting portion and a head through hole extending therethrough. The mounting portion includes a male coupling member. The male coupling member includes a conically shaped head abutment surface. The cutting tool includes a female coupling member including a conically shaped forward holder abutment surface and an internal thread. The cutting tool includes a fastening member having an external thread. When the cutting tool is in a locked position, the male coupling member is removably retained in the female coupling member by the fastening member located in the head through hole, the fastening member external thread and the holder internal thread being threadingly engaged with each other. The head abutment surface abuts the forward holder abutment surface thereby forming a Morse taper coupling between the male and female coupling members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventor: GIL HECHT
  • Publication number: 20240123516
    Abstract: A turning tool (1) that does not easily interfere with other tools and can supply a sufficient amount of coolant is provided. The turning tool (1) includes: a cutting insert (10) which is mirror-image symmetric with respect to a first and second symmetric surfaces (M1, M2); and a tool body (2) which has a first discharge port (5) to supply coolant to a first cutting edge (21E) of the cutting insert (10) from a first rake surface (21R) side. The first discharge port (5) is disposed between a second flat surface (32) and a first reference surface (Vxz) which is parallel with the second flat surface (32) and includes an edge line of the first cutting edge (21E).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: ISCAR LTD., TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gil HECHT, Yusuke SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11951553
    Abstract: A cutting head rotatable about a central axis, comprising a tip portion and an intermediate portion. The tip portion has an axially forwardmost tip point contained in the central axis and three axially forward facing front surfaces forming three chisel edges extending axially rearwardly away from the tip point, each front surface having a radially extending cutting edge comprising a secondary cutting-edge portion extending radially outwardly from one of the chisel edges, and a primary cutting-edge portion extending radially outwardly therefrom. Each primary cutting-edge portion is contained in an imaginary annular ring surface having an annular ring width spanning at least radially inner and outer end points thereof. In a front-end view of the cutting head, each primary cutting-edge portion is concave, and radial planes intersect the imaginary annular surface to form imaginary rectilinear lines, each having a length equal to the annular ring width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventors: Shim'on Shitrit, Hytham Kablan
  • Publication number: 20240109132
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool rotatable about a tool axis in a direction of rotation having a front cutting portion and a rear coupling portion. The front cutting portion has a front outer peripheral surface with a plurality of N circumferentially spaced apart cut-outs, each cut-out having an operative cutting edge associated therewith. A central coolant passage extends along the tool axis from a rear end of the rear coupling portion to the front cutting portion. A first plane perpendicular to the tool axis intersects the central coolant passage and the N operative cutting edges. In a cross-section taken in the first plane, the central coolant passage has a non-circular shape with N radially outer coolant regions. At least one coolant duct extends transversely from each radially outer coolant region to intersect with and open out at a corresponding one of the N cut-outs at a coolant exit port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventors: ITZHAK SHAMIR, ASSAF BALLAS, LIOZ SOSKO
  • Publication number: 20240109133
    Abstract: A head replaceable cutting tool having a structure that can limit a machining cost when a clearance portion is formed in a portion at which a head is attached and detached, and also limit deformation of a shank is provided. The head replaceable cutting tool includes: a projection portion or a hole portion for attachment and detachment disposed in a head; a shank to which the head is attachable; a hole portion, to which the projection portion is removably attachable along a central axis, or a projection portion disposed in an end portion of the shank; a fastening member that presses the projection portion toward an inner circumference surface of the hole portion; and a fastened portion disposed in the shank to fasten the fastening member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: TUNGALOY CORPORATION, ISCAR LTD.
    Inventors: Yuma KONDOU, Sergey CHISTYAKOV, Dima MAKHLIN
  • Patent number: 11938549
    Abstract: A tool coupling extends along a longitudinal axis and has a first component, a second component, and a clamp for fastening the first component to the second component. The first component has a male clamping portion, the second component has a female clamping portion, and the clamp is located in an inner cavity of the second component. The male clamping portion has a first abutment region located axially rearward of a first plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the inner cavity has a second abutment region located axially forward of the first plane, and the first and second abutment regions face towards the first plane. In a fastened state, a clamp first engagement region of the clamp makes clamping contact with the male clamping portion's first abutment region, and a clamp second engagement region of the clamp makes clamping contact with the inner cavity's second abutment region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Publication number: 20240075535
    Abstract: A two-cutting-edge parting insert including a first cutting portion, a second cutting portion and an elongated body portion connecting the first and second cutting portions. The elongated body portion has a body width (BW) measurable parallel to a lateral axis and a body length (BL) measurable parallel to an elongation axis. The body width is smaller than both cut widths of the cutting edges of the first and second body portions and fulfills the condition: 0.65 mm?BW?0.95 mm; and the body length fulfills the condition: 2 mm?BL?14 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventor: Yaakov Guy
  • Publication number: 20240066607
    Abstract: A double sided V-shaped cutting insert includes insert front and back surfaces and a peripheral surface extending therebetween. The peripheral surface has a forward surface, a first planar converging surface, and a first rake surface extending between the forward surface and the first converging surface. A second planar converging surface forms a convergence angle ?, 30°???45° with the first converging surface. A second rake surface extends between the forward surface and the second converging surface. In a view perpendicular to the insert front surface, the cutting insert exhibits mirror symmetry about a bisector plane passing between the first and second rake surfaces. The first and second rake surfaces each face away from the bisector plane. The first rake surface tends towards the bisector plane more than the first converging surface, and the second rake surface tends towards the bisector plane more than the second converging surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventor: GIL HECHT
  • Publication number: 20240058872
    Abstract: An insert holder has a holder longitudinal axis defining opposite forward to rearward directions, a holder end surface located at a forward end thereof, and a holder peripheral surface extending circumferentially about the holder longitudinal axis. The insert holder has upper and lower jaws which are spaced apart by a clamping recess recessed in the holder end surface. The upper jaw is resiliently movable with respect to the lower jaw upon rotation around an angled pivot axis. The insert holder includes a forwardly located insert mounting portion which includes a forwardly protruding clamping finger and a forwardly protruding support rib. The clamping recess is defined partially by an elongated recess hinge surface formed on an angled hinge portion. The recess hinge surface includes a first hinge end and a second hinge end, longitudinally spaced apart from one another. The second hinge end is located forward of the first hinge end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventor: GIL HECHT
  • Patent number: 11904393
    Abstract: An insert holder has a holder longitudinal axis defining opposite forward to rearward directions, a holder end surface located at a forward end thereof, and a holder peripheral surface extending circumferentially about the holder longitudinal axis. The insert holder has upper and lower jaws which are spaced apart by a clamping recess recessed in the holder end surface. The upper jaw is resiliently movable with respect to the lower jaw upon rotation around an angled pivot axis. The insert holder includes a forwardly located insert mounting portion which includes a forwardly protruding clamping finger and a forwardly protruding support rib. The clamping recess is defined partially by an elongated recess hinge surface formed on an angled hinge portion. The recess hinge surface includes a first hinge end and a second hinge end, longitudinally spaced apart from one another. The second hinge end is located forward of the first hinge end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Publication number: 20240051033
    Abstract: A metal cutting insert has a substrate body of cemented carbide, cermet, or ceramic and at least one cutting edge defined between a rake face and a relief face. The cutting insert has a CVD coating including a layer of aluminum titanium nitride having a cubic face centered lattice structure, represented by a formula (AlxTi1-xMy)CzN1-z wherein a stoichiometry coefficient of aluminum is 0.30<x<0.95, wherein M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cl and Ar, with a stoichiometry coefficient of which is 0?y<0.01, and wherein a stoichiometry coefficient of carbon is 0?z<0.3. The (AlxTi1-xMy)CzN1-z layer satisfies a relationship 10<|S1-S2|<500 MPa wherein S1 is the residual stress measured on the rake face, and S2 is the residual stress measured on the relief face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventors: MARCEL ELKOUBY, TOMER WEINBERGER, ANTON NIKITIN
  • Patent number: 11897038
    Abstract: A curved face grooving blade having a curved grooving portion and a clamping portion connected thereto. The grooving portion having an insert seat defining upward and downward directions. The clamping portion has a bottom wedge surface located in an inward and downward direction relative to the remainder of the clamping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gil Hecht, David Ben Harouche
  • Publication number: 20240042534
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool has an insert receiving pocket with a cutting insert removably secured therein and an adjustment recess rearward thereof having a radially outward facing recess side surface and an adjustment tongue spaced apart therefrom by a first inner passage. The adjustment tongue extends rearwardly from a tongue root to a tongue tip and includes a tongue through bore. The tongue root has a shoulder surface facing in the forward direction and the cutting insert is in contact with the shoulder surface. An adjustment screw extends through the tongue through bore and engages the recess side surface, and rotation of the adjustment screw causes axial displacement of the cutting insert in a forward direction. An imaginary straight line in the first inner passage intersects a recess rear end surface formed on a first body sub-portion of the cutting body which is integrally formed with the adjustment tongue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventor: ADI SHAPIR
  • Patent number: 11890688
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool has an insert receiving pocket with a cutting insert removably secured therein and an adjustment recess rearward thereof having a radially outward facing recess side surface and an adjustment tongue spaced apart therefrom by a first inner passage. The adjustment tongue extends rearwardly from a tongue root to a tongue tip and includes a tongue through bore. The tongue root has a shoulder surface facing in the forward direction and the cutting insert is in contact with the shoulder surface. An adjustment screw extends through the tongue through bore and engages the recess side surface, and rotation of the adjustment screw causes axial displacement of the cutting insert in a forward direction. An imaginary straight line in the first inner passage intersects a recess rear end surface formed on a first body sub-portion of the cutting body which is integrally formed with the adjustment tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Adi Shapir
  • Patent number: 11872638
    Abstract: A method of clamping a first cutting insert or an adaptor to a holder. Either the holder includes two insert pockets configured for machining in two different orthogonal directions or the holder includes a single adaptor pocket configured for holding the adaptor in two different orthogonal directions. The method includes the steps of choosing one of two orthogonal directions for machining and securing either the first cutting insert to an appropriate one of the two pockets or securing the adaptor to the adaptor pocket for machining in the chosen orthogonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gil Hecht, Ely Erlich
  • Publication number: 20240001455
    Abstract: A cutting tool having a cutting blade, a cutting insert and a tool holder. The cutting blade has converging peripheral blade abutment sub-surfaces exhibiting mirror symmetry about a second symmetry plane. The tool holder has a blade pocket with converging pocket abutment walls exhibiting mirror symmetry about a holder symmetry plane. The cutting tool can be assembled and utilized in four different configurations in a turret.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventor: GIL HECHT
  • Publication number: 20240001454
    Abstract: A cutting tool with a coolant system having a cutting blade, a cutting insert and a blade holder. The cutting blade has a first blade bore having a first bore peripheral surface and an entry gap recessed therein. On assembling the cutting tool, a fastening element clamps the first bore peripheral surface and seals the first blade bore, releasably securing the cutting blade to the blade holder and allowing a fluid connection between the blade holder and the cutting blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventor: GIL HECHT
  • Publication number: 20230405688
    Abstract: An insert adaptor for parting off including an adaptor index axis and parallel adaptor first and second sides connected by an adaptor peripheral surface which extends peripherally around the adaptor. The adaptor peripheral surface is formed with at least three pockets and bearing surfaces extending between the pockets. Each of the pockets comprises resilient upper and lower clamp surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventors: DAVID BEN HAROUCHE, ASAF MALKA
  • Patent number: 11833593
    Abstract: A square-shaped bar-peeling insert and insert-holder designed with pockets to hold two such square-shaped inserts. Each insert has four peripheral sub-surfaces and corners. Between each adjacent pair of corners is a cutting edge which includes a straight wiper sub-edge and two at least partially curved peeling sub-edges respectively located on opposing sides of the wiper sub-edge. The corners of the insert are inwardly disposed relative to an imaginary square formed by the sub-edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventors: Amjad Dakwar, Daniel Hen
  • Publication number: 20230381868
    Abstract: A parting-off tool assembly including a blade holder, a parting-blade mounted to, and clamped by, the blade holder, a cutting insert and a coolant conduit mounted to the parting-blade. The cutting insert defining a cutting-edge width CW and an extended-width cutting plane of the same width. The coolant conduit with an outlet opening out to a first extension portion located within the extended-width cutting plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: ISCAR, LTD.
    Inventors: ELY ERLICH, GIL HECHT