Abstract: A rotary cutting tool has a cutting insert clamped from behind by a backing clamp against a frontal abutment defined in the body of the rotary cutter head. The clamp backs the cutting insert against the cutting pressure during operation and provides for the use of a same rotary cutter with different profiles of cutting inserts. Plugs of predetermined weight can be inserted in pre-formed holes in the cutting insert to permit recalibration of the insert after a sharpening operation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 26, 2009
Date of Patent:
June 5, 2012
Assignee:
Outils Gladu, S.E.N.C.
Inventors:
Philippe Turcot, Gabriel Fafard, Yvon Gauthier, Martin Greendale, Hans Luscher