With Separate Means To Fasten Tool To Holder Patents (Class 407/102)
  • Patent number: 11504777
    Abstract: Tool system (1) comprising a tool holder (2) that includes an insert seat (17) for accommodating an insert (6) having a depression (7), further comprising a clamping element (4) that has an opening (26) for accommodating a clamping means (15), and a projection (5), and comprising a mechanism (functional dimension (Fx) that limits the linear mobility of the clamping element (4). This ensures that a disposable insert (6) can be repeatedly securely clamped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CERAMTEC GMBH
    Inventor: Uwe Henzler
  • Patent number: 10363722
    Abstract: A blade-shaped cutting insert has opposing first and second insert side surfaces with a peripheral surface extending therebetween, and a first cutting portion having a first primary cutting edge extending between the first and second insert side surfaces, defining a maximum insert width of the cutting insert. The peripheral surface includes an upper surface and first and second diverging flank surfaces bisected by a first plane transverse to the upper surface. The cutting insert has a maximum insert length measured perpendicular to the first plane which is more than sixteen times greater than the maximum insert width, and a maximum insert height measured parallel to the first plane which is more than ten times greater than the maximum insert width. The cutting insert is removably secured in an insert receiving pocket of a tool holder, which is defined by an upper clamping jaw and a lower clamping jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shimon Athad
  • Patent number: 10219450
    Abstract: A stump cutter bit for use with a stump cutting apparatus of the type utilizing a cutting wheel or drum rotated about a rotational axis wherein the cutting tool is attached to the cutting wheel or drum. The cutting tool supports the stump cutter bit. The cutting bit having a front face including a plurality of surfaces including an outer surface, an inner surface, and in intermediate surface located between the outer and inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Green Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Green, Brian P. Holly
  • Patent number: 9855613
    Abstract: In a body for a cutting tool having an insert seat, to which a cutting insert is removably attached, not only a structure for preventing a crack at the insert seat, caused by stress concentration, is adopted, but also the cutting insert is stably seated at and firmly attached to the insert seat. A recessed curve portion is formed at a crossing portion between a bottom surface and a wall surface of the insert seat. As viewed in cross section perpendicular to the bottom surface, the cross-sectional shape of the curve portion includes an arc having a radius R of curvature within a range from 0.5-1.2 mm. A height from the bottom surface to a connecting portion between the wall surface and the curve portion is set within a range from 0.1-0.8 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruki Kumoi, Ryuichi Saji
  • Patent number: 9656334
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting-edge replaceable cutting tool having a configuration capable of stably supporting a rotational moment acting on a cutting insert clamped on an insert mounting face of a body. It includes a cutting insert, a body including an insert mounting portion for removably mounting the cutting insert and a reception mechanism to receive the rotational moment acting on the cutting insert so as to rotate the cutting insert mounted on the insert mounting portion on a base surface, the mechanism including a first engagement portion formed on a lower surface of the cutting insert and a second engagement portion formed on the base surface of the insert mounting portion which is formed to engage with a specific portion of a surface defining the first engagement portion to receive the rotational moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Tungaloy Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuichi Saji, Kedar Suresh Bhagath
  • Patent number: 9492873
    Abstract: A clamp mechanism includes a plug element (24) extending from a main section of a first member of a clamp member (20) and a cutting insert (1), and a concave portion (5) extending inside a second member. The plug element (24) and the concave portion (5) each include a swollen section (24a, 5a) having a first dimension in a width direction, and a narrow section (24b, 5b) disposed in an area closer to the main section of the first member than the swollen section (24a, 5a) and having a second dimension smaller in the width direction than the swollen section (24a, 5a). The narrow section (5b) of the concave portion (5) interferes with the swollen section (24a) of the plug element (24) to suppress separation of the cutting insert (1) in the guide direction (A) from the clamp member (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Tungaloy Corporation
    Inventor: Kedar Suresh Bhagath
  • Patent number: 9446460
    Abstract: A cutting insert for milling operations, such as, face milling, slot milling, plunge milling, and ramping operations. The cutting insert exhibits a combination of favorable cutting edge strength, and unique cutting edge geometry, thus, allowing milling operations at relatively high feed rates. The cutting insert includes at least four cutting edges, wherein at least one of the cutting edges is a convex cutting edge. Certain embodiments of square cutting inserts will have four convex cutting edges which may be connected by nose corners. The convex cutting edge may comprise at least one of a circular arc, a portion of an ellipse, a portion of a parabola, a multi-segment spline curve, a straight line, or combinations of these. Wherein the convex cutting edge comprises a circular arc, the circular arc may have a radius greater than or equal to two times a radius of the largest circle that may be inscribed on the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Gilles Festeau, Jean-Luc Dufour, X. Daniel Fang, David J. Wills
  • Patent number: 9409240
    Abstract: A positioning section that positions a cutting edge, used in cutting, at an indexed point is provided at a portion of a round insert towards a bottom surface at a periphery of the round insert. A support seat, provided at a tool body, includes a first seat side surface, a second seat side surface, and a restraining section. The first seat side surface and the second seat side surface contact and support side surfaces of the round insert that are disposed 90 degrees apart from each other. The positioning section is fitted to the restraining section by bumpy portion fitting. Only one restraining section is provided. A second relief portion that is larger than a first relief portion is provided at a corner at a side of the second seat side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Kouki Matsubara, Atsuhiko Maeta, Shinya Imamura
  • Publication number: 20150125223
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a pocket with a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall for engaging an insert cartridge, a second side wall, a first rear wall, and a second rear wall. The top wall and the bottom wall are formed at a negative angle with respect to each other to provide a closed pocket design that resists centrifugal forces when the insert cartridge and the clamp wedge are in a locked condition during a cutting operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Glenn Morrison, Brad Daniel Hoffer, Jeffrey Francis Kovac
  • Publication number: 20140356085
    Abstract: A mechanical clamping tool holder for indexable inserts includes a tool holder body and complementary clamping mechanisms. The tool holder body accommodates several novel clamping mechanism types as well as other common clamping mechanisms. The tool holder body includes an insert pocket, and a complementary clamp pocket to assemble several clamping mechanisms that engage and clamp the inserts in the working position. The insert receiving pocket also includes a threaded bore to secure the shim seat and the clamp pocket includes a threaded bore for securing the clamping mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Alexandre CANELA VINAS
  • Publication number: 20140321929
    Abstract: A clamp mechanism includes a plug element (24) extending from a main section of a first member of a clamp member (20) and a cutting insert (1), and a concave portion (5) extending inside a second member. The plug element (24) and the concave portion (5) each include a swollen section (24a, 5a) having a first dimension in a width direction, and a narrow section (24b, 5b) disposed in an area closer to the main section of the first member than the swollen section (24a, 5a) and having a second dimension smaller in the width direction than the swollen section (24a, 5a). The narrow section (5b) of the concave portion (5) interferes with the swollen section (24a) of the plug element (24) to suppress separation of the cutting insert (1) in the guide direction (A) from the clamp member (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kedar Suresh Bhagath
  • Patent number: 8870499
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cutting tool holder for mounting a cutting insert having a top face, a bottom face and an insert bore having an inner surface extending between the top and the bottom faces. The holder includes a seat having a bottom surface and at least one side wall angled to the bottom surface, a seat bore with a bore axis having an open end at the bottom surface of the seat, and a securing mechanism for securing the cutting insert in the seat. The securing mechanism includes a securing pin within the seat bore and a body with an outer surface extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the body. The securing mechanism includes a displacement arrangement separate from the securing pin for axially displacing the securing pin along the bore axis of the seat bore between a first, mounting position and a second, securing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: No Screw Ltd.
    Inventor: Gershon Harif
  • Publication number: 20140294525
    Abstract: A rhombus-shaped cutting insert has opposing upper and lower surfaces, and a peripheral side surface extending therebetween having alternating obtuse and acute corner surfaces separated by four relief surfaces. The cutting insert is removably secured in an insert receiving pocket of a tool holder and indexable about a central axis. A nose cutting edge is formed at the intersection of one of the upper and lower surfaces with each of the two acute corner surfaces. One of the upper and lower surfaces has an engagement surface having a single primary and four secondary engagement elements. The primary and secondary engagement elements or portions thereof, exhibit minor symmetry about primary and secondary engagement planes. The primary engagement plane contains the central axis and intersects each nose cutting edge, and each secondary engagement plane does not contain the central axis and forms an acute engagement angle with the primary engagement plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Patent number: 8813617
    Abstract: A cutting insert has a longitudinal insert axis A, a cutting head and an insert shank which extends rearwardly from the cutting head. The insert shank includes an insert clamping portion with an asymmetric cross section taken perpendicular to the insert axis A. The insert shank has a peripheral surface extending along at least a portion of the total length of the insert shank. The cutting insert has a first dividing plane P1 which contains the insert axis A. The first dividing plane P1 may be parallel to a line L which extends along the longest cross-sectional dimension of the insert clamping portion 40. On one side of the first dividing plane P1, the peripheral surface comprises first and second longitudinally extending depressions. On the other side of the first dividing plane P1, the peripheral surface comprises first and second abutment surfaces separated by a third depression, the first and second depressions being separated by a third abutment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Patent number: 8814479
    Abstract: A grooving insert includes a cutting edge extending over the width of the insert, a main flank and a rake face and also a supporting side opposite the rake face. The grooving insert has a substantially cube-shaped outer contour and consists of two geometrically identical cube halves merging into one another in a parting plane. Each cube half has a separate cutting edge and the cube halves lie so as to be rotated by 90° relative to one another and turned by 180° relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventor: Igor Kaufmann
  • Publication number: 20140219733
    Abstract: A device for the chip removing machining of a work piece includes a body connectable to a holder or rotatable spindle. The body has at least one first seat to receive a cutting insert having a main cutting edge. The first seat has an active part including at least one first seat surface. The body receives the cutting insert in the first seat, the first seat including at least one location surface. The at least one location surface forms an angle with the first seat surface and positions the cutting insert axially and radially in the active part. The body has a second seat to receive a shim member such that the cutting insert adjoins the at least one first seat surface and the shim member. The cutting insert covers an area defined by the shim member and the at least one first seat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventor: Stefan ROMAN
  • Publication number: 20140199128
    Abstract: A cutting tool has an S-shaped cutting insert retained in a corresponding insert pocket. The insert pocket has a longitudinal main axis extending in a forward to rearward direction. The cutting insert has a longitudinal first axis and a lateral second axis, with two opposite cutting portions and a clamping portion therebetween, arranged along the first axis. The insert pocket includes a forward clamping portion with a forward abutment surface, and a rear clamping portion with first and second rear abutment surfaces. Two side flanks of the cutting insert extend longitudinally oppositely, with first and second clamping surfaces located adjacent each side flank. The first and second clamping surfaces adjacent one side flank abut the first and second rear abutment surfaces, respectively. The first clamping surface adjacent the other side flank abuts the forward abutment surface. Neither of the side flanks abuts the tool holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Publication number: 20140186130
    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: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Patent number: 8734062
    Abstract: A cutting assembly useful for the chipforming removal of material from a workpiece at the cutting insert-workpiece interface. The cutting assembly has a holder with a coolant passage and a seat. As one option, a stud extends away from the seat and facilitates coolant flow to an insert locking cap, which attaches to the stud. The insert locking cap directs coolant flow toward the cutting insert-workpiece interface. As another option, a diverter plate has a bottom surface with a bowl and an arcuate forward surface with one or more openings. Coolant flows from the coolant passage into the bowl then exits through at least one opening in the arcuate forward surface towards the cutting insert-workpiece interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Henry, Shi Chen, Kent P. Mizgalski
  • Patent number: 8690495
    Abstract: A cutting tool for machining large workpieces having relatively a large cutting amount and a cutting insert configured to be used with the cutting tool. The cutting tool includes a cutting insert and a wedge for clamping the cutting insert. The cutting insert has a polygonal top surface, which comprises a recessed portion having a plurality of inclined abutment surfaces which are inclined toward the center of the top surface. The outline of said recessed portion is twisted at a predetermined angle with respect to the outline of the top surface. The wedge includes a projecting portion that contacts the inclined abutment surface and pushes the cutting insert so that two side surfaces of the cutting insert can be supported by a radial inner side surface and a lateral supporting surface of an insert seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: TaeguTec, Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang Hee Choi
  • Patent number: 8641330
    Abstract: A tool for chip removing machining includes a tool holder in order to releasably hold at least one cutting insert. The cutting insert is arranged to be fixable in an insert pocket of the tool holder by a locking screw. The locking screw has a head and is in threaded engagement with the tool holder via a threaded joint which is arranged to allow tilting of the locking screw in a working direction of the tool when the locking screw is partly unscrewed so that the cutting insert can be removed from the insert pocket. The head is arranged to clamp against a part of a front side of the cutting insert. The tool holder includes at least one space at least partly arranged to receive the head when the screw is partly unscrewed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Seco Tools AB
    Inventor: Mikael Jansson
  • Publication number: 20140003872
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cassette for a milling cutter having a cutter carrier and a clamping part, which together constitute a generally rectangular cassette, the cutter carrier and the clamping part being loosely placed on each other and together delimiting a fastening opening for a fastening screw by means of which the cassette can be fastened in a receiver of a milling cutter, the cutter carrier having a seat for a cutting insert. The invention additionally relates to a milling cutter having at least one receiver for a cassette and having at least one such cassette. A gap, S, between the cutter carrier and the clamping part is located below the cutting tip of the cutting insert to prevent chips from being lodged in the gap, S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Francis Kovac, Armin Josef Zimmermann, Xaver Spichtinger, Johann Alois Schneider, Thomas Lehmann
  • Patent number: 8616809
    Abstract: The present invention provides a toolholder mountable on a lathe or other machine tool for supporting a cutting plate relative to a workpiece for cutting or shaping the workpiece. The toolholder including a body having a tapered tool base at one end thereof, the tool base defining a tool seat for supporting a cutting plate. A plug screw having a head defining threads on an outer surface thereof for engaging a threaded hole in the tool base is also provided. The plug screw further defining a shank extending eccentrically from the head, the shank being receivable through a mounting hole defined by the cutting plate for locating the cutting plate relative to the tool seat upon rotation of the plug screw relative to the tool base. A lock nut is provided for receiving a threaded end of the shank for securing the cutting plate to the tool base and toolholder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventor: James F. Farrell
  • Publication number: 20130336734
    Abstract: A cutting tool comprising a tool holder (2) with a pocket (22) and a cutting insert (3) in the shape of a polygon having at least three side surfaces (33, 34, 35). The pocket (22) is provided with a base support surface (24) and at least two lateral support surfaces (25, 26). The cutting insert (3) is releaseably securable in the pocket (22) with two side surfaces of the insert (34, 35) abutting the two lateral support surfaces (25, 26) of the pocket (22). At least one of the side surfaces (33, 34, 35) and at least one of the lateral support surfaces (25, 26) are provided with a notch (37) and a complimentary rib element (28) extending in an axial direction of the insert and interacting for providing an end stop of the cutting insert (3) in the pocket (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: Vargus Ltd.
    Inventor: Vargus Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130309027
    Abstract: A cutting tool assembly includes a cutting insert and tool configured for holding the cutting insert. The cutting insert includes an insert mounting portion and at least one cutting portion projecting therefrom. The cutting insert is shaped to allow the at least one cutting portion to project outwardly from the tool, when mounted thereon, while the remainder of the cutting insert is located within a boundary of the tool in an end view thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sergey Chistyakov
  • Publication number: 20130279996
    Abstract: An indexable cutting insert for chip removing machining includes a plurality of cutting tips that protrude from a central core. Each of the individual tips include a cutting edge, which is formed in a transition between an upper side serving as chip surface and a clearance surface, which extends between the upper side and an under side. The cutting insert has six equally long cutting tips that are located in pairs along the co-ordinate axes of a three-dimensional, orthogonal system of co-ordinates, the origin of which is situated in the core. By arranging the cutting tips in this way, the inactive cutting tips, which are situated behind an active cutting tip, can be contained within a limited volume and therefore be installed in tool basic bodies having tapering parts. A tool equipped with the cutting insert according to the invention, as well as, a tool basic body is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventor: Mojgan MOHSENI
  • Publication number: 20130266385
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting insert (3), a tool holder (2), and tool (1) for forming heavy duty threads, wherein the tool holder (2) has a support surface (20) and the cutting insert (3) is releaseably securable to the support surface (20) of the tool holder (2), such that a longitudinal direction (I) of the cutting insert (3) in use extends in parallel to radial direction of a workpiece, the cutting insert (2) is provided with at least one cutting edge (30) and a bottom surface (31) for contacting the support surface of the tool holder, the bottom surface (31) being stepped to provide a first planar contact portion (31a) and a second planar contact portion (31b) adjacent thereto, and a first abutment wall (33) extending at least partially in the longitudinal direction (I) being formed between the first planar contact portion (31a) and the second planar contact portion (31b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Vargus Ltd.
    Inventors: Rafael Margulis, Artur Zaretsky
  • Patent number: 8545135
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Vertical Motion Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Robert D. Wilson, Jr., Christian E. Thomsen, James Watson, Keegan Carriveau, Max Wilson
  • Patent number: 8534963
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tool for machining a workpiece, incorporating a holder having a locating opening arranged at the end face and a cutting head having at least one cutting element arranged on the workpiece-side end. Furthermore, the tool has a sleeve which is made substantially of carbide and which, with a first, holder-side end, is inserted in an accurately fitting manner into the locating opening of the holder, and the cutting head is arranged in or on the second, cutting-head-side end of said sleeve, and coupling means for coupling the holder, cutting head and sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Hartmetall-Werkzeugfabrik Paul Horn GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Luik
  • Publication number: 20130236255
    Abstract: An indexable cutting insert has opposing rhombus-shaped upper and lower surfaces and a peripheral side surface therebetween with alternating obtuse and acute corner surfaces. A nose cutting edge is formed at the intersection of the upper surface with each of the two acute corner surfaces. The lower surface includes a base surface from which a central boss and exactly two engagement ridges protrude. Each engagement ridge extends from the central boss to intersect with its respective acute corner surface, and the base surface is divided into two base sub-surfaces. The insert may be clamped against a seating surface of a tool holder pocket solely by the engagement ridge located closest to the operative nose cutting edge making contact with a corresponding single engagement groove, and the two base sub-surfaces making contact with two coplanar raised support surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Publication number: 20130202371
    Abstract: An indexable double-negative cutting insert includes an index axis A, two opposing end surfaces, a peripheral side surface which extends therebetween, and opposing side cutting edges formed between the end surfaces and the peripheral side surface. A median plane P is located midway between the end surfaces, passes through the peripheral side surface and is perpendicular to the index axis. The peripheral side surface includes at least one protrusion which extends in an outward direction relative to the index axis, in a plan view of either end surface. The protrusion includes two side abutment surfaces which converge in the outward direction towards the median plane P. In each cross-section perpendicular to the median plane, which cross-section passes through both opposing side cutting edges and also the at least one protrusion, no portion of the peripheral surface is inward of an imaginary line connecting the opposing side cutting edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Iscar Ltd.
    Inventor: Danny Chen
  • Patent number: 8500374
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes opposing first and second major surfaces and two side surfaces extending therebetween, two side abutment surfaces, each located on a respective side surface and a clamping recess which opens out to the second major surface and/or to the insert front surface. The side abutment surfaces converge towards the first major surface and the side surfaces converge in a direction away from an insert front surface which extends between the major surfaces and the side surfaces. The clamping recess does not extend beyond a mid plane, which is located midway between the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Patent number: 8491230
    Abstract: An insert clamp secures a cutting insert having a central hole to a tool holder. The clamp includes a forward protrusion to be received in the central hole of the insert, a central body portion provided with a pressing part to press down the upper surface of the insert and a screw hole for a clamping screw to pass through, and a rear protrusion having a rear contact surface to come in contact with a rearward slanting surface of the tool holder. The forward protrusion is formed on the forward end of the insert clamp, an inside surface of the forward protrusion extends downward in a spaced state apart from the inner wall of the central hole of the insert, and a distal portion of the inside surface the forward protrusion is provided with a protuberance of convex curved surface to come in tangential contact with the inner wall of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: TaeguTec, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Sik Park, Ho-Hyoun Cho
  • Publication number: 20130183110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an indexable cutting insert which is provided with at least two bearing surfaces for securing to a holder, said at least two bearing surfaces being each subdivided into individual subsurfaces, wherein the at least two bearing surfaces, with respect to a center plane of the cutting insert, forms at least three edges in one half of said cutting insert, said edges bounding the subsurfaces for the formation of crowning, approximating to convexity, of the at least two bearing surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: HARTMETALL-WERKZEUGFABRIK PAUL HORN GMBH
    Inventors: Hans Schaefer, Peter Langer
  • Patent number: 8479622
    Abstract: A cutting tool assembly for boring and internal grooving operations includes a tool head having a removably secured cutting insert at a forward insert receiving end and a rear mating end with a male or female type tool holder coupler in the form of an engagement protrusion or cutting holder receiving pocket. The tool head is fixed to a tool holder with a front mating end having a female or male tool head coupler in the form of a tool head receiving pocket or engagement protrusion. Following assembly, at least three abutting wall surfaces and an adjacent support surface of the tool holder coupler are in contact with at least three non-coplanar abutment surfaces and an adjacent supporting surface of the tool head coupler, respectively, and a fastening screw member extends through a through bore in the tool holder coupler engaging a threaded screw bore in the tool head coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Patent number: 8469638
    Abstract: A cutting insert for mounting on an insert holder of a cutting tool. The cutting insert has a rear surface with two protuberances. The insert holder has a base surface with two recesses. Three abutment regions are formed on the side surfaces of the two protuberances and the two recesses when the cutting insert is releasably retained in the insert holder with a retaining screw. Two further abutment regions are formed between the two holder recess lower surfaces and the two insert protuberance upper surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Patent number: 8449224
    Abstract: A cutting tool of the invention is equipped with a cutting insert comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, a side surface connected to the upper surface and the lower surface, and an upper surface side cutting edge and a lower surface side cutting edge formed at an intersection portion between the upper surface and the side surface and at an intersection portion between the lower surface and the side surface, respectively; and a holder comprising at a front part thereof an insert pocket to which the cutting insert is attached. The insert pocket comprises a bearing seat surface against which the lower surface of the cutting insert abuts, and is opened into a front surface and a side surface of the holder, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Youji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130129437
    Abstract: A cutting tool for radial and axial recessing and for lateral motion for so-called grooving of primarily metallic materials, having a clamping holder and a cutting element base, fastened to the damping holder, on which a cutting element rests, the cutting element being pressed onto the cutting element base by a damping finger of a clamping claw, and the cutting element being guided on the cutting element base with a prism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: CeramTec GmbH
    Inventors: Nebojsa Sevdic, Uwe Stemmer, Heinz Kressel
  • Publication number: 20130129436
    Abstract: An anti-rotation mounting mechanism is provided between an indexable insert and an insert-receiving pocket in the body of a machine tool, such as a milling cutter. The mechanism includes a plurality of curved stop surfaces uniformly disposed around the side surface of the insert, a portion of which is obliquely oriented with respect to the side surface of the insert, and an anti-rotation feature in the pocket of the tool body having a pair of engagement portions that are substantially complementary in shape to that of the stop surfaces for forming an interference joint between the pocket and the insert. The anti-rotation feature further includes a central planar portion that does not engage the stop surfaces. The mechanism effectively prevents rotation between the insert and pocket without the formation of point-type, localized stresses which can chip or break the insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Brad Daniel Hoffer
  • Publication number: 20130129431
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes a tool body having a plurality of pockets for receiving cutting inserts. Each pocket includes a bottom support surface, an axial support surface, a radial support surface and a corner relief between the bottom support surface and the axial support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Ruy Frota de Souza Filho, Mark Alan Francis
  • Publication number: 20130051943
    Abstract: A tooling insert for a screw machine includes a plurality of cutoff blades. The insert is indexable. The cutting side of the blade includes a planar impact surface with a 7° side rake angle. In addition, the blade cutting side has a narrow raised land adjacent the impact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: Raymond E. Koontz
  • Patent number: 8302515
    Abstract: A support element is attachable to a tool receivable in a tool holder bore so as to strengthen a connection between the tool and a tool holder and provide increased rigidity and vibration damping. The support element has a first support element end adapted for disposition adjacent to a forwardly facing mounting surface of the tool holder and a second support element end adapted for disposition adjacent to a forward end of the tool. The support element is mountable on the tool so as to be disposed completely between the forwardly facing mounting surface and the forward end of the tool. In one configuration, the support element includes a base having an underside configured for abutment with the tool holder and an extension protruding in a longitudinal direction from the base. The base is adapted to receive at least one element operable to produce adjustable canting of the base with respect to the tool holder and corresponding adjustable frictional engagement between the support element and the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Prototype Productions, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe V. Travez, Jose M. Travez, Italo Travez
  • Publication number: 20120269588
    Abstract: A grooving insert comprising a cutting edge (16) extending over the width (B) of the insert (10), a main flank (18) and a rake face (14) and also a supporting side (20) opposite the rake face (14) is characterized in that the grooving insert has a substantially cube-shaped outer contour and consists of two geometrically identical cube halves merging into one another in a parting plane, wherein each cube half has a separate cutting edge and the cube halves lie so as to be rotated by 90° relative to one another and turned by 180° relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Igor Kaufmann
  • Publication number: 20120213600
    Abstract: A cutting insert includes opposing first and second major surfaces and two side surfaces extending therebetween, two side abutment surfaces, each located on a respective side surface and a clamping recess which opens out to the second major surface and/or to the insert front surface. The side abutment surfaces converge towards the first major surface and the side surfaces converge in a direction away from an insert front surface which extends between the major surfaces and the side surfaces. The clamping recess does not extend beyond a mid plane, which is located midway between the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Iscar Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Publication number: 20120189396
    Abstract: A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper surface; a lower surface; a side surface; and a cutting edge which is located in an intersection region of the upper surface and the side surface, and includes a major cutting edge, a flat cutting edge, and a minor cutting edge located between the major cutting edge and the flat cutting edge. The cutting edge reaches a top portion thereof while being inclined upward from the flat cutting edge to the major cutting edge with respect to a reference plane perpendicular to a central axis of the cutting insert in a side view. The cutting edge is thereafter inclined downward with respect to the reference plane. A peripheral cutting edge angle of the minor cutting edge is larger than a peripheral cutting edge angle of the major cutting edge. A cutting tool including the cutting insert; and a method of manufacturing a machined product using the cutting tool are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Yongbo Xu
  • Publication number: 20120141216
    Abstract: A screw connection to be undone without problems and without disproportionate application of force after long-term use in cutting under extreme usage conditions with dirt, extreme heat, moisture, oxidation and alternating loads provides that the screws have a smooth surface due to coating at least in the area of the thread of the screws, that PTFE particles, preferably have a particle size between 100 nm and 300 nm, are continued in the coating, and the screw connection of the two thread partners are lubricated using small amounts of a heat-resistant grease having ceramic powder particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventor: Wolfgang Zitzlaff
  • Publication number: 20120099935
    Abstract: In a cutting tool having an indexable cutting insert with four cutting portions, the cutting insert is securable within a holder portion in four index positions by means of a fastener. The cutting insert has two opposing end surfaces with a peripheral side surface and a central axis extending therebetween, the peripheral side surface having exactly four abutment zones. The insert holder has a holder portion and a body portion, the holder portion having a sidewall surface with a first, second and third reaction zone. The cutting insert is divided into four imaginary quadrants about its central axis and the four abutment zones are located entirely in two of the four imaginary quadrants, and for each index position, three of the four abutment zones are in clamping contact with the three reaction zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Gil Hecht
  • Publication number: 20120051851
    Abstract: The cutting insert is provided with a polygonal-shaped insert main body (2) having two polygonal surfaces (3, 3) spaced away from each other and a plurality of side surfaces formed between these polygonal surfaces and also provided with cutting edges (8A, 8B, 8C) formed as a rake face on a peripheral edge of a first side surface (4) among the plurality of side surfaces, Among the plurality of side surfaces, a second side surface (6) which is positioned on the opposite side of the first side surface and given as a seating surface in contact with an insert seat of the tool main body for attaching the cutting insert is formed in a V-shape when viewed from the thickness direction of the insert main body and includes two contact portions (6A, 6A), each of which is formed in a raised curve shape on a cross section along the thickness direction, and the two contact portions are formed in a recessed V-shape so as to be greater In depth moving toward the center of the second side surface on the cross section along the
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayoshi Saito, Nobukazu Horiike, Jun Kitajima
  • Publication number: 20120051852
    Abstract: A cutting tool includes one or more cutting portions. Each of the cutting portions has a cutting insert and an insert pocket for mounting the cutting insert. The insert pocket has a top surface with one or more projecting portions with a shape of serration, and a bottom supporting surface. The cutting insert has a top surface mating with said projecting portions of the insert pocket, and a bottom surface mating with the bottom supporting surface of the insert pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Taegu Tec, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Hee Choi, Chang Gyu Park
  • Patent number: 8123440
    Abstract: A wear-resistant cladding layer for cutting tool components. A cutting tool includes a tool holder and a clamp structured and arranged for releasably securing an insert to the tool holder. The cutting tool also includes a wear-resistant cladding layer brazed on at least a portion of the clamp and/or brazed on at least a portion of the tool holder, wherein the wear- resistant cladding layer comprises hard particles and a brazing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Hunter Holwerk, Otis Karl Tennant, Christian Bannehr Gray