With Means To Apply Fluid To Cutting Tool Patents (Class 407/11)
  • Patent number: 9878372
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a machining equipment which includes a seat, a plurality of electrodes, and a machining assembly assembled on the seat. The machining assembly includes a pole mounted on the seat, a machining tool mounted on the pole, and two protrusions formed on the pole. The pole defines a channel. Each protrusion defines an opening communicated with the channel. The two openings of the two protrusions face the machining tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: FU DING ELECTRONICAL TECHNOLOGY ( JIASHAN) CO.,LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Lu Yang, Yang-Mao Peng, Jian-Shi Jia, Jing-Shuang Sui, Zhen-Guang Xu, Jun Fu
  • Patent number: 9862038
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool with a longitudinal axis includes a shank portion and a cutting portion defining a length of cut. The cutting portion includes a plurality of blades separated by flutes extending along the length of cut. A first blade forms a first helix angle with respect to the longitudinal axis at the cutting tip. A second blade adjacent the first blade forms a second, different helix angle with respect to the longitudinal axis at the cutting tip. The cutting edge of the first blade is formed at a first distance with respect to the cutting edge of the second blade. A helix angle of at least one of the plurality of blades varies along the length of cut and a distance between cutting edges of the first and second blades varies along the length of cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Danny Ray Davis, Frederick John Palmer
  • Patent number: 9796028
    Abstract: A prismatic and cylindrical cutting insert for long edge rotary milling applications has multiple indexable cutting edges ranging from four to six or even more depending on the actual milling applications. Each cutting edge of a prismatic or cylindrical cutting insert provides a positive cutting geometry and is equivalent to an indexable cutting edge of a traditional single-sided parallelogram-shaped cutting insert having two indexable cutting edges (often referred as A-Style insert). The prismatic and cylindrical (including tapered or conical) cutting insert may be used for machining a wide range of materials including difficult-to-machine materials, cast-iron and alloys, aluminum and alloys, carbon steels, and fiber reinforced composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC
    Inventor: X. Daniel Fang
  • Patent number: 9724783
    Abstract: A laser beam irradiation unit of a laser processing apparatus includes a pulse laser oscillator, a condenser which converges and irradiates a pulse laser beam upon a workpiece held on a chuck table, a dichroic mirror disposed between the pulse laser oscillator and the condenser, a strobo flash irradiation unit which irradiates light on a route of the dichroic mirror and the condenser, a beam splitter disposed between the strobo flash irradiation unit and the dichroic mirror, and an image pickup unit disposed on the route of the light split by the beam splitter. A control unit renders the strobo flash irradiation unit and the image pickup unit operative in a timed relationship with the pulse laser beam oscillated from the pulse laser beam oscillator and irradiated upon the workpiece and detects a processed state on the basis of an image signal from the image pickup unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Disco Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Odagiri, Kouichi Nehashi, Joel Koerwer, Hironari Ohkubo, Shuichiro Tsukiji, Ryugo Oba, Kentaro Odanaka, Takashi Sampei
  • Patent number: 9656324
    Abstract: A cartridge for a grooving tool holder extends along a mid-thickness plane by being bordered in the mid-thickness plane by peripheral surfaces of the cartridge. The peripheral surfaces of the cartridge include a clamping surface, a back surface for the fixation to the grooving tool holder along a screwing direction, and a front surface. The cartridge has a coolant channel extending along a direction from the back surface to the front surface. The screwing direction and the direction of extension of the coolant channel are both included in the mid-thickness plane of the cartridge. A grooving tool holder includes an upper front surface for fixation by screwing to the back surface of the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SANDVIK TOOLING FRANCE
    Inventors: Alain Boissonnet, Camille Sandaldjian
  • Patent number: 9630263
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool or end mill is provided, the tool comprising a plurality of pairs of diametrically-opposed, symmetrical, helical flutes formed in a cutting portion of the tool body, wherein the pitch between at least one pair of adjacent helical flutes is less than or greater than the pitch of at least one other pair of adjacent helical flutes in at least one radial plane along the axial length of the flutes, a plurality of peripheral cutting edges, wherein at least one of the peripheral cutting edges has a radial rake angle different from radial rake angle of a peripheral cutting edge of a different helical flute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: KYOCERA SGS PRECISION TOOLS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason S. Wells, Paul S. Daniels, Douglas P. Bonfiglio, Jeffery L. Burton
  • Patent number: 9616541
    Abstract: A shrink-fit chuck having a receiving body, a receiving opening for a tool shank, arranged in the receiving body, an accumulation and collection chamber arranged in the front region of the receiving opening and at least one coolant supply channel leading to the accumulation and collection chamber. The accumulation and collection chamber is delimited to the front by a ring bar arranged at the front end of the receiving opening. The internal diameter of the ring bar is adjusted to the internal diameter of the receiving opening in such a manner that as small an annular gap as possible exists between the ring bar and the tool shank. A plurality of outlet openings are provided in the ring bar for discharging to the outside a coolant routed via the coolant supply channel into the accumulation and collection chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HAIMER GMBH
    Inventors: Franz Haimer, Josef Haimer
  • Patent number: 9579727
    Abstract: A cutting assembly includes toolholder and a cutting insert. The cutting insert includes a top surface, a rake face and a cutting edge. The top surface includes a coolant duct along a central, longitudinal axis, A, that directs coolant from an inlet region to a cutting region. The cutting region includes a pair of chip deflectors and a plurality of coolant directing elements separating a plurality of coolant channels configured in at least one hub and spoke arrangement that directs coolant radially outward from the central, longitudinal axis, A, to the entire cutting edge of the cutting insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Igor Kaufmann, Scott W. Lebo
  • Patent number: 9387537
    Abstract: A wedge clamp includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall opposite the front wall, and a fluid port traversing from the front wall to the rear wall. The fluid port has a front opening and a rear opening to allow cooling fluid to pass therethrough. In one embodiment, the front opening is a rounded isosceles trapezoid in shape with a pair of parallel substantially planar side walls of different length and a pair of arcuate side walls connecting the pair of planar side walls. The rear opening has a greater surface area proximate the rear wall and a smaller surface area proximate the front opening, resulting in a funnel-shaped opening to cause an increase in velocity of the cooling fluid passing through the fluid port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Brad Daniel Hoffer, Michael Glenn Morrison, Werner Bruno Penkert
  • Patent number: 9108253
    Abstract: A cutting insert for use in a chipforming material removal operation that includes a cutting insert body, which has a seating surface, a flank face, and a corner cutting region at the intersection of a peripheral edge and the flank adjacent corresponding corners thereof. The cutting insert body contains a central aperture. The seating surface contains a coolant delivery trough, which has a radial orientation toward a corresponding corner cutting region. The coolant delivery trough has a radial outward end terminating at the peripheral edge and a radial inward end opening into the central aperture. There are a pair of lateral topographic regions wherein the one lateral topographic region is along one side of the coolant delivery trough and the other lateral topographic region is along other side of the coolant delivery trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Shi Chen, Nicholas Joseph Henry, Kent Peter Mizgalski
  • Patent number: 9101985
    Abstract: A cutting assembly that is useful in an operation for chipforming removal of material from a workpiece. The cutting assembly includes a holder having a seat and containing a coolant delivery passage. A locking pin, which has a longitudinal locking pin bore, is affixed to the seat so the longitudinal locking pin bore is in communication with the coolant delivery passage. A cutting insert has a rake surface, a corner cutting edge region, a central cutting insert aperture, and a radial coolant trough with an orientation toward the corner cutting edge region. At least a portion of the locking pin is within the central cutting insert aperture. A clamp assembly attaches to the holder and engages the cutting insert. The clamp assembly has a diverter plate, which has a bottom surface defining a diverter bowl and a diverter channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Shi Chen, Nicholas Henry, Charles Lisle Conway, Kent Peter Mizgalski
  • Patent number: 9095913
    Abstract: A cutting insert for use in a chipforming material removal operation that includes a cutting insert body, which has a seating surface, a flank face, and a corner cutting region at the intersection of a peripheral edge and the flank adjacent corresponding corners thereof. The cutting insert body contains a central aperture. The seating surface contains a coolant delivery trough, which has a radial orientation toward a corresponding corner cutting region. The coolant delivery trough has a radial outward end terminating at the peripheral edge and a radial inward end opening into the central aperture. There are a pair of lateral topographic regions wherein the one lateral topographic region is along one side of the coolant delivery trough and the other lateral topographic region is along other side of the coolant delivery trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Shi Chen, Nicholas Joseph Henry, Kent Peter Mizgalski
  • Publication number: 20150132074
    Abstract: A cartridge for a grooving tool holder extends along a mid-thickness plane by being bordered in the mid-thickness plane by peripheral surfaces of the cartridge. The peripheral surfaces of the cartridge include a clamping surface, a back surface for the fixation to the grooving tool holder along a screwing direction, and a front surface. The cartridge has a coolant channel extending along a direction from the back surface to the front surface. The screwing direction and the direction of extension of the coolant channel are both included in the mid-thickness plane of the cartridge. A grooving tool holder includes an upper front surface for fixation by screwing to the back surface of the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Alain BOISSONNET, Camille SANDALDJIAN
  • Patent number: 8998543
    Abstract: The application comprises a blank for producing a cutting tool with at least one inner bore for conducting fluids, wherein the blank comprises at least a first and a second portion along, its longitudinal axis, wherein the inner bore in the first portion is formed substantially in a straight line and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the blank, and the inner bore in the second portion has a first twist with a first twist angle greater than zero, wherein the blank can be obtained by a continuous pressing operation, in particular a continuous extruding operation. The application also describes an extrusion device for producing a blank, wherein the extrusion device comprises a control element for controlling the twist angle, in particular the first and/or second twist angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Guehring OHG
    Inventors: Manfred Schwenck, Armin Helbig
  • Patent number: 8985913
    Abstract: A cutting tool holder has a holder body and upper and base jaws. An insert receiving pocket is defined between the upper and base jaw, for receiving a cutting insert therein. A resilience recess allows the upper jaw to deflect toward the base jaw. An upper jaw coolant channel has an upper jaw inlet, opening out to the resilience recess, and an upper jaw outlet, opening out to a front end of the upper jaw. A holder body coolant channel has a holder body outlet, opening out to the resilience recess, spaced apart from the upper jaw inlet. A compressible tool coolant plug, made of compressible material, is inserted into the resilience recess. The plug has a plug coolant channel opening out toward the upper jaw inlet and the holder body outlet, forming a fluid path from the holder body coolant channel to the upper jaw coolant channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventors: Vitaly Oren, Roman Shpilkin
  • Publication number: 20150078851
    Abstract: A coolant delivery system which serves to deliver a cooling agent whose purpose is to carry away the heat that is generated in the process of machining a toothed profile by means of a skiving wheel rotating about its rotary axis. The coolant delivery system provides for a delivery path section which, seen in a projection onto a plane extending orthogonal to the rotary axis, is arranged closer to the axis than the toothed profile of the skiving wheel and has a dimensional component in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Ralf Liepelt, Edgar Weppelmann
  • Patent number: 8978527
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bit for processing the inside diameter of a work material, the bit having on the outer surface of a shank a vibration preventing structure comprising a vibration absorption body made of a silicone material, and a hollow wire rod, thereby absorbing the vibration generated from a machine tool, preventing resonance generated between the work material and a tool, and thus, enabling the implementation of a slickenside from ultra-precision machining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Basic Science Institute
    Inventors: Sun Choel Yang, Ki Soo Chang, Geon Hee Kim, Myeong Sang Kim
  • Publication number: 20150063926
    Abstract: An indexable cutting insert includes a rake face, a flank surface, a bottom surface, and a central aperture defined by an aperture side wall. The indexable cutting insert further has a mouth defined by a mouth surface. There is a primary coolant trough that has an aperture section in the side wall contained in the aperture side wall, a mouth section contained in the mouth surface, and a rake face section contained in the rake face. There is a radial angular coolant trough, which has an entrance end opening into a selected one of the primary coolant trough and the mouth. The radial angular coolant trough has an orientation wherein the central longitudinal axis thereof is generally perpendicular to a corresponding discrete cutting edge whereby during operation a coolant stream is directed toward the corresponding discrete cutting edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Qiang Wu, Christoph Gey, Horst M. Jaeger, Michael A. Weisel, Nicholas J. Henry
  • Patent number: 8967928
    Abstract: An interface element between a first tool element and a second tool element includes a projection on one of the first and second tool elements and a cavity that receives the projection on the other of the first and second tool element. The cavity includes inner contours which are designed to receive polygonal and/or stellate projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mapal Fabrik fur Prazisionswerkzeuge Dr. Kress KG
    Inventor: Dieter Kress
  • Patent number: 8956086
    Abstract: A toolholder assembly includes a toolholder body having a coolant passage and a cutting insert seated within a recess of the body. The cutting insert includes an insert orifice extending between a top face and a bottom face that aligns with the coolant passage. A lock pin includes a lock pin orifice that aligns with and is in fluid communication with the coolant passage of the body. The lock pin orifice has an outlet port to allow the fluid to flow through the lock pin orifice and exit through the outlet port. A lock pin ring includes a coolant port in fluid communication with the outlet port of the lock pin to effectively discharge cooling fluid in the direction of a cutting area of the cutting insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Shi Chen, Nicholas Joseph Henry, Kent Peter Mizgalski
  • Publication number: 20150043979
    Abstract: A high pressure coolant tube for receipt by a tool body that includes a coolant tube body with an annular flange adjacent to the exit body end. There is a threaded collar that has an exterior threaded surface. The threaded collar contains an interior collar bore comprising an enlarged diameter interior collar bore surface portion and a reduced diameter interior collar bore surface portion. There is an exit seal pocket defined by an exit-facing flange surface of the annular flange and a reduced diameter body section and the enlarged diameter interior collar bore surface portion. There is an entrance seal assembly pocket defined by an entrance-facing flange surface of the annular flange and a reduced diameter body section and the enlarged diameter interior collar bore surface portion. An exit seal is in the exit seal pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Carol Ann Bridge, Jeanne Marie McCullough
  • Publication number: 20150037105
    Abstract: An end mill comprises: a main body with two coolant holes; three chip discharge grooves formed at an outer periphery of a tip portion of the main body; gashes formed at the tip portions of the three chip discharge grooves; and three end cutting edges formed at intersecting ridgeline portions between tip flanks and wall surfaces facing an end mill rotation direction of the gashes. One end cutting edge is long and extends across the axis line at a tip of the main body. Inner peripheral ends of two remaining end cutting edges are disposed at intervals from the axis line. Two coolant holes are drilled toward a tip side in a direction of the axis line. A first coolant hole opens at the tip flank of the long edge, and a second coolant hole opens at a gash of one of the two remaining end cutting edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Fukata, Genki Matsumoto, Takayuki Azegami
  • Publication number: 20150030396
    Abstract: A ball end mill comprises coolant holes and multiple cutting edges in which a rotation locus around an axis line forms a hemispherical shape having a center on the axis line. The cutting edges are formed at intervals in a circumferential direction at a tip of an end mill main body, which is rotated around the axis line. Some of the cutting edges are long edges intersecting each other on the axis line of a tip of the end mill main body, the remaining cutting edges are short edges each having an inner peripheral end at a position away from the axis line. Coolant holes are formed in the end mill main body and are opened on an extended line of the short edge toward the axis line from the inner peripheral end of the short edge in the tip of the end mill main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Tarou Abe, Takayuki Azegami
  • Patent number: 8939685
    Abstract: A tool is provided. The tool comprises an interchangeable cutting portion and a holder to which the interchangeable cutting portion is adapted to be replaceably mounted. The interchangeable cutting portion comprises a first part with at least one cutting edge and a second part for connection to the holder, the second part being provided with a conical external abutment surface and an external cylindrical screw thread. The holder is provided with an internal cylindrical screw thread, to which the external screw thread is removably screwed, and a conical internal abutment surface, the conical external abutment surface and the conical internal abutment surface being mutually engageable for positioning the cutting portion and the holder relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Nuovo Pignone S.p.A.
    Inventor: Emanuele Cigni
  • Publication number: 20150016899
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting insert (1) for cutting a thread, having a base surface (2), a top surface (3), and lateral surfaces (4, 5, 6, 7) which connect the base surface (2) and the top surface (3) to each other. Multiple cutting teeth (8) which are arranged in a row (33, 34) and which comprise cutting edges (9) are formed on the top surface (3). The top surface (3) has opposing regions (31, 32) which slope downward towards the outside from a center (10) and on each of which a row (33, 34) of cutting teeth is arranged. The regions (31, 32) are rotated relative to one another about an axis (X). In this manner, a cutting insert (1) is provided which can be produced in a simple manner and which has a long service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Walter Baernthaler
  • Publication number: 20150003921
    Abstract: A parting tool for the chip removing machining of metal blanks includes a blade and a replaceable cutting insert mounted in a seat, which is delimited between a bottom support and an elastically resilient clamping finger. The cutting insert includes an upper side, in which there is included a front rake surface, as well as an application surface positioned behind the same and against which the clamping finger is pressed. In the clamping finger, a flushing channel is included to spray a cooling medium toward the rake surface. A front nose of the clamping finger facing a shoulder is formed between the rake surface and the application surface and has the purpose of protecting the nose from chips. The shoulder has two knobs mutually separated by a central notch, via which cooling medium can pass from the flushing channel toward the rake surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Claes ANDERSSON, Gunnar JANSSON, Jimmy PIHL
  • Publication number: 20140377019
    Abstract: A holder and a cutting tool with the holder including an insertion hole at a front end part thereof, and a cutting insert that includes a cutting edge part and a shank part. The shank part has substantially a rod shape. A part of the shank part is immovably located in the insertion hole. The front end part of the holder includes a first curved surface part that becomes wider from a front end toward a back side when viewed from a side thereof. The first curved surface part includes: a curved line that extends from an edge of an opening of the insertion hole toward the back side; or a straight line that extends from the edge of the opening of the insertion hole and connects to a curved line that extends continuously from the straight line toward the back side without an angular part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Kobayashi, Koji Enami
  • Publication number: 20140369772
    Abstract: A clamp assembly to secure a cutting insert to a holder that includes a clamp that has a distal end and a clamp projection depending from the distal end of the clamp. There is a coolant plate that has a top plate surface and a bottom plate surface wherein the top plate surface contains a recess that receives the clamp projection upon assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate. The bottom plate surface contains a bowl having an open bowl end wherein in operation the bowl directs coolant through the open bowl end toward the cutting insert. The assembly has a positioner extending between the clamp and the coolant plate so as to maintain a position of the clamp relative to the coolant plate upon the assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Shi Chen, Nicholas J. Henry, Kent P. Mizgalski, Samuel L. Eichelberger
  • Publication number: 20140356082
    Abstract: A tool holder and method for a machine tool includes a rear facing fluid port that will flush the next tool loaded in a gang style tool block while also allowing the fluid, such as coolant, to flow to the tool that is engaged with the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Jeff Smith, Greg Buck, Christopher Bryan Billingsly
  • Publication number: 20140356081
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool with a longitudinal axis includes a shank portion, a cutting portion, and a cutting tip. The cutting portion includes a plurality of blades and a plurality of flutes. Each blade includes a leading face, a trailing face, and a land surface extending between the leading face and the trailing face. The cutting tip includes a corner radius, a first portion formed with a first dish angle, and second portion formed with a second dish angle and a third portion formed with a third dish angle. The trailing face contacts the work during a ramp operation in such a way that the first, second and third portions have a double positive geometry to provide the cutting tool with high ramp angle capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventor: Danny Ray Davis
  • Publication number: 20140334887
    Abstract: A clamp for holding a cutting insert on a tool holder and having a coolant passage therethrough to receive a coolant from a coolant supply conduit external to the tool holder and into an inlet of the clamp, and to impinge a coolant stream emerging from an outlet of the coolant passage onto a cutting interface between the cutting insert and a work piece. The flow of coolant through the coolant passage extends the life of the cutting insert by reducing heat generation at the cutting interface between the cutting edge of the cutting insert and the work piece. The coolant passage can be formed using conventional drilling tools. The clamp enables the extension of the service life of a cutting insert and can be used with conventional tool holders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: TOOL FLO MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventor: Dennis P. Flolo
  • Patent number: 8881352
    Abstract: A machining device for machining crankshafts has a rotationally driven disk-shaped base body with blade inserts arranged peripherally thereon. A first supply line for a cryogenic cooling medium is arranged concentrically with the axis of rotation and is thermally insulated in at least some sections. The tool has a plurality of second supply lines for the cryogenic cooling medium running across the axis of rotation and leading to the blade inserts, the second supply lines each being thermally insulated in at least some sections. A distributor unit connects the first supply line to at least one of the second supply lines for supplying the cryogenic cooling medium to at least one of the blade inserts. The cryogenic cooling medium can be conducted directly to the blade inserts which are engaged with the crankshaft that is to be machined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Inventors: Moshe Israel Meidar, Wolfgang Horn, Heiner Lang, Holger H. Kolb, Paul Dieter Scharpf
  • Publication number: 20140321927
    Abstract: A cutting insert for metalworking operations is retained within a cutting insert holder by a resilient tab on the holder that engages a recess on the stem of the insert. The cutting insert and the holder may be fabricated using rapid prototyping techniques such as 3D printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventor: Karen Anne Craig
  • Publication number: 20140321926
    Abstract: A tool holder has a main body with a holder head extending away from a holder shank, the holder head having an insert receiving pocket at a forward end thereof, with a pocket support surface. A clamping member is retained in the holder head, the clamping member comprising a clamping shaft longitudinally extending along a shaft axis. A locking member operatively engages an abutment surface of the clamping shaft. The shaft axis does not intersect the pocket support surface, and the clamping shaft has a non-circular shape in a cross-section taken perpendicular to the shaft axis. The tool holder is configured to direct a clamping force towards, and clamp a cutting insert against, the pocket support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Meir Sadikov
  • Patent number: 8858125
    Abstract: A tool assembly for removing material from a work-piece is disclosed herein. The tool assembly includes a cutter having a plurality of cutting teeth spaced circumferentially about an axis of rotation along a cutting end periphery. The cutter also includes a body extending away from the cutting end periphery along the axis of rotation. The tool assembly also includes a passageway for directing a flow of coolant to the cutting end periphery. The passageway is defined at least in a part by the cutter. The tool assembly also includes a cap engaged with the cutter. The cap includes a dispersion disk positioned in spaced relation to the cutting end periphery whereby an annular gap is defined between the cutting end periphery and the dispersion disk along the axis of rotation. The gap communicates with the passageway for directing coolant radially outward to all of the cutting end periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Iain Pilkington
  • Publication number: 20140294520
    Abstract: A cutting tool system comprising a carrier tool, a cutting plate having a clamping recess and a clamping element with an associated clamping bolt, wherein on the underside of the clamping element, which underside faces the cutting plate, an engagement element is arranged that is in clamping contact with the clamping recess in the engaged state and thereby anchors the cutting plate, and the clamping element is guided via a chamfer in such a manner that when tightening the clamping bolt, the clamping element is pulled in the clamping direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: CERAMTEC GMBH
    Inventors: Uwe Henzler, Uwe Stemmer
  • Patent number: 8845242
    Abstract: A coolant distributor for use with a cutting head of a machine tool that is adapted to be rotated about a rotational axis. The coolant distributor comprises a generally cylindrical body adapted to be coupled to the cutting head about the rotational axis, the generally cylindrical body having a first end and an opposite second end, the first end being disposed adjacent the cutting head when the generally cylindrical body is coupled to the cutting head. At least one feed passage is formed in the generally cylindrical body, the feed passage having a first end disposed proximate the first end of the generally cylindrical body and a second end disposed proximate the second end of the generally cylindrical body. A deflecting element is disposed in the feed passage proximate the second end of the feed passage. An outflow passage is connected to the feed passage and disposed obliquely to the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Schuffenhauer, Ramona Beck
  • Patent number: 8839497
    Abstract: A machining process and apparatus capable of increasing removal rates achievable when machining titanium and its alloys. The process includes heating a portion of a workpiece with a laser beam, cryogenically cooling a cutting tool with a cryogenic fluid without flowing the cryogenic fluid onto the workpiece, and machining the heated portion of the workpiece with the cutting tool. The apparatus includes a cutting tool, a device for heating a portion of a workpiece with a laser beam prior to being machined with the cutting tool, and a device for cryogenically cooling the cutting tool with a cryogenic fluid without flowing the cryogenic fluid onto the workpiece. The cryogenic fluid is circulated around the cutting tool to achieve a temperature differential between the workpiece and the cutting tool that is capable of improving removal rates and extending tool life at cutting speeds of, for example, above 100 m/min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventor: Yung C. Shin
  • Patent number: 8840342
    Abstract: A cutting insert for use in a chipforming material removal operation that includes a cutting insert body, which has a seating surface, a flank face, and a corner cutting region at the intersection of a peripheral edge and the flank adjacent corresponding corners thereof. The cutting insert body contains a central aperture. The seating surface contains a coolant delivery trough, which has a radial orientation toward a corresponding corner cutting region. The coolant delivery trough has a radial outward end terminating at the peripheral edge and a radial inward end opening into the central aperture. There are a pair of lateral topographic regions wherein the one lateral topographic region is along one side of the coolant delivery trough and the other lateral topographic region is along other side of the coolant delivery trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Shi Chen, Nicholas Joseph Henry, Kent Peter Mizgalski
  • Publication number: 20140270999
    Abstract: A coolant delivery device having ball-socket joint structure is provided. A socket has a through hole along its axial direction, which communicates with a ball-shape cavity formed on the upper part of the socket. An O-ring for sealing is provided in an annular undercut formed at the bottom of the inner edge of the ball-shape cavity, and an O-ring for fixing is assembled at the top end of the ball-shape cavity. A sprinkle head has an integral combination of an upper ball base and a lower ball base which is capable of rotational motion around many axes, Thus, the orientation of a nozzle projecting outward from the upper ball can be adjust at any angle by the rotational motion of the lower ball base in the ball-shape cavity, so as to allow coolant ejected out of the nozzle aiming at target zone precisely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Hsien-Jen HUANG
  • Patent number: 8826786
    Abstract: A cutting tool has an internal cutting tool fluid delivery system. The cutting tool has a tool body and a fluid delivery head coupled thereto by a solid coupling member with a continuous male thread. The tool body includes a body coupling bore and the head includes a head coupling bore which communicates with the body coupling bore. At least one of the body and head coupling bores includes a circumferentially interrupted female thread which has a longitudinal thread axis and a radial outer thread boundary. The or each coupling bore having the female thread includes a thread passage which extends along the thread axis. In an axial cross section of the female thread, the thread passage extends both inside and outside the radial outer thread boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Iscar, Ltd.
    Inventor: Leonid Amstibovitsky
  • Patent number: 8827599
    Abstract: A cutting assembly that includes a holder containing a coolant delivery passage, and a locking pin, which has a longitudinal locking pin bore in communication with the coolant delivery passage. A clamp assembly attaches to the holder and engages a cutting insert. The clamp assembly has a diverter plate with an integral boss, which has a central boos bore, and an interior passage wherein the central boss bore is in communication with the interior passage. The longitudinal locking pin bore opens to the central boss bore whereby coolant flows into the central boss bore and to the interior passage exiting the interior passage toward the cutting insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Henry, Shi Chen, Kent P. Mizgalski
  • Patent number: 8827598
    Abstract: A toolholder has a head portion including a slot separating the head portion into a lower extension with a lower seat and an upper extension with an upper seat to retain a cutting insert. The head portion contains a coolant entrance passage, which receives coolant from a coolant source, and a coolant delivery passage, which discharges coolant toward a cutting insert. The cutting insert includes a top surface with an upwardly extending protuberance that can be engaged by the toolholder to rigidly mount the cutting insert in the head portion of the toolholder. The cutting insert further includes a coolant channel formed in the top surface of the cutting insert that is positioned directly opposite of the coolant discharge to enhance the flow rate of the coolant delivered to the cutting insert-workpiece interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Henry, Kent Peter Mizgalski
  • 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: 8807880
    Abstract: A coolant coupling system for coupling a toolholder to a toolholder support member, wherein the shank of the toolholder is secured within the bore of the toolholder support member with an interference fit and a coolant channel extends through the toolholder support member to the toolholder passing through the region of the interference fit to provide a high pressure seal for the coolant passageway between the toolholder and the toolholder support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: William Michael Long, Carla A. Erickson
  • Publication number: 20140216217
    Abstract: Method for producing a cylinder unit, with the steps: clamping the cylinder (44) to the workpiece clamping device (42) of a lathe (34), skiving the cylinder inner surface (62) of the cylinder (44) by means of a skiving tool (10), in particular by rotating the workpiece clamping device (42) such that a skived cylinder inner surface (62) is formed, smooth rolling the skived cylinder inner surface (62) by means of a smooth rolling tool (60), in particular by rotating the workpiece clamping device (42), and processing at least the front surface (64) of the cylinder unit, wherein the skiving, the smooth roiling and the processing at least of the front surface (64) are carried out in one setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Ecoroll AG Werkeugtechnik
    Inventor: Alfred Ostertag
  • Patent number: 8794879
    Abstract: The tool has a clamping part (2) and a working part (11). It consists of a wear-resistant material, which contains tungsten carbide which has a grain size that lies in the range between approximately 0.2 and approximately 0.5 ?m. The clamping part (2) consists of a tough material, which likewise contains tungsten carbide which has a grain size in the range between approximately 0.8 and approximately 1.3 ?m. In a transitional region (11) between the working part (11) and the clamping part (2), the proportion of wear-resistant tungsten carbide decreases in the direction of the clamping part (2) to 0 and the proportion of tough tungsten carbide decreases in the direction of the working part (11) to 0. The mixing ratio between wear-resistant and tough tungsten carbide changes approximately steadily in the transitional region (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Komet Group GmbH
    Inventor: Gabriele Durst
  • Publication number: 20140212225
    Abstract: A coolant spray nozzle for use in conjunction with a cutter with a coolant duct wherein the cutter retains a cutting insert with a cutting edge that engages a workpiece at an insert-chip interface having a length. The coolant spray nozzle includes a coolant spray nozzle body containing a bore and an adjustable fan spray nipple having a slot with a slot opening through which coolant discharges in a fan-shaped coolant spray so as to impinge the insert-chip interface along substantially the entire length of the insert-chip interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Kennametal Inc.
    Inventors: Michael G. Morrison, Jeremy Verellen, Thomas J. Long, II
  • Publication number: 20140169890
    Abstract: A toolholder assembly includes a toolholder body having a coolant passage and a cutting insert seated within a recess of the body. The cutting insert includes an insert orifice extending between a top face and a bottom face that aligns with the coolant passage. A lock pin includes a lock pin orifice that aligns with and is in fluid communication with the coolant passage of the body. The lock pin orifice has an outlet port to allow the fluid to flow through the lock pin orifice and exit through the outlet port. A lock pin ring includes a coolant port in fluid communication with the outlet port of the lock pin to effectively discharge cooling fluid in the direction of a cutting area of the cutting insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Shi Chen, Nicholas Joseph Henry, Kent Peter Mizgalski
  • Publication number: 20140161543
    Abstract: A rotary cutting tool, such as a milling cutter (10) includes a central hub (12), a cutting rim (14) and a plurality of spokes (22) connecting the central hub (12) to the cutting rim (14). Each spoke (22) is separated by an opening (32) and polygonal in cross-sectional shape formed by two side walls (22a, 22b), two front walls (22c, 22d) and a rear wall (22e). One of the side walls (22a) of each spoke (22) is formed at a pitch angle (42) with respect to a central axis (11) of the cutting tool (10) that is sufficient to cause lift of chips through the opening (32), thereby providing effective chip evacuation during a material removal operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Francis, Michael David Saffels