Abstract: A drilling tool comprising a tool holder that extends along a central axis and comprises a first cutting insert receptacle having a first abutment surface oriented parallel to the central axis.

Abstract: A rotating tool according to one aspect includes a body that extends from a first end to a second end, and the body includes a second helical cutting edge, a second helical flute, a first helical cutting edge, and a first helical flute. The body further includes a reversely-helical cutting edge and a reversely-helical flute from the second helical flute. The reversely-helical cutting edge and the reversely-helical flute are helical reversely to the second helical flute from the second helical flute to the second end, and the reversely-helical flute extends along the reversely-helical cutting edge. The reversely-helical cutting edge is positioned intersecting with an extended line of a trace of the first helical cutting edge and not intersecting with an extended line of a trace of the second helical cutting edge.

Abstract: An end mill for milling composite materials, for example, fiber-reinforced plastics, having a defined rotating direction, a shank and a cutting part that extends from a shank-side end up to a frontal end and in a front length region adjoining the frontal end of the cutting part, has a plurality of first circumferential cutters running with a positive helix angle, each of which adjoins a first groove running with a positive helix angle, and in a rear length region adjoining the shank-side end of the cutting part, has a plurality of second circumferential cutters running with a negative helix angle, each of which adjoins a second groove running with a negative helix angle. At least a part of the first circumferential cutters in the front length region, and at least a part of the second circumferential cutters in the rear length region, are each divided into cutting segments.

Abstract: An end mill may include a main body having a bar shape extending from a first end to a second end. The main body may include a plurality of cutting edges located at the first end, and a plurality of flutes individually extended from the cutting edges toward the second end. The cutting edges may include a plurality of long cutting edges and a plurality of short cutting edges. The long cutting edges include a first long cutting edge. N1 is the number of the short cutting edges located forwards in a rotation direction with respect to the first long cutting edge. N2 is the number of the short cutting edges located backwards, opposite the rotation direction with respect to the first long cutting edge. And, N1 is different from N2.

Abstract: In an aspect, a rotating tool includes a main body having a rod shape and extending along a rotation axis. The main body includes a first end, a second end, a twisted cutting edge located at a side of the first end, a twisted flute, a reverse twisted cutting edge located closer to the second end than the twisted cutting edge, and a reverse twisted flute. The reverse twisted flute is connected to the twisted flute. The twisted cutting edge includes a first part having a length from the rotation axis decreasing as approaching toward the second end.

Abstract: A ball end mill according to the present invention includes an end mill body which is formed in a shaft shape, a plurality of convex arcuate end cutting edges which are disposed on a tip portion of the end mill body at intervals around an axis and form a hemispherical shape such that a rotational locus around the axis has a center on the axis, and a plurality of gashes which are respectively disposed to be adjacent to the plurality of end cutting edges in an end mill rotation direction around the axis. The plurality of end cutting edges includes a first end cutting edge longest among the plurality of end cutting edges, a second end cutting edge which is adjacent to the first end cutting edge in the end mill rotation direction and a third end cutting edge which is adjacent to the second end cutting edge in the end mill rotation direction.

Abstract: A surgical bur including flutes and lands. Each of the flutes includes a cutting edge, rake surfaces and a clearance surface. The rake surfaces of one of the flutes are decoupled from each other. Each of the lands is disposed between a pair of the flutes.

Abstract: A rotary tool of the present aspect has a body and a cutting edge positioned on the outer periphery of the body. The cutting edge has a first section and a second section when viewed on an imaginary plane defined by cutting a rotational trajectory of the rotary tool on a plane including a rotational axis. The first section has a first region and a second region. A first radius of curvature of the first region is greater than a second radius of curvature of the second region in at least one of a plurality of the first sections.

Abstract: A method of cutting a wafer of composite core from a bulk composite core including the steps of placing the bulk composite core in a container, the bulk composite core having a plurality of tube members; depositing a potting compound in contact with an outer surface of the bulk composite core; curing the potting compound; and after curing of the potting compound, cutting through each of the tube members. A method of cutting a wafer of composite core from a bulk composite core, the method comprising the steps of stabilizing the bulk composite core by wrapping an exterior of the bulk composite core with a composite wrap, the bulk composite core having a plurality of tube members; curing the composite wrap; and cutting through each of the tube members.

Abstract: The rotatable cutting tool includes a cutting portion extending from the front end and a mounting portion extending from the rear end. The cutting portion includes a front end face surface and a peripheral surface extending from the front end face surface towards the mounting portion. The peripheral surface includes first helical flutes extending from the front end to a first helical flute rear end and second helical flutes extending from a second helical flute front end to a second helical flute rear end. The first helical flutes are helically aligned about the longitudinal axis and form a first helix angle. The second helical flutes are helically aligned about the longitudinal axis and form a second helix angle. The first helix angle decreases in absolute value away from the front end and/or that the second helix angle increases in absolute value away from the front end.

Abstract: A cutting tool for performing cutting of a relatively rotating external workpiece while relatively feeding the same in a specified direction is configured to have: cutting sections that have a tool edge, a base section, which is provided as one piece with or separate from the cutting sections and is for holding the cutting sections, a chip-guiding wall, which starts near a tool edge, is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the base section so as to extend in the direction moving away from the tool edge, and is for interfering with chips from the external workpiece and guiding the chips in a direction away from the tool edge. Provided thereby is a cutting tool capable of smoothly discharging chips during cutting.

Abstract: An end mill has a shank section and a cutting section connected thereto. The cutting section includes a core supporting at least two spaced apart teeth that have a cutting edge extending in the axial direction with respect to the axis of rotation of the end mill. Each cutting edge has a flute associated therewith and each flute has, for each cross-section of the end mill perpendicular to the axis of rotation thereof, a bottom point on the core at a shortest distance to the axis of rotation. At least two flutes have a shortest distance that varies differently with the distance to a cutting end of the end mill.

Abstract: A household appliance includes a body and a receiving chamber located in the body and at least partially delimited by a wall element. A holding part is disposed on a face of the wall element facing away from the receiving chamber, is coupled to an alignment contour provided on the wall element and extends over the alignment contour in a plane encompassing the wall element. The alignment contour has a projection facing away from the receiving chamber and being elongated in the plane encompassing the wall element.

Abstract: A cutting tool according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a shank, a joint, and a cutting portion attached through the joint to the shank. The cutting portion includes a core and a surface portion. The surface portion is disposed around a central axis of the cutting portion to cover an outer circumferential surface of the core. The surface portion includes a cutting edge. The cutting edge is disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the surface portion and formed in a helical shape about the central axis. The surface portion is a composite sintered material including a hard phase formed of a plurality of diamond particles and a plurality of cubic boron nitride particles, and a binder phase forming the remainder.

Abstract: An endodontic instrument includes a cutting portion having upper and lower ends spaced apart along an axis, a cutting surface extending helically along the axis, and a non-contact surface extending helically along the axis. A cross section of the cutting portion in a plane perpendicular to the axis has a non-circular circumference. The cutting surface extends about a first portion of the non-circular circumference, and the non-contact surface forms a linear segment that extends about a second portion of the non-circular circumference. The cutting portion can further include a second cutting surface extending helically along the axis, and a second non-contact surface extending helically along the axis.

Abstract: An end mill for shouldering and/or slotting applications includes at least one tooth including a cutting edge. The cutting edge includes a first sub-edge extending rearwardly from a cutting end face and a second sub-edge extending rearwardly from the first sub-edge. An angle transition intersection defines where the first sub-edge ends and the second sub-edge starts. The angle transition intersection is located generally between 20% to 75% of an effective cutting length from a cutting end face and more specifically at a location within the general location where there is an increase in the rake angle and/or a significant increase in the helix angle of the cutting edge.

Abstract: Cutting tool for machining by removal of matter from abrasive materials such as a material based on wood particles; tool characterized in that it is composed of a mounting endowed with at least one machining element, and of which at least the machining edge is composed of a high-homogeneity oxide ceramic platelet composed of Al2O3 and ZrO2, with this platelet being obtained from: a homogeneous Al2O3—XZrO mixture of Al2O3 nano-particles of average size smaller than 1 ?m, and ZrO2 nano-particles of tetragonal structure and average size smaller than that of the Al2O3 particles, with the ZrO2 content X being between 5 and 20% in mass of ZrO2 in relation to the total mass, with the mixture being formed into a plate via the gel-casting process followed by sintering or controlled cold isostatic compression, and with the plate (or platelets resulting from the division of the plate) being mechanically honed to produce the cutting edge.

Abstract: The invention is a monolithic end-mill cutter set (A) that can be made of ceramic and/or other materials having high strength and toughness and comprising a shank part (B) along a longitudinal axis (4) and a cutter part (C), comprising: a cutting diameter (1) varying between 2 to 20 mm, at least one web thickness (18) found at a blade (26) part, at least one helix angle (10) having a cutting edge (13) thereon, a core diameter (16) that is at least 0.7 times the cutting diameter (1), at least one corner radius (5) found at the tip part of the blades (26) between the flutes (9) and axial and positive radial rake angles (17) at which cutting operation is made. It has a wide helix angle interval and a positive rake angle. Titanium Aluminum Nitride TiAlN coating can be made on the monolithic end-mill cutter set (A) via PVD coating method in order to extend the service life of the end-mill cutter set (A), increase the abrasion resistance, and minimize the problem of sticking of rake on the cutter set (joining).

Abstract: [Object] To provide a ball end mill in which it is possible to improve wear resistance in the vicinity of the central axis at the tip of a ball-nosed end cutting edge and to suppress vibration of a tool body during machining. [Solution] A ball end mill 10 includes: a tool body 1 that rotates about a central axis O; and an arc-shaped ball-nosed end cutting edge 2 in a side view which is provided to start from the central axis O side on a tip side of the tool body 1 toward a rear side thereof. The ball-nosed end cutting edge 2 has a radius of curvature r that becomes gradually smaller from the central axis O side toward a periphery Q side.

Abstract: Provided are methods for heat curing of various materials, such as heat curable materials or more specifically potting compounds, which are disposed within cavities with limited access to these materials. Also provided are curing for executing such methods. In some embodiments, a heat curable material disposed within a cavity may be heated by a heating rod protruding into the cavity or through the cavity. The heating rod is thermally coupled to the heat curable material and is used to transfer heat to the heat curable material. For example, the heating rod may include a resistive heating element. The heating element may be positioned in such a way that the heat curable material is selectively heated within the cavity without significant heating of surrounding components. In some embodiments, the heating rod may be also used to compress the part containing the cavity or a stack including this part.

Abstract: Provided is a rotary milling tool capable of finishing a milled surface to produce a smooth and glossy surface. A rotary milling tool in which a plurality of chip discharge grooves (2) are provided to the outer periphery of a tip part of a tool body (1), the plurality of chip discharge grooves (2) extending from the tool tip toward the tool base, and bottom blades (5, 6) are provided to an intersection ridge part at the intersection of a rake surface (3) of the chip discharge grooves (2) and a tip flank surface (4) of the tool body (1), each of the bottom blades (5, 6) being formed integrally with the tool body (1), wherein a convex edge (7) that is convex toward a tool-axis-direction tip is formed on at least one of the bottom blades (5, 6), and the convex edge (7) is formed by the connection of a plurality of linear edges that are substantially linear.

Abstract: A multi-flute ball end mill of the present invention includes: a shank portion configured to rotate about a rotational axis; a cutting edge portion; three or more ball edges formed on the cutting edge portion; gashes formed between the ball edges; peripheral cutting edges continuous with end portions of the ball edges on the shank portion side; and flutes formed between the peripheral cutting edges continuously with the gashes. The degree of curvature of the ball edges is 35% to 55%. Each of the gashes includes four faces of a rake face of each of the ball edges, a gash wall face, a first gash face, and a second gash face. The second gash face is formed such that the closer the second gash face is to the rotation center point, the more inwardly the second gash face enters a second face of each of the ball edges.

Abstract: A corner radius end mill includes a tooth adjacent a helically extending flute. The tooth includes axial and radial relief surfaces connected by a corner relief surface, as well as rake surface having a rake ridge. The rake ridge is continuously curved from a bisector line until at least an axial location rearward of the corner relief surface.

Abstract: Ceramic end mill with cutting edge portion including gashes between cutting edges and adjacent in a rotation direction. Center cut edges are formed at end cutting edges close to and facing rotation axis O. Center grooves are formed on rear sides of center cut edges and end cutting edges in the rotation direction continuous with a radial direction. The center grooves are continuous with positions where end cutting edge second surfaces face or approach rotation axis O. End cutting edge second surfaces are laid between center cut edges and end cutting edges. Center grooves are formed between end cutting edge second surfaces and center cut edges positioned on a rear side of end cutting edge second surfaces in the rotation direction. The center grooves pass on rotation axis O. Center grooves double as rake faces of the respective center cut edges and are continuous with the gashes.

Abstract: An end mill body comprises: bottom blades formed at ridgelines where gashes and tip flank faces intersect, the gashes are formed at the tips of chip discharge grooves. At least one of the bottom blades serves as a long bottom blade that extends toward an inner peripheral side longer than the remaining bottom blades. The end mill body also has coolant holes formed between the chip discharge grooves. A coolant hole which is located between a chip discharge groove of a gash and a chip discharge groove located behind the chip discharge groove in a rotational direction is open to the tip clearance face of the long bottom blade. A coolant hole which is located between the chip discharge groove of the gash and a chip discharge groove located in front of the chip discharge groove in the rotational direction is open to the gash of the long bottom blade.

Abstract: Disclosed is a reamer for implant surgery including: cutting front end portions each of which has a sharp front end; cut edges of a horizontal line form, the cutting front end portions and the cut edges being arranged radially and alternately, wherein one side of the cutting front end portion having the sharp front end has a triangular depressed face inclined downwardly toward a rotation central axis of the cutting part, and one side of the cut edge having the horizontal line form has a triangular inclined face inclined downwardly toward the outer circumferential surface of the cutting part, wherein an inclination angle of a side inclined edge inclined downwardly at the sides of the outer circumferences of the cutting front end portion and the cut edge becomes gradually smaller in the rotation direction of the cutting part.

Abstract: A ball end mill, which includes long and short cutting edges alternately formed, shows excellent chip discharge performance without sacrificing strength. An even number of cutting edges are formed at intervals in a circumferential direction on a front end of an end mill body rotated about an axis and have rotation trajectories formed around the axis that form a hemispherical shape. The cutting edges adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction with one cutting edge interposed are long cutting edges that intersect with each other on the axis. The other cutting edges adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction with one cutting edge interposed are short cutting edges that include inner peripheral ends at positions distant from the axis. A gash of the long cutting edge and a gash of the short cutting edge connect with each other on a front end side of the end mill body.

Abstract: A cutting insert mountable in an insert pocket of a milling cutter and capable of effectively absorbing a radially outward force during high speed machining and high ramp machining. The cutting insert has a top surface, a bottom surface, peripheral surfaces extending between the top and bottom surfaces, a mounting hole extending through the top surface and the bottom surface, a protrusion portion protruding from the bottom surface, and a pair of lower inclined abutment surfaces formed at opposite edges of the bottom surface. The lower inclined abutment surfaces are inclined in opposite directions toward a pair of opposing peripheral surfaces, outwardly and upwardly relative to the protrusion portion. The protrusion portion extends across the mounting hole and has a lateral surface facing radially outwardly of the milling cutter. The lateral surface selectively contacts or does not contact the insert pocket depending on a revolution speed of the milling cutter.

Abstract: A cutting tool having particular usefulness in milling fall includes a plurality of flutes wherein each flute includes a plurality of reliefs spaced equidistant along a leading cutting wall or edge and a second plurality of reliefs spaced equidistant along a trailing cutting wall or edge and wherein the second plurality of reliefs are off set evenly from the first plurality of reliefs. The plurality of reliefs on a second flute are offset from the plurality of reliefs on a first flute by a distance equal to the equidistance of the plurality of reliefs divided by the total number of flutes.

Abstract: Intersecting ridge lines of the top surface (2) and side surfaces (4a, 4b) of a cutting insert (1) have opposing first and second arcuate cutting edges (8, 10). One intersecting ridge line of the bottom surface (3) and side surface (4a) has a third arcuate cutting edge (9). The first and third cutting edges are on one side and the second cutting edge is on the other side with respect to the middle line. The length between the first and second cutting edges is greater than the length between the third cutting edge and the other intersecting ridge line (11). In a cross section perpendicular to the middle line, the angle formed by the top surface and a line connecting the first and third cutting edges is different from the angle formed by the top surface and a line connecting the second cutting edge and the ridge line (11).

Abstract: End mills are disclosed which may be made monolithically of ceramic or other materials. The cutting portions of the end mills have lengths of cut that are no more than twice their cutting diameters and cores which are at least 0.7 times their cutting diameters. Their axial blades have cutting edges with negative radial rake and are separated by helical flutes. Their cutting ends have negative axial rake and are gashed ahead of center and have radial cutting edges with negative rake. Such end mills also have radiused corners and gashes transitioning from radial to axial at a flute. Methods of milling materials using such ceramic end mills are also disclosed.

Abstract: A shank cutter has plural circumferential cutting edges which run in a helical manner in the region of its cutting section and of which at least one critical number are equipped in each case with a preferably essentially flattened roughing profile with chip-separating grooves with rounded bases, so that the chip-separating grooves of cutter ridges which are adjacent in the circumferential direction are axially offset relative to each other. To create a tool which provides long service life by combined advantages of a vibration-stabilized finishing cutter and a conventional roughing cutter, at least one circumferential cutting edge has an angle of twist which differs from that of another circumferential cutting edge. In addition, the chip-separating grooves of the circumferential cutting edges which are equipped with a roughing profile in each case merge into a preferably essentially flattened central section of the roughing profile by means of a predefined flank radius.

Abstract: A cutting tool for bone, cartilage, and disk removal includes a body with a first radial array of helical flutes formed along the body with a continuous radius in a first helical direction. The body has a second radial array of helical flutes formed along the body with a continuous radius in a second helical direction opposed to the first helical direction and intersecting the first array of helical flutes. Each helical flute forms a pair of spaced apart rake surfaces, which collectively perform a first and second cutting operations along a side of the body such that the intersecting rakes balance the cutting operation thereby minimizing axial loading of the cutting tool to permit bidirectional cutting while minimizing g inadvertent axial translation of the tool.

Abstract: A rotary cutting tool. The tool has a body with outside diameter (OD), and outer surface, and a longitudinal axis, a plurality of flutes, helical in some embodiments. Flutes include a narrow leading edge land portion with circular segment profile and having flute cutting edge portions along a substantially uniform circumferential location, with an eccentric relief margin rotationally rearward of the narrow leading edge land portions. Face portions are provided with face cutting edge portions, and with a first dish portion adjacent each of the cutting edge portions sloping inwardly and downwardly generally toward a central longitudinal axis at a first dish angle alpha (?). Corner blend portions extend from flute cutting edge portions to the face cutting edge portions. Corner blend portions are provided in a variety of profiles, including an embodiment wherein the profile of the corner blend portions are truncated before the segment of curvature becomes tangential to the face cutting edge portions.

Abstract: A tool for drilling bone tissue, which has the advantage of having a cutting tip with a flat effective shape that prevents perforation of the Schneider membrane or injury to the dental nerve when drilling close to them. The tool is disposed along an longitudinal axis and includes a non-cutting main body, a narrowed area for retaining bone and a cutting tip, which includes cutting blades, each one of which is provided with a front cutting edge substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a substantially lateral cutting edge that forms an angle of between 0 and 10° with the longitudinal axis. Spaces for receiving bone are disposed between the cutting blades and are connected to the narrowed area.

Abstract: A rotary cutting tool, having a longitudinal axis, includes cutting and mounting portions. The cutting portion includes an end face surface and a peripheral surface extending therefrom. The peripheral surface includes respective pluralities of main and auxiliary flutes that extend helically with opposite hand about the longitudinal axis. The cutting portion includes a plurality of evenly circumferentially distributed end gashes and a plurality of end face cutting teeth. The number of main flutes and auxiliary flutes are different, each being wholly divisible by, and greater than, the number of end face cutting teeth. In each cross sectional view of the cutting portion an imaginary contour line defined by a peripheral contour of the peripheral surface of one of the end face cutting teeth is in rotationally aligned relationship, about the longitudinal axis, with the peripheral contour of the peripheral surfaces of all other end face cutting teeth.

Abstract: A milling cutter with at least one peripheral cutting edge 4 disposed on its periphery, the peripheral cutting edge 4 being configured as a profile of spaced-apart teeth 7 that forms a so-called “cord”; wherein each of the teeth 7—looking from the flute in a direction opposite to the cutting direction onto the cutting edge portion—forms a cutting edge portion SK composed of several different radii, i.e. of at least one larger radius R1 forming the predominant part of the cutting edge portion of the respective tooth 7 and a smaller radius R2, which is preferably immediately adjacent thereto on both sides.

Abstract: The radial run-out tool (2), particularly a drill or a cutter, has a basic body (12) extending in an axial direction (4) and comprises at least two chip grooves (14), to which a guide chamfer (22) is connected in the rotational direction (24), with a ridge (15) being formed between them. A radial clearance is connected to the guide chamfer (22). In order to enable simple and economical production of such type of radial run-out tool (2), an unprocessed rod (30) is ground non-concentrically, in a first process step, such that a radius (R) of the unprocessed rod (30) varies, depending on the angle, between a maximum radius (R2) and a minimum radius (R1). In a second process step, the chip grooves (14) are grounded down such that the guide chamfers (22) are formed at the positions with the maximum radius (R2) and the radius (R) is subsequently reduced downstream of the respective guide chamfer (22) in order to form the radial clearance (28).

Abstract: Provided are: an exchangeable tip cutting tool in which breakage of the threaded section and breakage of the thread ridges during installation of the machining head and under increased cutting load during cutting are limited and which is capable of performing machining with high efficiency; and a machining head and a holder to be used in the exchangeable tip cutting tool. The flank angle (?) of the pressure flank (11) is set to be larger than the flank angle (?) of the clearance flank (12); and a holder (2, 2a) having a female threaded fastening section (8) wherein the angle of the screwing surface of the pressure flank is set to be larger than the angle of the screwing surface of the clearance flank.

Abstract: A ball end mill, which includes long and short cutting edges alternately formed, shows excellent chip discharge performance without sacrificing strength. An even number of cutting edges are formed at intervals in a circumferential direction on a front end of an end mill body rotated about an axis and have rotation trajectories formed around the axis that form a hemispherical shape. The cutting edges adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction with one cutting edge interposed are long cutting edges that intersect with each other on the axis. The other cutting edges adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction with one cutting edge interposed are short cutting edges that include inner peripheral ends at positions distant from the axis. A gash of the long cutting edge and a gash of the short cutting edge connect with each other on a front end side of the end mill body.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cemented carbide body includes the steps of forming a first part of a first powder composition comprising a first carbide and a first binder phase, sintering the first part to full density in a first sintering operation, forming a second part of a second powder composition comprising a second carbide and a second binder phase, sintering the second part to full density in a second sintering operation, bringing a first surface of the first part and a second surface of the second part in contact, and joining the first and second surface in a heat treatment operation.

Abstract: To provide a rotary cutting tool in which a satisfactory cut state in which burrs and uncut portions are absent is obtained, even when counterboring is applied to a composite honeycomb member.

Abstract: A tool for both severing the end of a pipe and beveling the cut end includes a spiral cutting mill having an elongate end received in the bore of a frustoconical shell cutter. The shell cutter is locked for rotation with the cutting mill such that a single tool has two cutting surfaces, one for severing a length of pipe and one for beveling the outer edge thereof.

Abstract: A milling and boring tool with a tool shaft which comprises a center axis, at least one geometrically defined rough cutter and at least one geometrically defined finishing cutter, and the at least one rough cutter and the at least one finishing cutter respectively comprise a chip groove. The milling and boring tool is characterized in that the chip groove of the at least one finish machining cutter has an opposite twist than the chip groove of the at least one rough cutter.

Abstract: A ball end mill comprises a gash provided at a front end portion of a main end mill body rotated about an axis; and at least one cutting edge which has a rotational trajectory around the axis that forms a convex hemispherical shape having a center on the axis. The cutting edge is formed at a peripheral edge portion of a wall surface of the gash. A difference between a first and second included angles is within ±7°, where the first included angle is formed between the axis and a straight line connecting the center with a cutting edge position at which a depth of the gash is maximal in a cross-section orthogonal to the cutting edge, and the second included angle is formed between the axis and a straight line connecting the center with a cutting edge position at which a rake angle of the cutting edge is maximal.

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.

Abstract: A cutting tool, such as a milling cutter, includes a tool body and a plurality of pockets for receiving cutting inserts. Each pocket includes a bottom support surface, an radial support surface, an axial support surface, a first corner relief between the bottom support surface and the radial support surface, and a first stress relief formed in the first corner relief at one end of the pocket. The first stress relief is formed at an angle with respect to a plane parallel to the radial support surface. The first stress relief reduces a tensile stress of the cutting tool during a machining operation. A second and third stress relief may be formed in the first corner relief and/or in a second corner relief.

Abstract: A rotary cutting tool, having a longitudinal axis, includes a forward cutting portion and a rearward shank portion. The cutting portion includes a peripheral surface that has a plurality of flutes recessed therein. The plurality of flutes extend helically along the longitudinal axis and form a plurality of cutting teeth. Each cutting tooth includes a cutting edge at a rotationally leading edge thereof and a chip-splitting arrangement located at the cutting edge. Each chip-splitting arrangement includes two grooves. The two grooves interrupt the cutting edge and diverge, relative to each other, therefrom in the peripheral surface on opposite sides of an associated plane that is oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis.

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.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a radius end mill has a good cutting sharpness, and improves a surface roughness on the machined surface. [Solution] A radius end mill 20 includes a corner R cutting edge 3 which extends between the end cutting edge 2 and the outer peripheral cutting edge 4; and a corner gash 8 disposed adjacent to the corner R cutting edge 3 of the rake face 6, wherein the corner gash 8 in a planar shape has an edge, part of which is located at the center portion of the corner R cutting edge 3, and an axial rake 2 at an end portion on the side of the end cutting edge 2 which is in contact with the corner gash 8 on the corner R cutting edge 3 is in the range of 5 to 20 degrees.