Abstract: A rotary end-mill is disclosed having a deferential flute construction with all individual flutes being unequally spaced about the circumference of the cylindrical tool body at different helix angles.

Abstract: A technique having superior efficiency for manufacturing a bevel gear forging die is presented. In the present invention, raw material is machined by means of a radius end mill, manufacturing a bevel gear forging die 10. In recent years, it has become possible to use radius end mills to form complex shapes from raw materials having a high degree of hardness, owing to the fact that NC construction devices and their controlling programs control the deployment of radius end mills, and due to the improved accuracy of the radius end mill itself. By improving the process path of the radius end mill, the inventors have succeeded in creating a process whereby a radius end mill can be used to cut a bevel gear forging die 10 having a side face, a base face, and a diagonal face.

Abstract: A spherical cutting tool such as a ball end mill, a tapered ball end mill and the like is disclosed, in which cutting edges are formed on a spherical surface. The tangential lines of the respective points of the cutting edges on a spherical surface are made to have a constant (helix) angle relative to the axis of the tool. A tooth can be formed with an eccentric relief, and the tooth reinforced with a smaller relief angle and a wider land width. Therefore, the tool can be operated at a higher feed rate, thereby making it possible to improve the machining efficiency.

Abstract: A drill bit capable of axial cutting as well as side cutting, having a generally cylindrical elongate body with a bit diameter, includes a frontmost drilling end for axial cutting, a cutting section extending from the drilling end for side cutting, and a shank extending from the cutting section. The cutting section is helically cut at a helix angle of substantially 15°±2° to form one pair of diametrically opposite helical flutes whose outermost edges are sharpened to form respective cutting edges, arranged around a solid central core whose diameter is substantially directly proportional to the bit diameter. The length of the cutting edges in the axial direction of the drill bit body is calculated according to the formula: Cutting Edge=Bit Diameter×&pgr;×Cc/Tan (Helix Angle), Cc being a constant in a range from 0.85 to 0.90.

Abstract: A cemented carbide ball end mill comprises a cutting portion with a semi-spherical ball portion at a tip thereof, and has a following configuration. When an intersection line between a cutting edge rake face and a chip evacuating flute at the ball portion is projected on a plane which includes a central axis of the ball end mill and is parallel with a cutting edge at the central portion of a ball portion tip, projected on the plane is a convex-curved line or a straight line. An angle formed by the straight line connecting a vertex of the ball portion, where the intersection line passes through, and the other end of the intersection line with respect to the central axis is from 30° to 50°. Further, an angle formed by the rake face and the chip evacuating flute is from 100° to 150°, and a width of the chip evacuating flute is 0.5 to 5 times as large as a radius of the ball portion.

Abstract: A cutting tool has a cylindrical body with a longitudinal axis. The cutting tool will have multiple teeth spaced equally or unequally along the circumference of the cutter. The cutting edges are formed along the flutes throughout the length of the cutter by these teeth. The cutting tool may also have features to receive indexable inserts along the flutes. The cutting tool may be made from different tool steels, or materials such as high-speed steels, solid carbide or indexable inserts.

Abstract: In a radius end mill having a bottom edge formed on the end face thereof, a radius edge designed in a substantially quarter arc shape and formed at a corner portion thereof, and an outer peripheral edge formed spirally on the side surface thereof, the bottom edge and the radius edge being continuously connected to each other at a connecting point A while the radius edge is continuously connected to each other at a connecting point B, when a view taken along a plane that passes through the connecting points A and B and crosses a rake face of the radius edge is represented by an R cross-sectional view, the rake face of the radius edge is designed to have a convex curved line extending from the connecting point A to the connecting point B in the R cross-sectional view.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a tool, in particular a drill (6) or milling cutter, having at least one conveying helix (8a, 8b), proceeding from a bar-shaped blank (1). In this case, there is provision for introducing the conveying helix (8a, 8b) in a single operation by means of a machine tool, the blank (1) having a diameter (DR) which is larger than a diameter (dF) of the conveying helix (8a, 8b).

Abstract: A cutting insert holder has a lower clamping jaw resiliently connected to an upper clamping jaw. The upper clamping jaw is provided with two elongated spaced apart parallel grooves. The cutting insert is retained in the cutting insert holder by means of a screw which passes through a through bore in the upper jaw of the insert holder, through a through bore in the cutting insert and is threadingly engaged into a threaded bore in the lower clamping jaw. The two elongated ridges in the upper surface of the cutting insert cooperate with the two elongated parallel grooves in the lower surface of the upper clamping jaw.

Abstract: The invention is for a method for removing at least a portion of a floorboard from a plurality of floorboards installed on a surface base. The method comprises isolating the floorboard or portion thereof for removal and removing a central portion of the isolated floorboard so as to leave a pair of elongate lateral strips, a pair of end portions and a substantially central open space. A routing bit having a shaft and a blade portion is then located such that the blade portion is parallel to, and cuts in, the same plane as the surface base on which the floorboard is installed. The blade is placed beneath the lateral strips and/or end portions so as to remove all material between a lower surface of the floorboard and the base upon which it is installed. The invention is also for a routing bit for removing a floorboard from the base upon which it is mounted.

Abstract: A cutter bit is provided which includes a body having a pair of free ends with a cutter bit mounted adjacent each free end. A boss extends outwardly from the center of the body such that a portion of the body and the cutter bit may be mounted in a rotary cutting tool to allow the second cutter bit to be utilized. The bit is reversible such that either cutter bit may be positioned within the chuck of a rotary cutter tool while the cutter bit mounted on the opposite side of the body is utilized. A method of mounting a cutter bit in a rotary cutter tool is also provided which includes steps of loosening the bit within the chuck of the rotating cutting tool, removing the bit from the chuck, rotating the bit end to end, replacing the end of the bit that was out of the chuck originally into the chuck, and tightening the chuck.

Abstract: A rotary engraving tool includes a cylindrical body having a tapered end, and a pair of opposed main flutes defined in the cylindrical body by respective chamfer faces. The chamfer faces extend to the tapered end and form two cutting edges at where they meet with the tapered end. The rotary engraving tool with two cutting edges is excellent in making fine relief and efficient in its cutting.

Abstract: A cutting tool (20) comprising a tool body (22) and two cutting inserts (24) mounted therein. An insert receiving pocket (26) of the tool body has a pocket base wall (30). An indentation (32) that opens to the pocket base wall has a lower wall (34) that is bounded by first (36), second (38), third (40) and fourth (44) side walls. The cutting insert has an insert base wall (68). A protuberance (69) extends downwards from the insert base wall and has a lower wall (70) bounded by first (72), second (73), third (74) and fourth (75) lateral walls.

Abstract: A method for influencing the swarf flow behaviour of tool surfaces in the region of cutting edges with swarf producing tools with a geometrically defined cutter, by laser irradiation of the tool surface, wherein with the help of the laser irradiation at least the faces at a slight distance to the cutting surface are provided with a geometric pattern changing the surface structure.

Abstract: An endmill having a shank and a milling head having cutting teeth continuous from a peripheral surface toward a forward tip face, wherein the endmill has a through hole extending from the forward tip face of the head to the shank past the head along a rotation axis of the endmill. The head and shank comprise separate component parts and the head is mounted on the shank by inserting a screw member from the tip end face into the hole and fixing the screw member to the shank.

Abstract: An attachment adapted to be mounted to the nose piece of the rotary tool or to the outer end of a flexible drive extension is disclosed. The attachment encircles the collet and bit at the base end portion of the attachment and has an extension portion that extends along the length of the bit and partially encircles it, providing a planar surface that limits the depth of engagement by the bit during operation. Also the extension has a semi-cylindrical surface portion that contacts a smooth outer end portion of the cutting bit and provides support to the bit so that it cannot be deflected and cut into the extension portion of the attachment. A recess in the back of the attachment is adapted to provide a surface into which the end of a user's thumb may rest for the purpose of applying downward force to the attachment during operation.

Abstract: An improved rotary cutting tool overcomes the disadvantages and limitations of known constructions through the use of least one primary flute defining a low-angle cutting surface, and at least one secondary flute defining a high-angle cutting surface. The primary and secondary flutes intersect to form a compound cutting surface having a continuous cutting edge including a leading cutting edge formed along at least a portion of the low-angle cutting surface, and a trailing cutting edge formed along at least a portion of the high-angle cutting surface. The invention may further include a cooling channel and at least one aperture exiting out of the main body portion to provide a cooling fluid to one of more of the cutting edges. In a different embodiment, the leading cutting edge begins from a leading point and the trailing edge terminates in a trailing point, and one or both of the leading and trailing points are eased to reduce scoring.

Abstract: The rotary cutting tool of the present invention employs roughing and finishing blades on the same tool to produce roughing and finishing cuts in one cutting operation. The rotary cutting tool preferably has a roughing flute adjacent to each roughing blade and a finishing flute adjacent to each finishing blade. In highly preferred embodiments, the finishing flutes are smaller than the roughing flutes. Preferably, each finishing flute is located closer to the preceding roughing flute (with reference to tool rotational direction) than to the following roughing flute. The flutes are therefore preferably unequally spaced. In some highly preferred embodiments, the blades are unequally circumferentially spaced and are immediately behind the flutes. At least one finishing blade preferably extends radially farther than at least one roughing blade. Most preferably, all of the finishing blades extend radially farther than all of the roughing blades.

Abstract: A solid end mill is provided which can prolong the useful life of the tool, without any adhesion to the work material, even aluminum or similar material, during a or cutting or drilling operation. The solid end mill includes a chip discharge flute, which is formed in the outer periphery of a nearly cylindrical tool main body. The nearly cylindrical tool main body rotates around a central longitudinal axis. A cutting edge is formed at a ridge portion on the outer periphery of the tool main body. The cutting edge is adjacent to a wall surface constituting a rake face of the chip discharge flute. The rake face faces in the tool rotational direction. A convex portion may be formed so as to be adjacent to and raised from a concavely curved portion. The concavely curved portion stretches to the cutting edge and is formed between the flute bottom of the chip discharge flute and the cutting edge.

Abstract: A cutting tool (20) comprising a tool body (22) and two cutting inserts (24) mounted therein. An insert receiving pocket (26) of the tool body has a pocket base wall (30). An indentation (32) that opens to the pocket base wall has a lower wall (34) that is bounded by first (36), second (38), third (40) and fourth (44) side walls. The cutting insert has an insert base wall (68). A protuberance (69) extends downwards from the insert base wall and has a lower wall (70) bounded by first (72), second (73), third (74) and fourth (75) lateral walls.

Abstract: A cutting insert holder has a lower clamping jaw resiliently connected to an upper clamping jaw. The upper clamping jaw is provided with two elongated spaced apart parallel grooves. The cutting insert is retained in the cutting insert holder by means of a screw which passes through a through bore in the upper jaw of the insert holder, through a through bore in the cutting insert and is threadingly engaged into a threaded bore in the lower clamping jaw. The two elongated ridges in the upper surface of the cutting insert cooperate with the two elongated parallel grooves in the lower surface of the upper clamping jaw.

Abstract: A rotary multi-tooth milling cutter, each tooth having a tooth face is provided. The tooth face has at least two sections, a first section nearest the cutting edge having a convex form as viewed in a cross section perpendicular to the cutter axis and a second section in a concave form.

Abstract: A rotary cutting tool is disclosed having an evacuation bore in a shank and generally radially extending passages opening to the bore to conduct away material being removed by cutters. Intersecting cutters are disposed at the intersections of right and left-hand flutes in the tool shank. The right-hand flutes extend along the entire length of the tool shank. The left-hand flutes extend from one end of the shank to an opposite end spaced from the lead end of the shank to leave only the end portion of the right-hand flutes extending to a lead end of the tool shank.

Abstract: A ball nose end mill includes a holder body with a first half and a second half of a tip end thereof divided by a slot, a plate-shaped insert in the slot, a clamp screw with a screw shaft screwed into the second half and a screw head bearing against the first half, a tapered ring fitted around the screw shaft and seated in a tapered hole in the insert, and a spring between the screw head and the tapered ring pressing the ring against the insert. The insert is firmly pressed against the bottom of the slot, and the screw is frictionally secured.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a reamer for shaping a bone socket such as an acetabular cavity. The reamer comprises a cutting head for removing material from the socket during rotation of the cutting head. The cutting head comprises a number of relatively long main cutting edges, each of which extends in a direction from a base to a top of the reamer, and a number, higher than the number of main cutting edges, of relatively short peripheral cutting edges, which are located at the base and distributed at angulary spaced intervals about a rotational axis. The invention also provides a method for implanting a prosthesis component into a bone socket. During shaping of the bone socket, a top portion of the reamer is completely received in the bone socket to such an extent, that a cylindrical entrance portion is formed in the socket. The invention also provides a kit including a reamer and a prosthesis.

Abstract: An end-mill tool has at least one low helix angle flute, or primary flute) and at least two low helix angle flutes, or secondary flutes. The primary and secondary flutes intersect to define a plurality of compound helical cutting surfaces. Each of the compound cutting surfaces includes a cutting edge having a leading portion formed adjacent one of the primary flutes and a trailing portion formed adjacent one of the secondary flutes.

Abstract: The present invention provides an end-mill tool which includes a shank, a point, and a main body portion located intermediate the shank and the point. A first flute is formed on the main body portion along a first helix. A second flute is formed on the main body portion along a second helix. The first and second flutes preferably extend helically along the body of the tool. Two distinct helical cutting surfaces are defined by the first flute and the second flute. The point of the tool includes two additional cutting edges formed by ears extending outward from the point of the tool adjacent the first flute and the second flute.

Abstract: A center cutting or plunging end mill or ball nose end mill has one or more spiral grooves and flutes in the walls of a mill body of cemented tungsten carbide. Each groove includes polycrystalline diamond or cubic boron nitride formed in situ along a leading edge of each flute. Such a groove extends across the cutting end of the mill so that the mill can be used for center cutting or plunging. The vein of diamond-like material may extend to the center of the mill body or may extend almost all of the way to the center, leaving an area of tungsten carbide exposed at the center of the mill body. A high temperature-high pressure press is used for forming the polycrystalline diamond-like veins in situ within the grooves in the mill.

Abstract: A center cutting or plunging end mill or ball nose end mill has one or more spiral grooves and flutes in the walls of a mill body of cemented tungsten carbide. Each groove includes polycrystalline diamond or cubic boron nitride formed in situ along a leading edge of each flute. Such a groove extends across the cutting end of the mill so that the mill can be used for center cutting or plunging. The vein of diamond-like material may extend to the center of the mill body or may extend almost all of the way to the center, leaving an area of tungsten carbide exposed at the center of the mill body. A high temperature-high pressure press is used for forming the polycrystalline diamond-like veins in situ within the grooves in the mill.

Abstract: A tool and method for cutting a seat in a setting of jewelry for receiving a gemstone having a crown, a girdle, and a pavilion. The tool has a cylindrical shank portion having a smooth outer surface and a bur cutting portion attached to said shank portion at one end for conjoint rotation therewith. The bur cutting portion has cutting surfaces disposed for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the shank portion and includes first and second generally conical cutting surfaces and a generally cylindrical cutting surface located between the conical cutting surfaces. The cutting surfaces are constructed to cut into the setting of the jewelry upon rotation of the tool about the longitudinal axis of the shank portion to form the seat in the setting. The notch that is cut has at least three distinct surfaces, each being complementary to a corresponding profile surface of the gemstone.

Abstract: An end milling cutter with which two cutting plates can be fastened on the shank displaced in the circumferential direction with the help of fastening means, wherein there is provided a clamping plate which by way of a single clamping screw can be pressed with one end against the shank and with the other end against both cutting plates, wherein one clamping section of the clamping plate bears against the front side of one clamping plate and another clamping section against the rear side of the other clamping plate and wherein the clamping section of the clamping plate which bears against the rear side of the other cutting plate is formed as a seat for this cutting plate.

Abstract: An indexable end mill according to the invention includes an end mill body with a round distal end portion and an indexable insert mounted to the end mill body as protruded from the round distal end portion thereof, the indexable insert formed with an end face by cutting away its end portion at a rotation center of cutting edges of the indexable insert, the end face having an edge closer to the end mill body extended outwardly from the rotation center as inclined rearwardly with respect to a line L orthogonal to an axis of the end mill body.

Abstract: The present invention is a drilling system for cutting flat bottomed holes in work pieces. The tool has two opposing angled cutting edges extending from a rotational axis, with the inner portions of these cutting edges extending upwardly to create an overlapping web at the center. The overlapping web strengthens the center portion of the cuttings edges of the tool. The angle at which the inner portion of the cutting edge is inclined can be increased to create a center point on the cutting surface of the tool. The center point adds stability to the tool as it rotates along its longitudinal axis. The cutting edge has a rake surface with a positive rake angle that lessens the forces on the insert and also allows for better formation of chips of stock material being removed. Chip breakers can be cut into the cutting edges of the insert, further aiding in the removal of stock material.

Abstract: A double-edged cutting tip for a doubled-edged milling cutter with single cutting tip, the cutting tip having a part-circular cutting tip front portion and including two cutting edge points in a cutting tip vertex, which, as seen in the rotational cutting direction of a respectively associated cutting edge, are located below the center with respect to a cutting tip axial plane.

Abstract: The back surface of a tool insert (12) is provided with a series of axially extending serrations (25) that form a contact surface to mate with similar serrations formed on the mounting surface (23) of a tool mount (13). The tops of the serrations are truncated so that the tapered walls of each serration are in full engagement with the adjacent walls of the mating serration. A threaded fastener (15) secures the insert (12) to the tool mount (13). A projection (18a) on the mounting surface resists axial movement of the insert. The serrations (25) extend toward the base of the insert to prevent lateral displacement resulting from circumferentially applied forces acting on the curved cutting surfaces (12a, 12b, 12c) of the insert. The centering and restraining action of the serrations maintain the inserts in proper alignment even after the mounting surface serrations of the tool mount begin to exhibit wear.

Abstract: An engraving tool includes an end portion extending to a tip, a pair of flutes in the end portion and wall sections between the flutes. The wall sections are ground in the area of the tip to form surfaces having cutting edges and facets disposed at specific angles relative to a plane perpendicular to axis.

Abstract: An improved solid cemented carbide ball nose end mill is provided which enables a cutting of a quenched or hardened difficult-to-machine material without any chipping or break of edge under the condition of a high speed and high load cutting. The improved end mill comprises a substantially semi-spherical ball nose portion provided with such cutting edges as to form a virtually S-shaped symmetrical configuration as viewed from the tip end and a tool body integral with said ball nose portion and having a peripheral cylindrical portion being provided with no peripheral cutting edge and a shank at the rear end thereof. The cutting edges extending from the tip end of the ball nose portion to the respective terminals positioned at the furthest at the vicinity of the border between the ball nose portion and the tool body are formed in the ball nose portion only. Preferably, each of a rake angle and a relief angle of the cutting edge is set between 0.degree. and -10.degree., and between 6.degree. and 16.degree.

Abstract: A ramp, plunge and feed milling cutter having a cylindrical body with cutting ribs protruding beyond the length of the cylindrical body to define a cavity. The integral single-piece construction of the milling cutter permits the fabrication of small diameter plunge milling cutters having sufficient strength in the cutting rib adjacent the cavity to withstand the forces of a machining operation.

Abstract: In a modular system (10), with a holder part (12) for clamping in a spindle of a turning machine and a machining tool (14) attached interchangeably to this, the machining tool (14) has a hollow cylindrical shaft part (18) which overlaps a receiving mandrel (20) on the holder part (12) and is fixed to the holder part (12) by means of a screw device (28, 30) mounted on the holder part (12) and generating a tension or compression force via a tension or compression rod (22) running through the holder part (12) and the receiving mandrel (20). The end of the tension or compression rod (22) facing the machining tool (14) is expanded and under the effect of the tension or compression force leads to an expansion of the receiving mandrel (20) such that the peripheral surface (42) of the receiving mandrel (20) and the inner surface (44) of the shaft part (18) are clamped against each other to form a friction connection.

Abstract: A high-speed end-milling router for ramping entry into a workpiece has plate-like hard metal cutting inserts fitted in pockets milled in chip gullet surfaces to present the insert at a desired axial rake angle and with radially inwardly and outwardly facing cutting edges. Each insert is secured in its pocket by two countersink headed machine screws whose holding power against centrifugal dislodgement of the insert is reinforced by an interfitting boss integral with and upstanding from the seating surface of the pocket extending into a blind recess molded in the undersurface of the insert.

Abstract: An end-mill tool has at least one low helix angle flute, or primary flute) and at least two low helix angle flutes, or secondary flutes. The primary and secondary flutes intersect to define a plurality of compound helical cutting surfaces. Each of the compound cutting surfaces includes a cutting edge having a leading portion formed adjacent one of the primary flutes and a trailing portion formed adjacent one of the secondary flutes.

Abstract: A shaft tool for metal cutting machining, includes a cutting portion and a shaft portion. The cutting portion includes a fist part formed with a cutting edge, and a second part formed with an external screw thread. The first and second parts are of one-piece integral construction. The shaft portion includes an internal screw thread to which the external screw thread is removably secured.

Abstract: To increase the sturdiness and precision of a double-edged milling cutter having a single cutting tip, the cutting tip is inserted in a recess of a milling cutter body, with the recess being constituted by two spaced-apart opposite sidewalls. One sidewall is designed as a rigid sidewall. By way of a cavity extending transversely of the longitudinal axis of the milling cutter body, the thickness of the other sidewall is locally reduced across the entire width thereof, so that it is "elastic". The cutting tip is fixed between the two sidewalls by means of a mounting screw.

Abstract: A cutting insert for mounting in a cutting tool, comprises a cutting head portion with a substantially arcuate cutting edge and a substantially trapezoidal mounting body portion integrally formed therewith. The mounting body portion has substantially planar upper and lower surfaces and substantially straight side surfaces converging in the direction away from the cutting head portion. The entire cutting edge of the cutting head portion lies on a sphere and defines an arc substantially less than 90.degree., the cutting head portion having an imaginary chordal plane passing through peripheral ends of the arc. The side surfaces of the mounting body portion are directed substantially radially with respect to a center of the sphere and are substantially shorter than the length of the chordal plane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary cutting tool assembly comprising a combination of a single ball nose cutting insert of a generally elongated configuration. The ball nose cutting insert is fixed into a holding body provided with a slot adapted to securely and non-movably hold the insert. The single ball nose cutting insert has at least one fill ball nose cutting end having a cutting edge of a continuous spiral fluted configuration. The fill ball nose cutting end comprises a cutting face consisting of two radius cutting edges meeting at a center or tip of the full ball nose cutting end forming a web. The cutting face forms a true helical path made of a continuous curve following a spiral shape, and helix angles of the radius cutting edges are between 3 to 45 degrees with respect to a longitudinal axis of the ball nose cutting insert in both right and left directions.

Abstract: A multiple fluted helical end mill with at least two flutes. Each flute includes a plurality of inserts secured therein. The inserts are all identical. The inserts in different flutes being secured therein at different rake angles. The different rake angles resulting in different effective axial lengths of the inserts. This different effective length of inserts in adjacent flutes results in all effective cutting and it is particularly beneficial where the inserts in a given flute do not have overlapping cutting edges.

Abstract: Finishing throwaway ball endmill has a blade tip adapted to make a firm attachment to a body thereof with easy.

Abstract: An end mill includes a shank, a pull rod having a first end connected to a front end of the shank, and a second end connected to an end mill head. The end mill head has a centering surface engageable with a centering surface formed on either the pull rod or shank. The end mill head includes a radially extending abutment surface engageable with a radial abutment surface formed on the shank.

Abstract: A high-speed end-milling router for ramping entry into a workpiece has plate-like hard metal cutting inserts fitted in pockets milled in chip gullet surfaces to present the insert at a desired axial rake angle and with radially inwardly and outwardly facing cutting edges. Each insert is secured in its pocket by two countersink headed machine screws whose holding power against centrifugal dislodgement of the insert is reinforced by a projection from the seating surface of the pocket extending into a blind recess molded in the undersurface of the insert.

Abstract: A rotary cutter includes an elongate body portion, a shank provided at one end of the body portion; a cutting head provided at the other end of the body portion, the head being fluted in one direction only by at least one flute of relatively short length provided in the cutting head, the flute having same-hand cutting and fluting directions; a relief providing transition surface located at a trailing end, relative to the shank, of a cutting portion of the at least one flute; a first gash face extending inwardly from a terminal end of a leading part of the at least one flute; and the first gash face being extended by a contiguous, secondary gash face on a rear face of the at least one flute.