Cutting tool
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorRobert P. Davis
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Abstract
A cutting tool may include a cutter body, and a cutting insert group coupled to the cutter body, wherein the cutter body includes a working length, wherein the cutting insert group forms a continuous cutting edge, and wherein the continuous cutting edge extends continuously through the working length of the cutter body.
Claims20
A method for repairing a cutting tool comprising a cutter body having a working length and a plurality of cutting inserts removably connected to said cutter body, each cutting insert of said plurality of cutting inserts comprising a first end, a second end opposite said first end, and an insert-cutting edge extending from said first end to said second end, wherein at least one cutting insert of said plurality of cutting inserts is a worn or damaged cutting insert, said method comprising:
- removing said worn or damaged cutting insert from said cutter body;
- connecting a replacement cutting insert to said cutter body at a location where said worn or damaged cutting insert was removed;
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- shaping an unfinished cutting edge comprising said replacement cutting insert and remaining ones of said plurality of cutting inserts to form a continuous unitary finished cutting edge extending substantially entirely along said working length of said cutter body.
A method for repairing a cutting tool comprising a cutter body having a working length and a plurality of cutting inserts removably connected to said cutter body, each cutting insert of said plurality of cutting inserts comprising a first end, a second end opposite said first end, and an insert-cutting edge extending from said first end to said second end, wherein at least one cutting insert of said plurality of cutting inserts is a worn or damaged cutting insert, said method comprising:
- removing said worn or damaged cutting insert from said cutter body;
- connecting a replacement cutting insert to said cutter body at a location where said worn or damaged cutting insert was removed, said replacement cutting insert comprising a first end, a second end opposite said first end, and an insert-cutting edge extending from said first end to said second end, wherein said insert-cutting edge of said replacement cutting insert and said insert-cutting edges of remaining ones of said plurality of cutting inserts form a continuous unitary finished cutting edge extending substantially entirely along said working length of said cutter body;
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- precision-grinding said continuous unitary finished cutting edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.