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AssigneeIscar, Ltd.
InventorsGil Hecht, David Ben Harouche
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A slotting tool body includes a disc-like cutter portion and a shank portion projecting rearwardly therefrom. The cutter portion includes a resilient clamping portion having a peripherally disposed insert receiving slot. The shank portion includes a peripherally disposed forward shank recess that is axially adjacent the cutter portion. A radially inward portion of the insert receiving slot merges in the rearward direction with the forward shank recess. A cutting insert is releasably and resiliently clamped in the insert receiving slot to form a rotary slot cutting tool. The cutting insert includes two cutting portions that each include a long and short insert lateral extension, the long insert lateral extension being longer than the short insert lateral extension. The longest insert lateral extensions are orated on opposite sides of the cutting insert.
A slotting tool body (22), having a body central axis (B) that defines opposite forward and rearward directions (DF, DR) and about which the slotting tool body (22) is rotatable in a rotational direction (R), the slotting tool body (22) comprising:
A slotting tool body (22), having a body central axis (B) that defines opposite forward and rearward directions (DF, DR) and about which the slotting tool body (22) is rotatable in a rotational direction (R), the slotting tool body (22) comprising:
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