Cutting tool with modular pocket wall
AssigneeKennametal Inc.
InventorsPatrick Kuhlemann, Michael Schuffenhauer, Marcelo Euripedes da Silva, Ruy Frota de Souza Filho
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Abstract
A cutting tool includes a base body and a cutting head at least partially disposed within a modular pocket of the base body. The modular pocket is formed by at least one wall section removably attached to the base body. In one variation, a non-removable portion of the base body also forms part of the modular pocket. In another variation, the modular pocket is formed by two removable wall sections on opposite sides of the modular pocket. In yet another variation, the removable wall sections include a clamping portion to exert a downward force on the cutting head to enable mounting the cutting head in the modular pocket using an interference fit.
Claims15
A modular cutting tool, comprising:
- a base body having a base flute portion;
- and
- a cutting head at least partially disposed within a modular pocket of the base body, the cutting head having a cutting head flute portion and a dovetail shaped portion protruding radially outward therefrom,
- wherein the modular pocket of the base body is formed by at least one wall section removably attached to the base body by a threaded fastener, the at least one wall section including a dovetail shaped recess for receiving the dovetail shaped portion of the cutting head when the at least one wall section is removably attached to the base body, the threaded fastener being axially offset from the dovetail shaped portion, and
- wherein the base flute portion and the cutting head flute portion align to form a flute of the modular cutting tool when the cutting head is mounted on the base body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.