Cutting tool with indicator substance
AssigneeKennametal Inc.
InventorChristoph Gey
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Abstract
The invention relates to a cutting tool having at least one cavity arranged in the cutting tool, spaced apart from an outer contour of the cutting tool by a wear layer, wherein a thickness of the wear layer corresponds to a wear limit of the cutting tool, wherein an indicator substance is arranged in the cavity.
Claims15
A cutting tool for the machining of a workpiece, the cutting tool comprising at least one cavity arranged in the cutting tool and spaced apart from an outer contour of the cutting tool by a wear layer, a thickness of the wear layer corresponding to a wear limit of the cutting tool, wherein an indicator substance comprising a colored substance in the cavity and is only visible when released through the wear layer at the wear limit of the cutting tool from the machining of the workpiece and is otherwise not visible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.