Tool
AssigneeKennametal Inc.
InventorsMarkus Heinloth, Johann Woerner, Walter Thurnwald
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Abstract
The invention relates to a tool for the outside milling or for the rotary broaching of tools that rotate about the longitudinal axis thereof during machining, comprising a disk-shaped tool carrier comprising peripherally arranged cutting inserts (15) or cartridges having cutting inserts. According to the invention, the cutting inserts or the cartridges are arranged on a ring-shaped or partially ring-shaped, segment-shaped carrier (11) that is removably fastened to a machine spindle either directly or indirectly via an adapter.
Claims20
A tool for external milling or turning/milling of workpieces rotating about their longitudinal axis during the machining, comprising a tool-holding disk having peripheral cutting inserts or cassettes fitted with cutting inserts wherein the cutting inserts or the cassettes are mounted on an annular or partially ring-shaped, segmental holder detachably fastened either directly to a machine spindle or indirectly to a machine spindle via an adapter.
A tool for externally milling a workpiece rotated about a workpiece axis adjacent the tool, the tool comprising:
- a support centered on and rotatable about a tool axis and having an outer periphery centered on the tool axis;
- an annular holder;
- means for releasably securing the annular holder to the outer periphery of the support;
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- an annular array of cutting inserts fixed to the holder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.