Cutting tool and cutting insert with fluid flow structures
AssigneeSeco Tools AB
InventorVolker Höfermann
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Abstract
A cutting tool includes a cutting insert comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a clamping surface for abutting a clamp, a cutting edge, a hole extending through the insert from the bottom surface to the clamping surface, and a channel extending from the clamping surface to proximate the cutting edge, and a tool holder comprising a tool holder body having a pocket for receiving the insert, a clamp for contacting the clamping surface and clamping the insert in the pocket, and a tool holder passage in the body in flow communication with the hole in the insert. A cutting insert is also provided.
Claims15
A cutting insert comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a clamping surface for abutting a clamp, and a cutting edge, wherein a hole extends through the insert from the bottom surface and forms at least part of the clamping surface, and the insert comprises a channel extending from the clamping surface to a point proximate and inward of the cutting edge.
A cutting tool comprising a cutting insert comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a clamping surface, a cutting edge, and a toolholder comprising a toolholder body having a pocket for receiving the insert, and a clamp for contacting the clamping surface and clamping the insert in the pocket, wherein a hole extends through the insert from the bottom surface and forms at least part of the clamping surface, and the insert comprises a channel extending from the clamping surface to proximate the cutting edge and the toolholder comprises a toolholder passage in the body in flow communication with the hole in the insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.