Cutting insert and indexable rotary cutting tool
AssigneeTungaloy Corporation
InventorsRyuichi SAJI, Souzou KAWASSAKI
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Abstract
A cutting insert has a first cutting edge provided with a chip breaker suitable for cutting an outermost region of a hole. The cutting insert has a substantially polygonal upper face, a substantially polygonal lower face, and a plurality of side faces extending between the upper face and the lower face. The plurality of side faces include a main side face constituting a flank of a linear cutting edge and a sub side face constituting a flank of a corner cutting edge; the main side face has a relief angle of 0°, the sub side face has a relief angle larger than 0°. A second cutting edge is further provided at an intersection portion between the main side face and the lower face.
Claims15
A plate-like cutting insert comprising:
- a substantially polygonal upper face;
- a substantially polygonal lower face;
- and
- a plurality of side faces extending between the upper face and the lower face, wherein,
- the cutting insert comprises a first cutting edge formed at an upper intersection portion where the upper face and the plurality of side faces intersect with each other;
- the first cutting edge comprises at least one curved corner cutting edge formed at a corner portion of the upper face, and at least one linear cutting edge connected to the curved corner cutting edge;
- the plurality of side faces comprise at least one main side face including a plane constituting a flank of the at least one linear cutting edge, and at least one sub side face constituting a flank of the at least one corner cutting edge;
- the at least one main side face comprises a relief angle of 0°;
- the at least one sub side face comprises a relief angle larger than 0°;
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- the cutting insert comprises at least one second cutting edge formed at a lower intersection portion where the at least one main side face and the lower face intersect with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.