Tool holder for a cutting insert and process for manufacturing the tool holder
AssigneeKennametal Inc.
InventorIgor Kaufmann
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Abstract
The invention relates to a tool holder (10) for a cutting insert (18), having a tool holder body (12), a recess (16) for a cutting insert (18), a clamping element (20) that can tightly clamp a cutting insert (18) in the recess (16), and at least one cooling channel (40, 42, 44, 50, 70, 72) through which the coolant can be conducted to the cutting insert (18), characterized in that the cross-sectional area and/or the cross-sectional shape of the cooling channel (40, 42, 44, 50, 70, 72) changes along its length. The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a tool holder (10), wherein the clamping element (20) is manufactured along with at least one part of the tool holder body (12) in an additive layer process.
Claims16
Tool holder for a cutting insert comprising a tool holder body, a recess for a cutting insert, a clamping element that can tightly clamp a cutting insert in the recess, and at least one cooling channel through which the coolant can be conducted to the cutting insert, characterized in that the cross-sectional area and/or the cross-sectional shape of the cooling channel changes along its length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.