Multi-component gear cutting tool
AssigneeGleason Cutting Tools Corporation
InventorKurt E. Switzer
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Abstract
A multi-component gear cutting tool that is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The gear cutting tool comprises a tool body extending axially lengthwise between a first end and a second end with the tool body comprising a first material. The gear cutting tool further comprises a cutting tip attached to the tool body at one of the first end and the second end. The cutting tip comprises an outer axial-facing cutting end with the cutting end having a plurality of cutting faces. The cutting tip comprises a second material different than the first material and the cutting tip is attached to the tool body via brazing.
Claims16
A gear cutting tool, said gear cutting tool being rotatable about an axis of rotation and comprising:
- a tool body extending axially lengthwise between a first end and a second end, said tool body comprising a first material,
- a cutting tip attached to said tool body at one of said first end and said second end, said cutting tip having an outer axial-facing cutting end with said cutting end comprising a plurality of cutting faces, said cutting tip comprising a second material different than said first material,
- said cutting tip being attached to said tool body via brazing.
A method of manufacturing a gear cutting tool comprising:
- providing a tool body extending axially lengthwise between a first end and a second end, said tool body comprising a first material,
- providing a cutting tip having an outer axial-facing cutting end with said cutting end comprising a plurality of cutting faces, said cutting tip comprising a second material different than said first material,
- brazing said cutting tip onto one of said first end and said second end of said tool body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.