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US 2020/0246883 A1Published application
Milling method and use of a cutting insert
AssigneeCeratizit Austria Gesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsMARKUS KRABICHLER, PETER BURTSCHER
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Abstract
A method for milling a workpiece by way of at least one substantially polygonal cutting insert, which is arranged in a tool holder. A spindle axis of the tool holder encloses an angle of more than 0° with a plane normal to a machined workpiece surface. An effective lead angle between a main cutting edge of the cutting insert and the machined workpiece surface lies between 0° and 20°.
Claims13
1-12. (canceled)
A method for milling a workpiece, the method comprising:
- providing at least one substantially polygonal cutting insert arranged in a tool holder, the tool holder having a spindle axis and the cutting insert having a main cutting edge;
- milling the workpiece with the cutting insert held in said tool holder, and thereby:
- setting the spindle axis of the tool holder to enclose an angle of more than 0° with a surface normal of a machined workpiece surface;
- setting an effective lead angle between a main cutting edge of the cutting insert and the machined workpiece surface to lie between 0° and 20°.
1 more element
A method of machining a workpiece, the method comprising:
- providing a substantially polygonal cutting insert;
- mounting the cutting insert on a tool holder;
- rotating the tool holder about a spindle axis for machining the workpiece, and setting the spindle axis of the tool holder to enclose an angle of more than 0° to a surface normal of a machined workpiece surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.