Cutting tool with hydraulically clamped cutting inserts
AssigneeKennametal Inc.
InventorTyler GRIMM
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Abstract
A cutting tool includes a cutter body having an outer surface and a plurality of insert-holding slots formed in the outer surface, and a plurality of cutting inserts held in the plurality of insert-holding slots by application of hydraulic clamping force on the plurality of cutting inserts. A method of manufacturing a cutting tool includes disposing a plurality of cutting inserts in a plurality of insert-holding slots formed in an outer surface of a cutter body, and holding the plurality of cutting inserts in the plurality of insert-holding slots by applying hydraulic clamping force to the plurality of cutting inserts.
Claims10
A cutting tool comprising:
- a cutter body having an outer surface and a plurality of insert-holding slots formed in the outer surface;
- and
- a plurality of cutting inserts held in the plurality of insert-holding slots by application of hydraulic clamping force on the plurality of cutting inserts.
A method of manufacturing a cutting tool, comprising:
- disposing a plurality of cutting inserts in a plurality of insert-holding slots formed in an outer surface of a cutter body;
- and
- holding the plurality of cutting inserts in the plurality of insert-holding slots by applying hydraulic clamping force to the plurality of cutting inserts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.