Tool and clamp for chip removing machining

A tool for chip removing machining, comprising:

• a holder including:
• an insert pocket having a bottom surface and at least one upstanding support surface, and
• a sloping surface spaced from the pocket and sloping downwardly in a rearward direction away from the pocket,
• a cutting insert seated in the pocket, the insert including an upper side at least a portion of which is planar;
• a clamp device mounted on the holder and including a front clamping surface frictionally engaging the planar portion of the upper side of the insert, and a downward projection, the downward projection including a slide surface disposed in sliding contact with the sloping surface;
• a tightener for tightening the clamp device against the holder and the insert, whereby the slide surface slides along the sloping surface for displacing the clamp in the rearward direction to frictionally pull the cutting insert rearwardly into contact with the at least one support surface;
• the clamping surface being rearwardly slidable relative to the planar portion during additional tightener-induced displacement of the clamp device following the contact between the insert and the at least one support surface;
• the clamp device including an elastically deformable portion spaced from the downward projection and arranged to contact the holder and be elastically deformed thereby as the clamp device is tightened against the holder and to tilt the clamp in a direction causing the clamping surface to press more firmly against the cutting insert;
• the clamp device and the holder together forming a stop arrangement for terminating the additional displacement.