Cutting tool inserts and methods to manufacture
AssigneeDiamond Innovations, Inc.
InventorsSteven W. Webb, Joseph T. Eiler
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Abstract
The present invention relates to cutting tool inserts. A cutting tool insert includes an abrasive tip of a hard material, an abrasive or superabrasive material. A cutting tool insert is bonded to an insert body by mechanical force. The mechanical forces are generated through deformation of mating geometric features on the abrasive tip and insert body.
Claims23
A tool insert comprising an insert body and an abrasive tip, the abrasive tip and the insert body containing mating geometric features, wherein the abrasive tip is retained in the insert body primarily by mechanical forces derived from irreversible deformation of the mating geometrical features on the abrasive tip and/or the insert body.
A method for forming a cutting tool insert, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing an abrasive tip and an insert body, each having mating geometrical features;
- joining the abrasive tip to the insert body through the respective mating geometrical features causing an irreversible deformation in at least one of the mating features, the deformation providing mechanical forces sufficient to hold the abrasive tip in the insert body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.