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US 9,975,182 B2Granted
Cutting tool made by additive manufacturing
AssigneeKennametal Inc.
InventorPantcho Stoyanov
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Abstract
A cutting tool made by an additive manufacturing process is disclosed. The cutting tool has an exterior surface and an enclosed interior cavity defined by one or more inwardly facing surfaces. The interior cavity may have internal supports such as a lattice or a honeycomb structure. The cutting tool may be an insert, drill or endmill with coolant holes.
Claims20
A cutting tool comprising:
- an exterior surface and
- an enclosed interior cavity defined by inwardly facing surfaces, the enclosed interior cavity comprising one or more lattice structures within and supporting the interior cavity, wherein the lattice structures comprise intersecting rod structures extending between two or more of the inwardly facing surfaces.
A cutting tool comprising:
- an exterior surface and
- an enclosed interior cavity defined by inwardly facing surfaces, the enclosed interior cavity comprising a lattice of intersecting rod structures within and supporting the interior cavity, wherein the cutting tool is selected from the group consisting of a drill, reamer and endmill.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.