Cutting insert
US5584616A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 28, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 28, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T407/235
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An indexable cutting insert having a polygonal body including top and bottom surfaces connected by a peripheral wall having sides and corners. In a generally diamond shaped embodiment, opposite corners and the adjacent sides form cutting edges at their junctures with the top surface, forming noses at the corners. A chip groove formed on the top surface includes a pair of cutting faces, sloping downwardly from respective sides to a radius blend juncture aligned with the nose and bisecting the adjacent sides. A pair of chipbreaker faces slope upward from respective ones of the cutting faces and backward from a ridge that connects the chipbreaker faces and is upwardly aligned with the juncture of the cutting faces. The chipbreaker faces preferably have a double curvature (1) outward from the ridge and (2) upward from radius blend junctures with their adjoining cutting faces. The upward curvature is preferably a radius that slopes upwardly at a declining rate with increasing distance from the respective cutting face junctures. A third cutting face at the nose adjoins the side connected faces preferably at a common angle. Various additional features are also disclosed.
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