Patent · US Expired

Tool for chip-breaking machining

US6334740B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 1999
Grant dateJan 1, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T407/1944
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A milling tool includes a number of peripheral recesses, each of which accommodates an insert-carrying cartridge, and a clamping wedge which is tightenable by of a clamping screw. The clamping wedge includes two separate contact surfaces. One of the contact surfaces presses the cartridge into its respective recess. The other contact surface presses the insert into its seat in the cartridge while simultaneously pressing the cartridge into the recess.

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