Cutting insert and milling tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026070135-A1
Application number	US-202419106679-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 31, 2024
Priority date	Jan 31, 2023
Publication date	Mar 12, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

A compact cutting insert that can make tool bodies in common and a milling tool using the cutting insert are provided.
The cutting insert ( 10 ) has an upper surface ( 20 ) and a lower surface ( 40 ) on a side opposite to the upper surface ( 20 ), and a peripheral side surface ( 30 ) that connects the upper surface ( 20 ) and the lower surface ( 40 ). An edge ( 11 ) where the upper surface ( 20 ) and the peripheral side surface ( 30 ) intersect includes at least one cutting edge ( 14 ). The peripheral side surface ( 30 ) includes a flank ( 31 ) adjacent to the at least one cutting edge ( 14 ), a thickness-reduced surface ( 33 ) adjacent to the flank ( 31 ) from the lower surface ( 40 ) side, and a contact surface ( 32 ) adjacent to the thickness-reduced surface ( 33 ) from the lower surface side. In a section cut out on a plane including a central axis (O), an angle (β) formed by a virtual plane (V) parallel to the central axis (O) passing through a center of the upper surface ( 20 ) and a center of the lower surface ( 40 ) and passing through the at least one cutting edge ( 14 ) and the contact surface ( 32 ) is larger than an angle (γ) formed by the virtual plane (V) and the thickness reduced surface ( 33 ).

First claim

1 . A cutting insert, comprising:
an upper surface, a lower surface on a side opposite to the upper surface, and a peripheral side surface that connects the upper surface and the lower surface, wherein an edge where the upper surface and the peripheral side surface intersect includes at least one cutting edge; the peripheral side surface includes a flank adjacent to the at least one cutting edge, a thickness-reduced surface adjacent to the flank from the lower surface side, and a contact surface adjacent to the thickness-reduced surface from the lower surface side; and in a section orthogonal to the cutting edge, an angle formed by a virtual plane parallel to a central axis passing through a center of the upper surface and a center of the lower surface and passing through the at least one cutting edge and the contact surface is larger than an angle formed by the virtual plane and the thickness-reduced surface.

2 . The cutting insert according to claim 1 , which is a cutting insert that can be mounted on a tool body of a milling tool, wherein
in a state of being mounted on the tool body, the contact surface is in contact with the tool body, and the thickness-reduced surface is not in contact with the tool body.

3 . The cutting insert according to claim 1 , wherein
the upper surface is a substantial polygon, which is rotationally symmetric with respect to the central axis, and has a plurality of corners including a first corner and a second corner adjacent to each other; and the thickness-reduced surface is formed at a position facing an intermediate position between the first corner and the second corner on the peripheral side surface.

4 . The cutting insert according to claim 1 , wherein
the contact surface is formed into a substantially conical surface or a substantially columnar surface, and the thickness-reduced surface is formed into a substantially flat surface.

5 . A milling tool comprising a tool body and a cutting insert on which the tool body is mounted, wherein
the cutting insert
has an upper surface, a lower surface on a side opposite to the upper surface, and a peripheral side surface that connects the upper surface and the lower surface;
an edge where the upper surface and the peripheral side surface intersect includes at least one cutting edge; the peripheral side surface includes a flank adjacent to the at least one cutting edge, a thickness-reduced surface adjacent to the flank from the lower surface side, and a contact surface adjacent to the thickness-reduced surface from the lower surface side; and the tool body is in contact with the contact surface and is not in contact with the thickness reduced surface.

Assignees

• Tungaloy Corp

Inventors

• Kameda Syuji
• Yoshida Satoru

Classifications

• B23C2200/085

  discontinuous · CPC title

• B23C2200/367

  Mounted tangentially, i.e. where the rake face is not the face with largest area · CPC title

• B23C2200/125

  discontinuous · CPC title

• B23C5/2213

  having a special shape · CPC title

• B23C5/202

  Plate-like cutting inserts with special form (special form related to securing of the insert B23C5/22) · CPC title