Cutting insert, cutting tool, and method for manufacturing machined product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821376-B2
Application number	US-201515120012-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2015
Priority date	Feb 26, 2014
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

A cutting insert ( 1 ) includes a top surface ( 6 ), a side surface, a rake face ( 10 ) on the top surface ( 6 ), a front flank face ( 11 ) and a lateral flank face ( 12 ), a cutting edge ( 9 ) including a front cutting edge ( 13 ), and a lateral cutting edge ( 14 ), a breaker groove ( 15 ) adjacent to the front cutting edge ( 13 ) and the lateral cutting edge ( 14 ), and a rake face end ( 20 ). The breaker groove ( 15 ) includes a descending surface ( 16 ) and an ascending surface ( 17 ). The ascending surface ( 17 ) includes a front wall surface ( 21 ) and a lateral wall surface ( 22 ) on the side of the front cutting edge ( 13 ) and the side of the lateral cutting edge ( 14 ). An opening angle (θ 1 ) of the front wall surface ( 21 ) is greater than an opening angle (θ 2 ) of the lateral wall surface ( 22 ) in the top surface ( 6 ) view.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cutting insert comprising:
a top surface;
a side surface;
a rake face located on the top surface;
a front flank face and a lateral flank face, both located on the side surface;
a cutting edge comprising:
a front cutting edge located at an intersecting part between the rake face and the front flank face; and
a lateral cutting edge located at an intersecting part between the rake face and the lateral flank face,
a breaker groove on the rake face, adjacent to the front cutting edge and the lateral cutting edge; and
a rake face end located on a side opposite the lateral cutting edge of the rake face,
wherein
the breaker groove comprises
a descending surface and an ascending surface disposed in sequence from a side of the front cutting edge and a side of the lateral cutting edge, respectively,
a front wall surface disposed on the ascending surface of the breaker groove on the side of the front cutting edge, and facing the front cutting edge, and
a lateral wall surface disposed on the ascending surface of the breaker groove on the side of the lateral cutting edge, and facing the lateral cutting edge, and,
wherein an opening angle θ 1 from the rake face end of the front wall surface is greater than an opening angle θ 2 from the rake face end of the lateral wall surface in the top surface view.

2. The cutting insert according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio (h2/h1) of a height (h2) of the lateral wall surface to a height (h1) of the front wall surface is from 1 to 8.

3. The cutting insert according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio (w/h1) of a length (w) to the height (h1) of the front wall surface is from 2 to 10, where the length (w) is a length of the descending surface of the breaker groove at a point in a frontmost position of the front cutting edge.

4. The cutting insert according to claim 1 , wherein
the descending surface on the side of the lateral cutting edge comprises
a first descending surface and a second descending surface that are disposed in sequence from the side of the lateral cutting edge,
wherein the first descending surface has a downward angle γa, and
the second descending surface has a downward angle γb that is greater than the downward angle γa.

5. The cutting insert according to claim 1 , further comprising an intermediate wall surface between the front wall surface and the lateral wall surface, wherein an opening angle θ 3 from the rake face end of the intermediate wall surface is greater than the opening angle θ 1 .

6. The cutting insert according to claim 5 , wherein
the opening angle θ 3 from the rake face end of the intermediate wall surface is from 10 to 50°.

7. The cutting insert according to claim 6 , further comprising
a breaker bottom surface between the descending surface and the ascending surface of the breaker groove,
wherein a width of the breaker bottom surface partially decreases in midway from the side of the front cutting edge, and increased therebeyond.

8. The cutting insert according to claim 6 , wherein
a position of a narrowmost width of the breaker bottom surface in a region where the width of the breaker bottom surface partially decreases exists on the intermediate wall surface or a boundary between the intermediate wall surface and the lateral wall surface.

9. The cutting insert according to claim 5 , wherein
the breaker groove further comprises:
a base portion adjacent to the rake face end; and
a groove portion adjacent to the base portion, extending to the cutting edge, and comprising a bend point between the groove portion and the base portion,
wherein the base portion comprises
a first inclining base surface that inclines and increases in height from a tip toward a rear end,
an intermediate base surface that decreases in height or has the same height from a tip toward a rear end, and
a second inclining base surface that inclines and increases in height from a tip to a rear end,
in sequence from the side of the front cutting edge along the rake face end.

10. The cutting insert according to claim 9 , wherein
an inclination angle σ 1 from the tip toward the rear end of the first inclining base surface is from 5 to 10°,
an inclination angle σ 3 from the tip toward the rear end of the intermediate base surface is from 0 to 5°, and
an inclination angle σ 2 from the tip to the rear end of the second inclining base surface is from 10 to 35°.

11. The cutting insert according to claim 9 , wherein
a ratio (L 3 /L 1 ) of a length L 3 of the intermediate base surface to a length L 1 of the first inclining base surface is from 0.3 to 0.8, and

a ratio (L 2 /L 1 ) of a length L 2 of the second inclining base surface to the length L 1 of the first inclining base surface is from 0.4 to 1, on the rake face end.

12. The cutting insert according to claim 9 , wherein at least a portion of the second inclining base surface inclines and decreases in height from the rake face end toward the cutting edge in a cross section orthogonal to the rake face end.

13. The cutting insert according to claim 9 , wherein a width of the second inclining base surface partially increases and then decreases from the tip toward the rear end.

14. The cutting insert according to claim 9 , wherein a ratio (wc/dc) of a width we of the second inclining surface to a width dc of the groove portion is from 0.2 to 0.4 in a cross section orthogonal to the rake face end at a position of a greatest width of the second inclining base surface.

15. The cutting insert according to claim 9 , wherein the base portion comprises a rearward base surface having a width less than that of the second inclining base surface, rearward from the second inclining base surface.

16. The cutting insert according to claim 15 , wherein a ratio (we/de) of a width we of the rearward base surface to a width de of the groove portion is from 0.1 to 0.3 in a cross section orthogonal to the rake face end of the rearward base surface.

17. The cutting insert according to claim 9 , wherein the base portion further comprises
a flat base surface rearward from the rearward base surface, and
a machining reference plane adjacent to the flat base surface, on the side of the lateral cutting edge, and on a rear side of the flat base surface.

18. A cutting tool comprising:
a holder comprising an insert pocket at a tip thereof; and
the cutting insert according to claim 1 mounted to the insert pocket.

19. A method for manufacturing a machined product, the method comprising:
rotating a work material;
bringing the cutting edge of the cutting tool according to claim 18 into contact with the work material that is rotating; and
separating the cutting tool from the work material.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Tsuda Yuichi

Classifications

• B23B2200/087

  for chip breaking · CPC title

• B23B27/045

  with chip-breaking arrangements · CPC title

• B23B27/145 Primary

  characterised by having a special shape · CPC title

• B23B2200/369

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

• B23B27/141

  Specially shaped plate-like cutting inserts, i.e. length greater or equal to width, width greater than or equal to thickness (with specially shaped plate-like exchangeable cutting inserts, e.g. chip-breaking groove, B23B27/1603; with removable plate-like milling cutting inserts of special shape B23C5/202) · CPC title