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Granted Patent B2
US 12,214,428 · App. 17/605,234 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Insert and cutting tool including same

Inventors: Ayano Tanaka (Otsu, JP); Ryoma Nomiyama (Satsumasendai, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
B23B27/1611
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Patent No.
US 12,214,428
App. No.
17/605,234
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An insert includes a base of a cermet including hard particles and a binder phase. The base includes first and second surfaces, a cutting edge on at least a part of a ridge line of the first and second surfaces, a third surface opposite to the first surface, and a through hole from the first surface to the third surface. An inner wall constituting the through hole includes a binder-phase-riched layer having a higher content of the binder phase than an inside of the base, at least in a center part. A thickness of the binder-phase-ricked layer in the center part is larger than a thickness of the binder-phase-ricked layer in an end part of the inner wall. A cutting tool includes a holder which has a pocket located at an end, the insert located in the pocket, and a clamp inserted in the through hole of the insert.

Claims (53)

1. An insert, comprising a base which is a cermet comprising hard particles and a binder phase, wherein

the base comprises

a first surface,

a second surface,

a cutting edge located on at least a part of a ridge line of the first surface and the second surface,

a third surface located opposite to the first surface, and

a through hole from the first surface to the third surface,

an inner wall constituting the through hole comprises a binder-phase-riched layer having a higher content of the binder phase than an inside of the base, at least in a center part,

a thickness T1 of the binder-phase-riched layer in the center part is larger than a thickness T2 of the binder-phase-riched layer in an end part of the inner wall, and

the thickness T1 is 1 μm or more, and 20 μm or less.

2. The insert according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness T2 is 0.2 μm or more, and 6 μm or less.

3. The insert according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter R1 in the center part is larger than a diameter R2 in the end part.

4. The insert according to claim 3 , wherein the diameter R1 is 5 μm or more, and 30 μm or less larger than the diameter R2.

5. The insert according to claim 1 , wherein a hardness of the binder-phase-riched layer in the center part is 10 GPa or more, and 20 GPa or less.

6. The insert according to claim 1 , wherein the binder-phase-riched layer in the center part comprises a metal layer having a higher content of the binder phase than the binder-phase-riched layer at a side of a through axis of the through hole.

7. The insert according to claim 1 , comprising a coating layer on the binder-phase-riched layer in the center part, wherein the coating layer comprises a part having a higher hardness than that of the binder-phase-riched layer.

8. A cutting tool, comprising:

a holder which has a length extending from a first end to a second end, and which comprises a pocket located at a side of the first end;

the insert according to claim 1 , the insert being located in the pocket; and

a clamp inserted in the through hole of the insert.

9. An insert, comprising a base which is a cermet comprising hard particles and a binder phase, wherein

the base comprises

a first surface,

a second surface,

a cutting edge located on at least a part of a ridge line of the first surface and the second surface,

a third surface located opposite to the first surface, and

a through hole from the first surface to the third surface,

an inner wall constituting the through hole comprises a binder-phase-riched layer having a higher content of the binder phase than an inside of the base, at least in a center part,

a thickness T1 of the binder-phase-riched layer in the center part is larger than a thickness T2 of the binder-phase-riched layer in an end part of the inner wall, and

the thickness T2 is 0.2 μm or more, and 6 μm or less.

10. The insert according to claim 9 , wherein a diameter R1 in the center part is larger than a diameter R2 in the end part.

11. The insert according to claim 10 , wherein the diameter R1 is 5 μm or more, and 30 μm or less larger than the diameter R2.

12. The insert according to claim 9 , wherein a hardness of the binder-phase-riched layer in the center part is 10 GPa or more, and 20 GPa or less.

13. The insert according to claim 9 , wherein the binder-phase-riched layer in the center part comprises a metal layer having a higher content of the binder phase than the binder-phase-riched layer at a side of a through axis of the through hole.

14. The insert according to claim 9 , comprising a coating layer on the binder-phase-riched layer in the center part, wherein the coating layer comprises a part having a higher hardness than that of the binder-phase-riched layer.

15. A cutting tool, comprising:

a holder which has a length extending from a first end to a second end, and which comprises a pocket located at a side of the first end;

the insert according to claim 10 , the insert being located in the pocket; and

a clamp inserted in the through hole of the insert.

16. An insert, comprising a base which is a cermet comprising hard particles and a binder phase, wherein

the base comprises

a first surface,

a second surface,

a cutting edge located on at least a part of a ridge line of the first surface and the second surface,

a third surface located opposite to the first surface, and

a through hole from the first surface to the third surface,

an inner wall constituting the through hole comprises a binder-phase-riched layer having a higher content of the binder phase than an inside of the base, at least in a center part,

a thickness T1 of the binder-phase-riched layer in the center part is larger than a thickness T2 of the binder-phase-riched layer in an end part of the inner wall, and

a diameter R1 in the center part is larger than a diameter R2 in the end part.

17. The insert according to claim 16 , wherein the diameter R1 is 5 μm or more, and 30 μm or less larger than the diameter R2.

18. The insert according to claim 16 , wherein a hardness of the binder-phase-riched layer in the center part is 10 GPa or more, and 20 GPa or less.

19. The insert according to claim 16 , wherein the binder-phase-riched layer in the center part comprises a metal layer having a higher content of the binder phase than the binder-phase-riched layer at a side of a through axis of the through hole.

20. The insert according to claim 16 , comprising a coating layer on the binder-phase-riched layer in the center part, wherein the coating layer comprises a part having a higher hardness than that of the binder-phase-riched layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: TANAKA, AYANO; NOMIYAMA, RYOMA
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057856/0590 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-080607 · Apr 22, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220176463A1 · Jun 9, 2022
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