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Granted Patent B2
US 8,425,161 · App. 12/734,353 · Granted Apr 23, 2013

Cutting tool with detachable insert, head member and tool body of the same

Inventors: Hidehiko Nagaya (Hoffman Estates, IL); Norio Aso (Sashima-gun, JP); Yasuharu Imai (Shimotsuma, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,425,161
App. No.
12/734,353
Granted
Apr 23, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a head member ( 30 ) for a cutting tool with detachable insert ( 70 ) including a head member body ( 31 ) formed with an insert attachment seat ( 36 ) to which a cutting insert ( 50 ) having cutting blades ( 52 ) is detachably attached, and constituting the cutting tool with detachable insert ( 70 ) by being mounted to a tip portion of a holder ( 10 ), a side surface ( 31 A) of the head member body ( 31 ) is formed with a recess ( 44 ) which has a continuous inner wall surface therearound and a bottom surface connected to the inner wall surface over its whole periphery and which is recessed from the side surface ( 31 A) without passing though the head member body ( 31 ). According to this head member ( 30 ), generation of chatter vibration can be suppressed even if the amount of protrusion is increased, and the cutting heat of a cutting insert can be efficiently radiated.

Claims (20)

1. A head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert comprising a head member body formed with an insert attachment seat to which a cutting insert having cutting blades is detachably attached, and constituting the cutting tool with detachable insert by being mounted to a tip portion of a holder,

wherein a side surface of the head member body is formed with a recess which has a continuous inner wall surface therearound and a bottom surface connected to the inner wall surface over its whole periphery and which is recessed from the side surface without passing though the head member body.

2. The head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 1 ,

wherein the head member body has the side surfaces mutually facing opposite sides at the front and back thereof, and the recesess are respectively formed in each side face in mutually different shapes when seen from directions facing the each side surface.

3. The head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 1 ,

wherein the head member body is formed with a plurality of the recesses with different depths from the side surface.

4. The head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 1 ,

wherein the volume of the recess is set to a range of 2% to 15% of the volume of the head member body in which the recess is not formed.

5. The head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 1 ,

wherein shot peening is performed on the head member body.

6. A tool body for a cutting tool with detachable insert comprising the head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 1 , and a holder which has the head member attached to a tip portion thereof.

7. A cutting tool with detachable insert comprising the head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 1 , a holder which has the head member attached to a tip portion thereof, and an insert clamped by the head member.

8. A tool body for a cutting tool with detachable insert comprising the head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 2 , and a holder which has the head member attached to a tip portion thereof.

9. A tool body for a cutting tool with detachable insert comprising the head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 3 , and a holder which has the head member attached to a tip portion thereof.

10. A tool body for a cutting tool with detachable insert comprising the head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 4 , and a holder which has the head member attached to a tip portion thereof.

11. A tool body for a cutting tool with detachable insert comprising the head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 5 , and a holder which has the head member attached to a tip portion thereof.

12. A cutting tool with detachable insert comprising the head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 2 , a holder which has the head member attached to a tip portion thereof, and an insert clamped by the head member.

13. A cutting tool with detachable insert comprising the head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 3 , a holder which has the head member attached to a tip portion thereof, and an insert clamped by the head member.

14. A cutting tool with detachable insert comprising the head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 4 , a holder which has the head member attached to a tip portion thereof, and an insert clamped by the head member.

15. A cutting tool with detachable insert comprising the head member for a cutting tool with detachable insert according to claim 5 , a holder which has the head member attached to a tip portion thereof, and an insert clamped by the head member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2010
From: NAGAYA, HIDEHIKO; ASO, NORIO; IMAI, YASUHARU
To: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024607/0377 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-282119 · Oct 30, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100272523A1 · Oct 28, 2010