Abstract:
The present invention provides a cutting tool in which the hard coating layer demonstrates superior chipping resistance. The cutting tool has a tool base composed with tungsten carbide-based cemented carbide or titanium carbonitride-based Cermet, and a hard coating layer provided on the surface thereof; wherein the hard coating layer includes: (a) a Ti compound and/or Zr compound layer, which is a lower layer, comprising one or more layers of a TiC layer, TiN layer, TiCN layer, TiCO layer, TiCNO layer, ZrC layer, ZrN layer, ZrCN layer, ZrCO layer, ZrCNO layer and (b) an aluminum oxide layer having an α crystal structure which is an upper layer, including the highest peak in the inclination section within a range of 0-10.
Abstract:
A cutting insert is provided with at least a circular-arc blade cutting edge as a cutting edge in the form of a substantially quarter circular arc, at an intersection between a rake face and a flank face, and an outer cutting edge extending from one end portion of the circular-arc cutting edge. The rake face is formed so as to be convex in a direction of rotation when the cutting insert is mounted on a tool body. On a section perpendicular to the cutting edge, the rake face is inclined so as to become gentler with distance from the circular-arc cutting edge or outer cutting edge. The circular-arc cutting edge is formed to be convex in the direction of rotation. The outer cutting edge is formed so that its edge ridge line is substantially parallel to the axis of the tool body.
Abstract:
The disclosure relates to surface roughening methods in which a cutting tool having a radial cutting blade with first and second cutting edges is fed along a longitudinal axis of an article while rotating the cutting tool about the axis. The first cutting edge forms a first machined pattern of peaks and valleys on a surface of the article, and the second cutting edge removes at least a portion of the peaks to form roughened fracture surfaces in a second machined pattern defining an arrangement of grooves, corresponding to the valleys, separated by lands, corresponding to the roughened fracture surfaces. The cross section of the grooves is substantially asymmetrical, and each groove may further include a notch. The disclosure also provides cutting tools useful in practicing the surface roughening methods. The disclosure further describes cylindrical articles having interior or exterior surfaces roughened using the methods. The methods, cutting tools and articles have applications including fabrication of cylinder blocks for internal combustion engines.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an indexable insert having a first and a second insert surfaces (10a, 10b), three side faces (11, 12, 13) and a cutting projection (2), wherein the cutting projection (2) comprises at least one first and one second cutting tooth (21, 22), cutting edges (31, 32) are formed on the cutting teeth (21, 22) at a transition region to the first second insert surface (10a, 10b) respectively, a first chip flow direction (A1) assigned to the first cutting edge (31) forms an angle with a second chip flow direction assigned to the second cutting edge (32), a first and a second chip breaker surface (41, 42) are assigned in the chip flow direction to the first and the second cutting edges (31, 32), respectively, the chip breaker surfaces (41, 42) comprise at least one first and one second groove, respectively, on the first and the second insert surfaces (10a, 10b) which extend essentially perpendicularly to the respective chip flow direction (A1). The invention also relates to a tool comprising an indexable insert and to a method of producing the same.
Abstract:
Machining of aluminum workpieces with diamond or diamond-like carbon-surface coated tools may be conducted in an atmosphere containing hydrogen gas at a partial pressure effective for hydrogen to react with carbon atoms at the surface to form C—H bonds that resist adherence of aluminum to the tool surface. Suitably, hydrogen or a hydrogen-containing gas mixture is confined at the interface of tool and workpieces at the machining site. Hydrogen partial pressure may be determined for a tool-workpiece-machining temperature combination by calculation or experiment.
Abstract:
A method for producing metal fibers includes a machining production method using at least one rotating tool. A device for producing metal fibers, a filter material having such fibers, a method for producing the material, a particle filter using such material, a motor vehicle equipped with the filter, and a fiber, are also provided.
Abstract:
A tool holder assembly that includes a tool holder member adapted to be secured to a machine tool and a cutting insert support/clamp for clamping and supporting a cutting insert. The support/clamp member includes a plurality of serrations that are engageable with complementally formed serrations on the tool holder whereby a tight fitting engagement is achieved using removable fasteners. The support/clamp includes a clamping arm elastically movable towards and away from a support base and a clamping block connected to the connecting arm adapted to receive clamping forces from a threaded clamping bolt. The clamping bolt defines a force applying surface located in a first plane whereas the clamping block defines a force receiving surface located in a second plane, the first and second planes located at a diverging angle with respect to each other. The clamping block includes an edge portion engageable with a step on the tool holder that is spaced from the clamping arm. The diverging planes and the engagement of the clamping block with the stepped portion increases the force applied by the clamping arm to the cutting insert for a given adjustment of the clamping bolt and resists rollover of the insert.
Abstract:
A surface-coated cermet cutting tool is formed by depositing on a surface of a tool substrate a hard-coating layer composed of the following layers (a) and (b):(a) the lower layer is composed of one or more layers of TiC, TiN, TiCN, TiCO, and TiCNO and has a total average layer thickness in the range of 3 to 20 μm, and (b) the upper layer is an aluminum oxide layer having an α-type crystal structure when chemically deposited and has an average layer thickness in the range of 1 to 15 μm. In the case of the upper layer, the reformed α-Al2O3 layer shows distribution graphs of covalent lattice points of constituent atoms, which shows distribution ratios of individual ΣN+1 to total ΣN+1, having the highest peak at Σ3 and showing the distribution ratios of Σ3 to total ΣN+1 in the range of 60 to 80%.
Abstract:
A method of making a cutting insert includes: (i) forming a blank having a substrate and superhard material, the substrate having more than 4 pockets, the superhard material disposed within the pockets; (ii) removing cutting tips from the blank by cutting the blank along cutting lines; (iii) providing a cutting insert body having a plurality of cavities for receiving a corresponding number of cutting tips; (iv) inserting a cutting tip into each of the plurality of cavities; and (v) brazing the cutting tips to the cutting insert body. A related cutting insert includes: a cutting insert body having a plurality of cavities formed therein; a plurality of cutting tips, each of the plurality of cutting tips disposed in a respective cavity, the cutting tips having a geometry that provides a mechanical retention or lock when inserted into the cavities of the cutting insert body, the cutting tips further being brazed in the cutting insert body.
Abstract:
A surface-covered CBN sintered body tool includes a base material formed with a cubic boron nitride (CBN) sintered body and a surface covering film covering a surface of the base material, and has a nega-land exposing the CBN sintered body in at least a portion thereof and a flank having the surface covering film formed thereon. With this, the surface-covered CBN sintered body tool having high defect resistance and wear resistance can be provided. The surface covering film preferably includes a nitride or a carbonitride of a compound including at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Cr, Zr, and V and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si and B, or a nitride or a carbonitride of Ti.