Patent ID: 9656323
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B22F,B23B,B23C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A cutting element comprising top and bottom faces and at least one side face extending therebetween, a cutting portion and a cooling portion, said cutting portion having a rake surface on at least one of said top and bottom faces, a relief surface on said side face, and a cutting edge defined at the intersection between the rake surface and the relief surface, said cooling portion comprising: a portion of at least one of the top and bottom faces other than the rake surface, disposed at a location more remote from the cutting edge than the rake surface and constituting an operative surface; and a cooling nozzle integrally formed therewith and having a cooling aperture directed at the cutting edge at an acute angle with respect to the rake surface, said rake surface being disposed between the cutting edge and the cooling aperture;