Patent ID: 6805520
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: B23C,Y10T

Abstract:
A side-milling cutter for chip removal machining of a cylindrical contour on a workpiece rotatable about a longitudinal axis said side-milling cutter comprising:disk-shaped tool carrier having a periphery; and a multiplicity of cutting inserts peripherally arranged on said disk-shaped tool carrier and including first polygonal cutting inserts disposed radially and clamped on the tool carrier for cheek machining and undercut machining and polygonal second cutting inserts disposed tangentially and clamped on the tool carrier for outer diameter machining, the tangential second cutting inserts being arranged at axial inclination angles (&agr;) of 25Â°Â±10Â°, and having rearmost cutting corners with respect to a cutter rotation direction lying on straight lines (36) perpendicular to the rotation direction and spaced from a leading cutting edge of a following first cutting insert by a distance (a) of&lE;5 mm, including negative values.