Patent ID: 7021182
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An indexible turning tool comprising a tool body including a securing portion and a holder projecting from the securing portion, the holder provided with pockets receiving respective replaceable cutting inserts, the pockets arranged wherein indexing of the tool body about an indexing axis brings one of the inserts into an operative cutting position, wherein one of the inserts has a main plane oriented laterally relative to the indexing axis, each of the inserts having a plurality of corners including a radially outermost corner spaced radially farther from the indexing axis than the other corners of the insert, wherein a reference plane oriented perpendicularly to the indexing axis and passing through the radially outermost corner of the one insert is spaced axially from the radial outermost corner of at least one other insert, wherein the main plane of the at least one insert forms an acute angle α with a perpendicular reference plane oriented perpendicularly to the holder's center axis, wherein the angle α lies in a plane oriented generally tangentially relative to a radius of the holder.