Patent ID: 8079783

Claim:
A cutting insert for use in chipforming and material removal from a workpiece wherein coolant is supplied to the cutting insert from a coolant source, the cutting insert comprising: a cutting insert body presenting a plurality of discrete cutting locations; the cutting insert body containing a plurality of discrete depressions corresponding to one of the cutting locations and extending toward its corresponding one of the cutting locations; a plate having a central body with a top face and a bottom face, and a plurality of tapered flanges; and the plate being affixed to the cutting insert body wherein each one of the tapered flanges being received within a corresponding one of the discrete depressions so that each one of the discrete depressions and its corresponding one of the tapered flanges and a portion of the central body define one of a plurality of discrete internal channels wherein each one of the discrete internal channels corresponds to one of the cutting locations, and each one of the internal channels has an outlet to exit coolant being proximate to the corresponding cutting location and an inlet to receive coolant being radial inward of the outlet.