181 |
Tool holder equipped with a damping means and comprising a device for preventing excessive heating of the damping means |
US13170254 |
2011-06-28 |
US09079256B2 |
2015-07-14 |
Alain Freyermuth; Matthieu Ostermann; Cedric Roos |
A tool holder (1) in the form of a boring head, a chuck, a milling cutting arbor, or the like, is equipped with a damping element (2) in the form of an elongated body that is arranged in an end housing (3) of the tool holder (1), with corresponding shape and size. The tool holder that is characterized in that it includes a device (4) for preventing excessive heating of the damping element (2). The tool holder is more particularly applicable in the field of numerically-controlled machine tool accessories, machining centers, and flexible cells and workshops. |
182 |
Machine tool adapter to reduce vibrations and noise |
US13479719 |
2012-05-24 |
US09073159B2 |
2015-07-07 |
Horst Manfred Jäger; Krishna Pappu |
A tool adapter includes a holder structured to be attached to a machine tool and a tool receiver structured to receive a portion of a rotary cutting tool therein. The tool receiver being mounted in the holder so as to be rotatable to a limited extent. The tool receiver being mounted in the holder so as to be elastically resilient in the axial direction. |
183 |
SURGICAL BUR WITH PLURAL FLUTES AND A GROOVE, THE GROOVE FORMED IN A SINGLE ONE OF THE FLUTES AND SPACED AWAY FROM THE DISTAL END OF THE BUR |
US14637489 |
2015-03-04 |
US20150173776A1 |
2015-06-25 |
Thomas Burke; Matteo Gubellini |
A bur with features that minimize the application of substantially identical forces to the tissue against which the bur is applied. One of these features is a single groove located in a single one of the flutes. The groove is formed in the flute so as to be spaced proximally away from the distal end tip of the bur head. Another feature is that, adjacent the distal end tip of the bur head, the clearance surfaces of the flutes extend outwardly different distances from the longitudinal axis through the bur head. Another feature is that the flutes extend in a helical pattern around the bur head and the angle of the helix varies along the longitudinal axis of the bur head. |
184 |
Side Milling Cutter for Slot Cutting |
US14574835 |
2014-12-18 |
US20150165531A1 |
2015-06-18 |
Takayuki MIYAMOTO; Kenji NISHIKAWA; Ippei KONO; Junichi HIRAI; Masanori KAWAKAMI; Nobuhisa KANAMARU; Hitoshi TOHKAIRIN |
A side milling cutter for slot cutting is provided whose vibration can be damped even in cases where a vibration mode of the cutter generates plural nodes in a cutting part. A side milling cutter for slot cutting of the present invention includes a disc-shaped cutter and a plurality of cartridges as cutting edges provided at a predefined interval in a circumferential direction along an outer circumference of the disc-shaped cutter. The disc-shaped cutter cuts a predefined slot on a workpiece using the cartridges by circumferentially rotating. The disc-shaped cutter internally includes a plurality of vibration damping structures in the circumferential direction on a disk surface of the disc-shaped cutter. |
185 |
Tool holder |
US13503777 |
2010-10-19 |
US09016988B2 |
2015-04-28 |
Kazuo Sakamaki; Akira Sakamaki; Koichi Takizawa; Tomokazu Seki |
To provide a tool holder that is capable of exerting a vibration-minimizing effect in a reliable manner using a simple configuration and that is extremely useful for practical application. A tool holder comprising a vibration-minimizing part for minimizing vibration generated in a tool (1) when the tool (1) is used to perform machining, the vibration-minimizing part being provided, on a distal-end side, with tool-holding means for detachably securing the tool (1) and provided, on a proximal-end side, with a shank part (2) to be mounted on a spindle of a machine tool; wherein a plurality of reinforcing parts (4) extending in an axial direction of the tool holder (3) are provided to a peripheral section of the tool holder (3) in a radial direction; accommodating recesses (6) for accommodating a vibration-damping material (5) are provided between the reinforcing parts (4); the vibration-damping material (5) is accommodated in the accommodating recesses (6); and the vibration-damping material (5) and the reinforcing parts (4) form the vibration-minimizing part. |
186 |
Rotary Cutting Tool Having A Chip-Splitting Arrangement With Two Diverging Grooves |
US13903680 |
2013-05-28 |
US20140356083A1 |
2014-12-04 |
Eliyahu Budda |
A rotary cutting tool, having a longitudinal axis, includes a forward cutting portion and a rearward shank portion. The cutting portion includes a peripheral surface that has a plurality of flutes recessed therein. The plurality of flutes extend helically along the longitudinal axis and form a plurality of cutting teeth. Each cutting tooth includes a cutting edge at a rotationally leading edge thereof and a chip-splitting arrangement located at the cutting edge. Each chip-splitting arrangement includes two grooves. The two grooves interrupt the cutting edge and diverge, relative to each other, therefrom in the peripheral surface on opposite sides of an associated plane that is oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis. |
187 |
Increased process damping via mass reduction for high performance milling |
US13628518 |
2012-09-27 |
US08875367B2 |
2014-11-04 |
Keith A. Young; Eric J. Stern; Thomas L. Talley; Randolph B. Hancock |
A cutting tool incorporates a body terminating in cutting edges distal from a chuck mount and having an axial bore for reduced mass to raise the natural frequency of the tool. In certain of the embodiments, the body is preformed from a steel or carbide blank into a cylindrical pipe forming the hollow bore prior to grinding of the cutting edges. Filling of the bore with a light weight polymer to further absorb vibration can also be employed. |
188 |
NOVEL RIGID UNIVERSAL CARTRIDGE FOR HOLDING SYSTEM |
US14115876 |
2012-11-15 |
US20140234039A1 |
2014-08-21 |
Vijay Kumar Mada |
In view of the foregoing, an embodiment herein provides a rigid cartridge for multiple and universal application of all machining processes. The rigid cartridge includes a cylindrical body, a guiding & locating body connected to bottom side of cylindrical body, and a combination screw having a left hand [LH] thread and a right hand [RH] thread, wherein the cylindrical body includes a flat for locking the cartridge with the cutter body by using a locking screw, wherein the combination screw is connected to the bottom end of said guiding & locating body. The LH thread is provided in cartridge side and RH thread is provided in cutter body side or vice versa. In the cutter body or boring bar, a slot is provided for enabling to rotate the combination screw in clockwise or anti-clockwise direction to move the cartridge in forward and backward direction. |
189 |
Module for on-line vibration detection and adjustment and machining center using the same |
US12871419 |
2010-08-30 |
US08776342B2 |
2014-07-15 |
Tzu-Hsin Kuo; Chun-Hung Huang |
A module for on-line vibration detection and adjustment and machining center using the same are provided in the present invention, wherein the module is disposed at the machining center having an interface of feedrate override and an interface of spindle override and the inverter. The module comprises at least one vibration sensor for detecting the vibrating status of the machining center, thereby generating corresponding at least one sensing signal and a processor for processing the at least one sensing signal so as to generate a spindle adjusting signal for the interface of spindle override and the inverter and a feedrate adjusting signal for the interface of the federate override. The computer numerical controller receives the spindle adjusting signal and the feedrate adjusting signal from the interface of the spindle override and federate override respectively and accordingly controls the feedrate and spindle rate of the machining center. |
190 |
Toolholder with externally-mounted dynamic absorber |
US12908148 |
2010-10-20 |
US08734070B2 |
2014-05-27 |
Ruy Frota De Souza Filho |
A toolholder includes a body portion having an exterior surface and a dynamic absorber mounted on the exterior surface of the body portion. The dynamic absorber includes a rigid support member, a cover member, and an absorber mass disposed within a cavity formed by the rigid support member and the cover member. A first resilient support member is disposed between the rigid support member and the absorber mass, and a second resilient support member is disposed between the cover member and the absorber mass. The dynamic absorber is tuned by moving the cover member relative to the rigid support member. A method of suppressing vibrations of the toolholder includes externally mounting the dynamic absorber on the exterior surface of the toolholder. |
191 |
ANTI-VIBRATION MEMBER AND CUTTING TOOL |
US14125641 |
2012-07-13 |
US20140105701A1 |
2014-04-17 |
Kazuya Matano; Rimpei Kawashita |
An anti-vibration member is provided which includes a member main body having rubber elasticity or viscoelasticity and can be mounted on an outer surface of a tool main body by a frictional force against the outer surface. |
192 |
MACHINING TOOL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME |
US13759568 |
2013-02-05 |
US20130223941A1 |
2013-08-29 |
Lutfi BOZKURT |
A machining tool comprising at least one plate-shaped cutting insert made of impact- and/or wear-resistant cutting material at least in some sections and which is adhesively bonded to a cutter holder directly by means of an adhesive layer in an immovable manner by means of a contact surface arrangement, the cutting insert substantially prism-shaped. A base area of the prism is adhesively bonded to the cutting insert holder substantially over the full area, a jacket surface arrangement of the prism adjacent to the cutting edge for spatially fixing the cutter is drawn to the tool, and a section of the jacket surface arrangement substantially opposite the cutting edge is caught in a fitting groove of the cutting insert holder. |
193 |
Cutting Tool, Method for Manufacturing Molding Die, and Molding Die for Array Lens |
US13503830 |
2010-10-18 |
US20120207869A1 |
2012-08-16 |
Toshiyuki Imai; Shigeru Hosoe; Toshiya Takitani; Hiroyuki Matsuda; Tomoyuki Morimoto |
A cutting tool including a cutting blade, a shank section, and a supporting member for supporting and fixing the cutting blade, the cutting blade being fixed on one end of the supporting member, and the other end of the supporting member being fixed to the shank section, wherein a void formed among the shank section, the cutting blade, and the supporting member is filled with a filling agent. |
194 |
Milling cutter and cutting insert therefor |
US12488326 |
2009-06-19 |
US08172487B2 |
2012-05-08 |
Assaf Ballas |
An indexable cutting insert and a milling cutter with identical indexable cutting inserts. The indexable cutting insert has an upper surface, opposing lower surface, and a peripheral side surface. Major cutting edges are formed on an upper peripheral edge, with adjacent major rake surfaces on the upper surface. At least two of the major cutting edges have different insert axial rake angles at equivalent index points along the major cutting edges, and at least two of the major rake surfaces have different rake surface profile angles at planar sections which are perpendicular to the major cutting edges and contain an insert axis. The milling cutter has a milling cutter body with a plurality of identical insert receiving pockets, where an equal number of the identical indexable cutting inserts are removably seated, having active major cutting edges and active major rake surfaces with different axial and/or radial rake angles. |
195 |
CARBIDE END MILL AND CUTTING METHOD USING THE END MILL |
US13258282 |
2010-04-21 |
US20120020749A1 |
2012-01-26 |
Katsutoshi Maeda; Gang Han |
Provided is a long life carbide end mill which can perform stable cutting in high-efficiency machining such as die machining and parts machining. A cutting method using such an end mill is also provided. When a certain wavy or nicked peripheral cutting edge is considered a reference peripheral cutting edge with reference phases in a pitch of the reference peripheral cutting edge, wherein the distance of each reference phase is an amount corresponding to a value obtained by dividing the pitch of the nicks or waveform of each peripheral cutting edge by the number of the cutting edges; and the phase of at least one of the remaining peripheral cutting edges is deviated in the direction of the tool axis from the corresponding reference phase by an amount corresponding to 5% or less (excluding 0%) of the pitch. |
196 |
Tool Holder Equipped with a Damping Means and Comprising a Device for Preventing Excessive Heating of the Damping Means |
US13170254 |
2011-06-28 |
US20110318127A1 |
2011-12-29 |
Alain FREYERMUTH; Matthieu OSTERMANN; Cédric ROOS |
A tool holder (1) in the form of a boring head, a chuck, a milling cutting arbor, or the like, is equipped with a damping element (2) in the form of an elongated body that is arranged in an end housing (3) of the tool holder (1), with corresponding shape and size. The tool holder that is characterized in that it includes a device (4) for preventing excessive heating of the damping element (2). The tool holder is more particularly applicable in the field of numerically-controlled machine tool accessories, machining centers, and flexible cells and workshops. |
197 |
Rotary cutting tool |
US11678337 |
2007-02-23 |
US08047747B2 |
2011-11-01 |
Clifford Flynn |
A rotary cutting tool is provided having an axis of rotation, a shank section, a fluted section, and a plurality of helical teeth. The shank section and the fluted section both extend along the axis of rotation. The fluted section has a first end integrally attached to the shank section, a second end, and an outer surface extending between the first and second ends. A plurality of helical teeth is disposed along the outer surface, each having a cutting edge and an undulating geometry. The helical teeth are arranged so that rotationally successive cutting edges are sufficiently dissimilar relative to one another to inhibit a detrimental periodic response in the rotary cutting tool. |
198 |
Milling tool for the processing of workpieces by cutting |
US11845974 |
2007-08-28 |
US08007209B2 |
2011-08-30 |
Josef Maushart; Tiziano Sichi |
A milling tool for the processing of workpieces by cutting is provided with multiple cutting flanks (3) and flutes (4) arranged in between these. The cutting flanks (3) have cutting edges (6) along the cutting side (5) of which bezels (10) are provided. At least one bezel (10) extending along a cutting edge (6) has an effective cutting angle (y2) that differs from the effective cutting angles (y2′, y2″, . . . ) of the bezels (10) extending along the further cutting edges (6). This asymmetric arrangement of the bezels (10) in a tool results in a calmer running of the tool which impacts the surface quality of the processed surface and results in a better serviceable life of the tool. |
199 |
End Mill Cutter |
US12989931 |
2009-05-19 |
US20110123280A1 |
2011-05-26 |
Uwe Hobohm |
End mill cutter having a plurality of cutting edges distributed over the circumference of the mill cutter, having a flank which is adjacent to the respective cutting edge in the circumferential direction and a supporting surface which adjoins the flank on that side which faces away from the cutting edge in the circumferential direction. |
200 |
Rotary cutting tool |
US11953748 |
2007-12-10 |
US07789597B2 |
2010-09-07 |
Jason S. Wells; Paul S. Daniels; Douglas P. Bonfiglio; Jeffery L. Burton |
A rotary cutting tool or end mill is provided, the tool comprising a plurality of pairs of diametrically-opposed, symmetrical, helical flutes formed in a cutting portion of the tool body, wherein the pitch between at least one pair of adjacent helical flutes is less than or greater than the pitch of at least one other pair of adjacent helical flutes in at least one radial plane along the axial length of the flutes, a plurality of peripheral cutting edges, wherein at least one of the peripheral cutting edges has a radial rake angle different from radial rake angle of a peripheral cutting edge of a different helical flute. |