An indexable cutting insert has a central mounting portion and two cutting portions. The central mounting portion has opposing upper and lower surfaces. The lower surface has two abutment elements associated therewith, each abutment element having two diverging abutment surfaces forming two abutment angles. The two cutting portions extend away from the central mounting portion, have distal cutting edges, and are entirely located in diagonally opposite imaginary quadrants of four quadrants defined by two mutually perpendicular quadrant planes. Two abutment bisector planes bisecting the two abutment angles and one of the quadrant planes are parallel or coincident. In a top view, the two cutting portions extend away from the central mounting portion in opposite directions. Two cutting bisector lines parallel to the two directions and bisecting the two cutting edges are mutually offset. A cutting tool has an insert holder and the cutting insert removably retained therein.

Cutting insert having a clamping section, a cutting head, and a cantilever arm, at a first end of which the cutting head is arranged and at a second end of which, opposite the first end, the clamping section is arranged, wherein the cantilever arm has a smaller cross-section than the clamping section, wherein the cutting head comprises at least one cutting edge and a rake face adjacent to the at least one cutting edge, an wherein the rake face comprises a relief-like surface having a chip-breaking geometry that causes chip deflection and thus chip breakage.

A set of cutting inserts includes a stem portion, a plurality of branch portions attached to and extending from the stem portion, and at least one cutting insert attached to each of the plurality of branch portions. The stem portion has a longitudinal axis extending between a top end of the stem portion and a bottom end of the stem portion and at least one of the top end of the stem portion is disposed along the longitudinal axis above uppermost portions of each cutting insert, and the bottom end of the stem portion is disposed along the longitudinal axis below lowermost portions of each cutting insert. Also, methods for manufacturing a set of cutting inserts are disclosed.

A composite machining tool includes a tool body with at least one cutting edge and at least one grinding region. The grinding region is located adjacent to the cutting edge such that there is a gap between the grinding region and the cutting edge and such that when the tool performs a machining action the cutting edge and the grinding region act together on a material surface.

A composite machining tool includes a tool body with at least one cutting edge and at least one grinding region. The grinding region is located adjacent to the cutting edge such that there is a gap between the grinding region and the cutting edge and such that when the tool performs a machining action the cutting edge and the grinding region act together on a material surface.

A cutting tool (35) for machining a differential case, the cutting tool (35) being attached to a machining apparatus and used to perform cutting on a spherical inner surface of a differential case (10), the cutting tool (35) including: a shaft part (50); a cutting edge (51) laterally protruding from the shaft part (50); a fixing part (53) formed at one end side of the shaft part (50) and that is for fixing the shaft part (50) to the machining apparatus; and a retaining part (54) formed at the other end side of the shaft part (50) and that is for retaining the shaft part (50) by the machining apparatus, wherein the cutting tool (35) is able to perform cutting on the spherical inner surface of the rotating differential case (10) in a both-ends-held state in which both the fixing part (53) and the retaining part (54) are supported by the machining apparatus.

A method for shaping a blind slot in a workpiece includes using a standard computer numerical controlled machine center to radially step a single slot broaching tool into a precursor slot in the workpiece for a predetermined distance to form a slot with a blind end. After the slot with the blind end is formed, the method includes rotating at least one of the workpiece and the single slot broaching tool and radially stepping the single slot broaching tool into another precursor slot for another predetermined distance to form another slot with another blind end in the workpiece. The another predetermined distance is the same as the predetermined distance, or in the alternative, the another predetermined distance is different than the predetermined distance.

Mass damper for a cutting tool, the mass damper comprising at least one damping mass; and at least one spring element arranged to support the damping mass, wherein the spring element comprises a nanostructure with a structural size of 100 nm or less in at least one dimension. A cutting tool comprising the damping mass is also provided.

An external turning tool includes an elongated tool body with opposite clamping and cutting portions which define an axial direction therebetween. The cutting portion includes a damping mechanism with an elongated damping member which defines an elongation axis. The elongation axis forms a non-zero damping member angle with the axial direction.

A damper assembly for use with a non-rotating tool holder includes a hollow ram for supporting a non-rotating tool and a damper assembly mounted in the hollow ram for absorbing vibrations of the ram. The damper assembly includes a front plate and a rear plate, an upper tie rod and a lower tie rod extending between the front plate and the rear plate, and a damper mass mounted between the front plate and the rear plate. Ring dampers are mounted between the damper mass and the front and rear plates, and suspension springs are mounted between the upper tie rod and the lower tie rod. The suspension springs carry the weight of the damper mass so that the ring dampers do not have to carry the weight of the damper mass, and the damper mass is free to respond to vibrations in the ram.