The present invention provides a grooving tool for machining the surface of a polymeric foam article, such as a chemical mechanical (CMP) polishing pad, the grooving tool comprising a flat bed platen on which the article sits, a grooving tool frame having a front face positioned parallel to and facing the flat surface of the polymeric foam article on which front face is contained one or more cutting tool teeth arranged in a predetermined direction and with a constant pitch. Each cutting tool tooth has a non-cutting shoulder where it joins the grooving tool frame (i) a groove cutting face that forms a rake angle ranging from 2 to 80, (ii) a chip ejection face located on the top of the tooth between the non-cutting shoulder and the groove cutting face and (iv) a shouldering radius transitioning from the cutting tool tooth to the non-cutting shoulder.

The present invention provides a grooving tool for machining the surface of a polymeric foam article, such as a chemical mechanical (CMP) polishing pad, the grooving tool comprising a flat bed platen on which the article sits, a grooving tool frame having a front face positioned parallel to and facing the flat surface of the polymeric foam article on which front face is contained one or more cutting tool teeth arranged in a predetermined direction and with a constant pitch. Each cutting tool tooth has a non-cutting shoulder where it joins the grooving tool frame (i) a groove cutting face that forms a rake angle ranging from 2 to 80, (ii) a chip ejection face located on the top of the tooth between the non-cutting shoulder and the groove cutting face and (iv) a shouldering radius transitioning from the cutting tool tooth to the non-cutting shoulder.

A chip former for directing material cut from a workpiece. The chip former having a body with a top side, a bottom side, a front side, and a back side. The front side consists of a surface forming a wall with a section of the surface having a concave geometry configured to direct material that comes off a workpiece. A method for directing material cut from a workpiece.

A workpiece applied for use with a cutting machine comprises a first outer surface, a second outer surface and a third outer surface. The third outer surface intersects the first outer surface and the second outer surface to define an extrusion-acting portion having an extruding portion. The workpiece can be used to form a cutter or a trimmed portion thereof. Accordingly, rapid production of cutters by molding machines can be realized, and blades of the molding machine for machining a produced cutter become readily replaceable. While a blade portion is machining, the extrusion-acting portion is applied to support and guide the workpiece, such that the surface machined by the blade portion can be extruded and polished simultaneously. Thus, machining qualities of the cutter, including finish, straightness and roundness, manufactured by applying the workpiece for the molding machine can be significantly improved.

A workpiece applied for use with a cutting machine comprises a first outer surface, a second outer surface and a third outer surface. The third outer surface intersects the first outer surface and the second outer surface to define an extrusion-acting portion having an extruding portion. The workpiece can be used to form a cutter or a trimmed portion thereof. Accordingly, rapid production of cutters by molding machines can be realized, and blades of the molding machine for machining a produced cutter become readily replaceable. While a blade portion is machining, the extrusion-acting portion is applied to support and guide the workpiece, such that the surface machined by the blade portion can be extruded and polished simultaneously. Thus, machining qualities of the cutter, including finish, straightness and roundness, manufactured by applying the workpiece for the molding machine can be significantly improved.

According to the present disclosure, a cutting insert includes an upper surface having a polygonal shape and includes a corner, a side surface adjacent to the upper surface, a cutting edge and a protrusion. The cutting edge is located at a ridge part in which the upper surface intersects with the side surface and includes a corner part located at the corner. The protrusion is located on the upper surface. The protrusion includes a first protrusion on a bisector of the corner in a top view. The protrusion further includes a second protrusion adjacent to the first protrusion in a direction orthogonal to the bisector. The second protrusion is closer to the corner than the first protrusion in the top view.

A tester for bonded composite materials uses a magnetic source to generate a response signal from wires infused in an adhesive used between layers of the composite material. Acoustic or magnetic response signals, separately or in combination, can be received and analyzed to detect stresses in wires indicative of voids in the adhesive or other defects affecting the bond quality between layers of the composite material.

A threading tool includes: a tool main body; and a cutting edge portion, which is provided on a tip portion of the tool main body and has a rake face and a flank face. The cutting edge portion includes: a primary cutting edge extending in a tooth width direction of the cutting edge portion; two corner edges, one and other of which are provided on one and other of both ends of the primary cutting edge, respectively, and are in a convex curve shape; and two secondary cutting edges, one and other of which extend from the one and the other of the two corner edges to a rear end side of the cutting edge portion, respectively. Two secondary cutting edges are shorter than the primary cutting edge. At least one of the two secondary edges is slanted to a direction intersecting the primary cutting edge in an obtuse angle.

To perform machining on a workpiece under wider variety of machining conditions. A first rising surface is adjacent to a cutting portion across a first surface, the first rising surface being inclined upward away from the first surface in a direction along a center axis and being away from the center axis toward a rear end of a main body. A second rising surface extends from a second surface toward the rear end of the main body, and is inclined upward away from the second surface in the direction along the center axis. In the direction along the center axis, a rear end of the first rising surface is closer to the rear end of the main body than a front end of the second rising surface.

To perform machining on a workpiece under wider variety of machining conditions. A first rising surface is adjacent to a cutting portion across a first surface, the first rising surface being inclined upward away from the first surface in a direction along a center axis and being away from the center axis toward a rear end of a main body. A second rising surface extends from a second surface toward the rear end of the main body, and is inclined upward away from the second surface in the direction along the center axis. In the direction along the center axis, a rear end of the first rising surface is closer to the rear end of the main body than a front end of the second rising surface.