A tool holder (e.g., shrink fit adapter) with fluid directing passages includes a shank and a fluid/coolant directing structure including one or more nozzles fluidically connected to feeder channels of the shank. The one or more nozzles each include an inner wall and an outer wall configured/shaped to direct fluid/coolant flow both radially inwardly and longitudinally distally and/or to variably modulate fluid/coolant flow around a nozzle outlet of or provided by the nozzle(s) in relation to a longitudinal central axis of the shank. The fluid/coolant directing structure incorporates one of more of: a ring of peripherally located nozzles having geometries/orientations configured to focus and direct thin sheets of fluid/coolant both radially inwardly and distally longitudinally; manifolds for directly feeding nozzle inlets of distally located nozzles; and a nozzle provided by approximately sinusoidally varying surfaces circumferentially disposed about a tool receiving recess of the tool holder for correspondingly variably modulating fluid/coolant flow direction through and exiting from the nozzle.

An end mill body comprises: bottom blades formed at ridgelines where gashes and tip flank faces intersect, the gashes are formed at the tips of chip discharge grooves. At least one of the bottom blades serves as a long bottom blade that extends toward an inner peripheral side longer than the remaining bottom blades. The end mill body also has coolant holes formed between the chip discharge grooves. A coolant hole which is located between a chip discharge groove of a gash and a chip discharge groove located behind the chip discharge groove in a rotational direction is open to the tip clearance face of the long bottom blade. A coolant hole which is located between the chip discharge groove of the gash and a chip discharge groove located in front of the chip discharge groove in the rotational direction is open to the gash of the long bottom blade.

An end mill body comprises: bottom blades formed at ridgelines where gashes and tip flank faces intersect, the gashes are formed at the tips of chip discharge grooves. At least one of the bottom blades serves as a long bottom blade that extends toward an inner peripheral side longer than the remaining bottom blades. The end mill body also has coolant holes formed between the chip discharge grooves. A coolant hole which is located between a chip discharge groove of a gash and a chip discharge groove located behind the chip discharge groove in a rotational direction is open to the tip clearance face of the long bottom blade. A coolant hole which is located between the chip discharge groove of the gash and a chip discharge groove located in front of the chip discharge groove in the rotational direction is open to the gash of the long bottom blade.

An insert holder includes a cutting portion and a shank portion. The insert holder further includes a cavity which includes a cavity chamber and a plurality of cavity through recesses which serve to reduce the weight of the insert holder. The plurality of cavity through recesses open out to the cavity chamber and to the periphery of the shank portion. A cutting tool is provided having a cutting insert releasably attached to the insert holder.

A rotary cutting tool includes a cutter body and a coolant cap removably secured to the cutter body. The coolant cap includes an outer surface, an inner surface and a generally cylindrical outer surface extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The cylindrical outer surface has a second cylindrical outer surface portion with external threads formed thereon such that the coolant cap is capable of being threaded onto the cutter body.

A rotary cutting tool includes a cutter body and a coolant cap removably secured to the cutter body. The coolant cap includes an outer surface, an inner surface and a generally cylindrical outer surface extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The cylindrical outer surface has a second cylindrical outer surface portion with external threads formed thereon such that the coolant cap is capable of being threaded onto the cutter body.

A replaceable face-milling head configured for rotating about a central rotation axis A.sub.R. The head includes a cutting portion and an integrally formed threaded shank-connector portion, the latter of which being configured for connecting to a shank. A length-diameter ratio LDR, defined as a cutting portion length L.sub.C divided by a cutting portion diameter D.sub.E, fulfills the condition: LDR≦1.00.

A replaceable face-milling head configured for rotating about a central rotation axis A.sub.R. The head includes a cutting portion and an integrally formed threaded shank-connector portion, the latter of which being configured for connecting to a shank. A length-diameter ratio LDR, defined as a cutting portion length L.sub.C divided by a cutting portion diameter D.sub.E, fulfills the condition: LDR≦1.00.

The invention relates to a cutting tool, particularly for use in a tool chuck of a machine tool, including a tool shaft with a center longitudinal axis and a tool head. The tool head is connected to the tool shaft via a positive-locking connection, which locks the movement in the direction of the center longitudinal axis and the positive-locking connection is supplemented by a bonded connection, particularly a soldered connection.

A milling cutter (100) comprising: a cartridge (33) that has a tip (32) fixed thereto; a body (10) that has a pocket (15) formed therein into which the cartridge (33) is inserted; and a fixing tool (40) that fixes the cartridge (33), wherein the body (10) has a fixing tool insertion hole (16) that is adjacent to the pocket (15) on the radial direction inner side thereof, and a partitioning wall (17) between the pocket (15) and the fixing tool insertion hole (16), the fixing tool (40) that has been inserted into the fixing tool insertion hole (16) exerts a radial direction outward force on the partitioning wall (17), the pocket (15) is formed so as to produce a counterforce that resists the radial direction outward force acting on the cartridge (33) via the partitioning wall (17), and the cartridge (33) is fixed in the pocket (15) on the basis of the radial direction outward force.