A cutter holding assembly has a holder, a cutter, and a tightening positioning assembly. The holder has a first positioning recess. The cutter is connected to the holder and has a second positioning recess. The tightening positioning assembly has a positioning block, two tightening elements, and an adjusting element. The positioning block is mounted in the first positioning recess of the holder and the second positioning recess of the cutter. The tightening elements are mounted in two opposite sides of the positioning block. The adjusting element is mounted in the positioning block at a position between the two tightening elements. The adjusting element has a conical abutting surface for pushing the tightening elements to move opposite to each other to abut the opposite side surfaces of one of the first and the second positioning recesses while axially moving. The cutter can be firmly connected to the holder.

An end mill includes a plurality of teeth and flutes. The teeth and their associated flutes include one or more correlated physical parameters. One such correlated parameter is that, at an axial location in a front half of an effective cutting length, at least one tooth of the plurality of teeth has a rake angle smaller than an average rake angle value of the plurality of teeth, and, at the same axial location, a flute preceding each such tooth has a helix angle larger than an average helix angle value of the plurality of flutes.

Rotatable assembly (10) having one end (12) adapted to be secured to a rotatable support for rotating the rotatable assembly (10) about a rotational axis (28), the rotatable assembly (10) comprising: a main body (18) having a cavity (56); a damping mass (38) arranged within the cavity (56) and movable in radial directions (30), substantially perpendicular to the rotational axis (28), relative to the main body (18); a damping structure (36) arranged to support the damping mass (38) relative to the main body (18) and arranged to damp vibrational movements of the damping mass (38) relative to the main body (18) in the radial directions (30); wherein the damping structure (36) comprises a plurality of spring elements (40); and wherein each spring element (40) has a flat appearance.

In one aspect, rotary cutting tools are described comprising clearances with projections adjacent the cutting edge and extending the width and length of the clearance surface of each tooth. This design can assist in reducing vibration or chatter during cutting operations.

A tool body includes a damping apparatus for damping vibrations in a machining tool having, besides the tool body, a member with at least one cutting edge to be secured to the tool body. The damping apparatus is arranged in an internal room of the tool body and includes a damper mass body with an axial bore and a central tube extending through the bore and which is rigidly secured to the damper mass body inside the through bore. A central tube is also at both ends thereof rigidly connected to a tool body fixed part and the central tube is made of a material with a spring property allowing the damper mass body to oscillate in the internal room perpendicularly to the longitudinal extension of the central tube.

An end mill includes a plurality of teeth and flutes. The teeth and their associated flutes include one or more correlated physical parameters. One such correlated parameter is that, at an axial location in a front half of an effective cutting length, at least one tooth of the plurality of teeth has a rake angle smaller than an average rake angle value of the plurality of teeth, and, at the same axial location, a flute preceding each such tooth has a helix angle larger than an average helix angle value of the plurality of flutes.

An indexable rotary cutting tool and insert is capable of performing a high-accuracy cutting process with high efficiency. A twist angle of an outer peripheral cutting edge of the tool has a positive value, an axial rake angle of the cutting edge of a corner R of the tool at a boundary point between the cutting edge of the corner R and the outer peripheral cutting edge has a positive value, the axial rake angle of the cutting edge of the corner R at a reference point has a negative value, and the radial rake angle at least between the boundary point and the reference point in an entire edge length region of the cutting edge of the corner R has a negative value. The radial rake angle at the reference point is smaller than the radial rake angle at the boundary point.

An end mill includes a plurality of teeth and flutes. The teeth and their associated flutes include one or more correlated physical parameters. One such correlated parameter is that, at an axial location in a front half of an effective cutting length, at least one tooth of the plurality of teeth has a rake angle smaller than an average rake angle value of the plurality of teeth, and, at the same axial location, a flute preceding each such tooth has a helix angle larger than an average helix angle value of the plurality of flutes.

An assembly of a tool and a tool holder may include the tool, which may have an elongated body with a socket, and the tool holder, which may have a body with a first bore configured to receive at least a portion of the elongated body, and a second bore substantially transverse to the first bore. The assembly may also have an impinging member including a body having an end with a radial surface. In an assembled state, a portion of the elongated body of the tool may be positioned within the first bore of the body of the tool such that the socket and the second bore may be substantially aligned, and the body of the impinging member may be positioned within the second bore with the radial surface pressed against the elongated body in the socket at a predetermined torque.

Provided is an endmill (5). The maximum spindle speed, per one minute, of a main spindle to which the endmill is attached is Smax. The number of teeth of the endmill (5) is N. The outer shape of the endmill (5) is Da. The natural frequency at which vibrations at the end of the endmill (5) reach a maximum level is 1. 1 and/or N are set so that when the diameter-direction infeed amount of the endmill (5) is set to Rd: i) 160/N6<Smax, if Rd is at least 4% of Da; and ii) 160/N3<Smax, if Rd is less than 4% of Da.