A toolholder includes a pocket assembly having a nest section and a clamp section. An inverted nest is mounted in the nest section and includes an insert-receiving pocket for accommodating a cutting insert mounted therein. A clamping wedge is mounted in the clamp section in such a way that the cutting insert engages the clamping wedge. The inverted nest includes one or more coolant grooves that cooperate with the cutting insert for directing super critical carbon dioxide to a cutting tool/workpiece interface.

A cutting tool including an insert and a holder to which the insert is secured. The insert has a rod with a substantially circular transverse cross-section. The insert includes a shank portion and a cutting edge portion. The cutting edge portion is located at an end portion continuous with the shank portion. In the cutting edge portion, one end of a cutting edge ridge protrudes toward the periphery of the rod. When the insert is secured to the holder, the cutting edge ridge has a negative radial rake angle.

A cutting tool including an insert and a holder to which the insert is secured. The insert has a rod with a substantially circular transverse cross-section. The insert includes a shank portion and a cutting edge portion. The cutting edge portion is located at an end portion continuous with the shank portion. In the cutting edge portion, one end of a cutting edge ridge protrudes toward the periphery of the rod. When the insert is secured to the holder, the cutting edge ridge has a negative radial rake angle.

A cutting insert includes a base body and a coating layer, and also includes a rake surface, a flank surface, and a cutting edge located along an intersecting ridge therebetween. The rake surface includes an outer peripheral part and a middle part protruded relative to the outer peripheral part. The middle part includes a constraining surface. The outer peripheral part includes a first breaker part, a second breaker part, and the third breaker part adjacent to the constraining surface. The constraining surface is configured by the base body and the coating layer does not exist at the constraining surface. A skewness Rsk of a roughness curve at the constraining surface is −1.5 μm to −0.5 μm. A skewness Rsk at the third breaker part is −0.2 μm or less. The skewness Rsk at the constraining surface is smaller than the skewness Rsk at the third breaker part.

A cutting insert includes a base body and a coating layer, and also includes a rake surface, a flank surface, and a cutting edge located along an intersecting ridge therebetween. The rake surface includes an outer peripheral part and a middle part protruded relative to the outer peripheral part. The middle part includes a constraining surface. The outer peripheral part includes a first breaker part, a second breaker part, and the third breaker part adjacent to the constraining surface. The constraining surface is configured by the base body and the coating layer does not exist at the constraining surface. A skewness Rsk of a roughness curve at the constraining surface is −1.5 μm to −0.5 μm. A skewness Rsk at the third breaker part is −0.2 μm or less. The skewness Rsk at the constraining surface is smaller than the skewness Rsk at the third breaker part.

A turning insert includes a top surface, an opposite bottom surface, and a reference plane therebetween. A center axis intersects the top and bottom surfaces and a side surface connects the top and bottom surfaces. A circular cutting edge is adjacent the top surface and the side surface. The top surface includes a set of first protrusions, which are elongated in a direction parallel to the adjacent cutting edge.. A greatest distance from the reference plane to the first protrusions is greater than a distance from the reference plane to the cutting edge. The bottom surface has a set of radial grooves and includes a set of flat surfaces. The flat surfaces extend in a plane parallel to the reference plane, wherein in a top view each first protrusion is symmetrical in relation to a line extending between the center axis and a mid-point of the first protrusion.

A method to form a surface on a metal work piece includes providing a turning insert that has a nose angle formed between first and second cutting edges less than or equal to 85°; providing a turning tool having a tool body with an insert seat in which the turning insert is mountable; arranging the orientation of the second cutting edge such that it forms a back clearance angle of more than 90° in a feed direction; rotating the metal work piece around a rotational axis in a first direction; moving the turning insert in a direction parallel to or at an angle less than 45° relative to the rotational axis; and setting the longitudinal axis of the tool body at an angle greater than zero but less than or equal to 90° relative to the rotational axis of the metal work piece.

A tool system for machining includes a tool body that has a first end for connecting to a machine tool and a second end having an end face on which a seat for an interchangeable cutting insert is formed. The cutting insert has an underside formed as an abutment surface, a top side formed as a rake face, and an encircling side face formed as a flank, and a cutting edge is formed at a transition from the top side to the encircling side face. The cutting insert is arranged on the seat such that the top side extends perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the tool body and the cutting edge protrudes beyond the outer circumference of the end face of the tool body in a radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis with two usable cutting corners and cutting-corner portions adjoining the latter on both sides.

An indexable cutting insert for a cutting tool for material processing machines has a first axis of symmetry, at least one fastening bore passing through the indexable cutting insert parallel or coaxially to this first axis, two groups of main cutting edges, secondary cutting edges and cutting corners having a second axis of symmetry rotationally symmetrically opposite one another. At least the main cutting edges enclose an acute cutting edge angle with a plane oriented orthogonally to the first axis of symmetry. A cutting insert holder holds and fixes an indexable cutting insert. A recess for receiving the indexable cutting insert is on an elongated base body with polygonal cross-section. A support surface for supporting the indexable cutting insert is rotated about the base-body longitudinal axis and tilted about a second axis, a line of intersection between the rotated support surface and a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

The invention relates to a method for producing a cutting tool comprising the following steps: a) providing a starting material for use in an additive manufacturing method in a plurality of material layers; and b) bonding each material layer of the starting material in the form of an indexable insert, wherein the material layers are arranged such that a recess is formed in the cutting tool for securing the cutting tool with a fastener to a tool base body in order to secure the cutting tool with a tool reference level that is parallel to a support plane of a tool base body.