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 cutting insert having a first end surface, a second end surface, and a peripheral side surface. The peripheral side surface includes a rake surface, a front flank and a first cutting edge located in an intersecting edge between the rake surface and the front flank. The first end surface includes a central surface and a side flank located closer to the front flank as compared to the central surface. An intersecting edge between the central surface and the peripheral side surface serves as a first edge, and an intersecting edge between the side flank and the peripheral side surface serves as a second edge, and an angle formed by the first cutting edge and the first edge serves as a first angle α, and an angle formed by the first cutting edge and the second edge serves as a second angle β, wherein α is smaller than β.

A clamp assembly to secure a cutting insert to a holder that includes a clamp that has a distal end and a clamp projection depending from the distal end of the clamp. There is a coolant plate that has a top plate surface and a bottom plate surface wherein the top plate surface contains a recess that receives the clamp projection upon assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate. The bottom plate surface contains a bowl having an open bowl end wherein in operation the bowl directs coolant through the open bowl end toward the cutting insert. The assembly has a positioner extending between the clamp and the coolant plate so as to maintain a position of the clamp relative to the coolant plate upon the assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate.

A holder according to one embodiment has a rod shape and includes a head portion located at a front end side. The head portion includes an upper jaw portion and a lower jaw portion located at a front end, an insert pocket located between the upper jaw portion and the lower jaw portion, a first wall surface located at an upper surface of the upper jaw portion and inclined in an extending manner from one side surface side, a second wall surface located closer to a rear end side than the first wall surface and inclined upward, a concave-shaped third wall surface located closer to the rear end side than the second wall surface, and a fourth wall surface inclined upward as the fourth wall surface extends away from the third wall surface. The third wall surface is concave downward from an upper end of the second wall surface.

A holder according to one embodiment has a rod shape and includes a head portion located at a front end side. The head portion includes an upper jaw portion and a lower jaw portion located at a front end, an insert pocket located between the upper jaw portion and the lower jaw portion, a first wall surface located at an upper surface of the upper jaw portion and inclined in an extending manner from one side surface side, a second wall surface located closer to a rear end side than the first wall surface and inclined upward, a concave-shaped third wall surface located closer to the rear end side than the second wall surface, and a fourth wall surface inclined upward as the fourth wall surface extends away from the third wall surface. The third wall surface is concave downward from an upper end of the second wall surface.

The invention relates to a distance compensating element for positioning reground cutting inserts in a cutting tool and to a cutting tool comprising such a distance compensating element. The cutting tool is provided with a cutting insert (16) and a tool holder (12), and the cutting insert (16) is releasably secured to the tool holder (12) in a cutting insert receiving area (14) by means of a clamping element (17) wherein the cutting insert receiving area (14) has a support surface (23) which substantially corresponds to the base shape of the cutting insert (16) and comprises at least one wall section (24) that extends vertically relative to the support surface (23) and is designed to align the cutting insert (16) in the cutting insert receiving area (14), and a blade (18, 19) of the cutting insert (16) protrudes freely. A distance compensating element (25) is arranged between the cutting insert (16) and the cutting insert receiving area (14) in order to position a reground cutting insert (16) in the cutting insert receiving area (14) in the correct position, said compensating element compensating for a removal of material when the cutting insert (16) is reground.

Provided is a cutting insert easy to be gripped by an operator or a robot hand. First and second end surfaces (10, 20) are formed in substantially polygonal shapes having second and fourth corners (B, H) formed at obtuse angles and first and third corners (A, G) formed at acute angles. A peripheral side surface (30) includes a first curved portion (41) connecting the first and third corners (A, G), a second curved portion (42) connecting the second and fourth corners (B, H), and a first side surface (31) interposed between the first and second curved portions (41, 42). The first side surface (31) is inclined with respect to a center axis (O). The second curved portion (42) is provided with a grip portion (50), and the grip portion (50) includes at least one of a shape of each of plane surfaces (51, 53) chamfered parallel to the center axis (O) and a shape of a recessed portion (52) formed to be spaced apart from the first and second end surfaces (10, 20) and recessed toward the center axis (O).

The present invention provides a cutting tool which has a flat top face but still has excellent chip control. The cutting tool includes: a peripheral side face; a top face which is a flat top face constituting a part of an upper surface that is depressed except for the portion of the top face; a cutting edge that is formed at least on a ridge line of a corner R connecting two linear ridge lines, out of ridge lines where the peripheral side face and top face cross; and a fan-shaped rake portion including ridge portions and groove portions, which are disposed alternately and are both depressed so as to be inclined from the corner R, where the crossing line with the top face appears in a wave form, toward a pivot portion which is a center of radial portions.

The present invention provides a cutting tool which has a flat top face but still has excellent chip control. The cutting tool includes: a peripheral side face; a top face which is a flat top face constituting a part of an upper surface that is depressed except for the portion of the top face; a cutting edge that is formed at least on a ridge line of a corner R connecting two linear ridge lines, out of ridge lines where the peripheral side face and top face cross; and a fan-shaped rake portion including ridge portions and groove portions, which are disposed alternately and are both depressed so as to be inclined from the corner R, where the crossing line with the top face appears in a wave form, toward a pivot portion which is a center of radial portions.

An insert may include a main body. The main body may include a first surface, a second surface, a side surface, a first cutting edge and a through hole. The side surface may be located between the first surface and the second surface. The first cutting edge may be located on at least a part of a ridge line where a first side surface of the side surface intersects with a second side surface adjacent to the first side surface. The through hole may open into the first surface. The main body may further include a first concave part located from the first surface to the side surface. The first concave part may be located away from an imaginary straight line connecting the first cutting edge and a center of the through hole in a front view of the first surface.