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.

A cutting insert may include an upper surface, a lower surface, a front cutting edge and a first lateral cutting edge. The upper surface may include a breaker protrusion. The first lateral cutting edge may include an inclined part which is closer to the lower surface as going away from the front cutting edge. The breaker protrusion may include a first region, a second region and a third region. The first region may be located further away from the lower surface than the inclined part. The second region may be located closer to the front cutting edge than the first region, and may be located closer to the lower surface than the inclined part. The third region may be located further away from the front cutting edge than the first region, and may be located closer to the lower surface than the inclined part.

In one aspect, cutting tools are provided comprising radiation ablation regions defining at least one of refractory surface microstructures and/or nanostructures. For example, a cutting tool described herein comprises at least one cutting edge formed by intersection of a flank face and a rake face, the flank face formed of a refractory material comprising radiation ablation regions defining at least one of surface microstructures and surface nanostructures, wherein surface pore structure of the refractory material is not occluded by the surface microstructures and surface nanostructures.

An indexable drill insert (10) includes a top surface (12), a bottom surface (14), and a plurality of side surfaces (16) adjoining the top surface (12) and the bottom surface (14). A plurality of cutting edges (20) is formed by an intersection of a respective side surface (16) with the top surface (12). One aspect of the invention is that the top surface (12) includes a protruding portion (50) having a backwall (50a) and a segmented portion (52) extending radially outwardly with respect to the protruding portion (50) for effective chip breaking. Another aspect of the invention is that a rake surface (48) has a positive rake angle (RA) that varies along a first cutting edge section (22) of the cutting edge (20) to lower cutting force.

A cutting insert for drilling includes an upper surface, a lower surface formed on an opposite side of the upper surface, a side surface connecting the upper surface and the lower surface; a cutting edge formed at an intersection of the upper surface and the side surface, and a ridge portion formed to protrude upward from the upper surface to facilitate chip control. The ridge portion includes a ridge body spaced apart from the cutting edge and disposed at a central portion of the cutting insert for drilling; and a ridge extension portion extending from a vicinity of a corner of the ridge body in a direction parallel to the cutting edge.

There is provided a cutting tool in which chip control is improved. A cutting edge member includes a first wall surface which includes a concave surface which is formed to be depressed in a direction away from an intersection point of an imaginary plane and a corner portion and toward the center of a cutting insert in an end view when viewed from a direction facing an end surface, a second wall surface which includes a convex surface which is provided to be connected to the first wall surface at a position spaced apart from the imaginary plane and is protruded in a direction away from the center of the cutting insert in the end view, a third wall surface which includes a convex surface which is provided to be connected to the first wall surface at a position spaced apart from the imaginary plane on an opposite side to the second wall surface across the imaginary plane and is protruded in a direction away from the center of the cutting insert in the end view, and a fourth wall surface which is provided in an area between the first wall surface and the intersection point in the end view, includes a convex surface which is protruded in a direction away from the center of the cutting insert in the end view, and has a height smaller than heights of the second wall surface and the third wall surface in a side view when viewed from a direction facing a side surface.

A cutting edge includes a nose portion, a first cutting edge portion, and a second cutting edge portion. When a boundary between a first inclined portion and a first breaker portion, a boundary between a first step surface and a second breaker portion, a boundary between a second inclined portion and a third breaker portion, and a boundary between a second step surface and a fourth breaker portion are a first position, a second position, a third position, and a fourth position, respectively, the second position is higher than the first position and the fourth position is higher than the third position in a direction perpendicular to the seating surface, and a distance between the first position and the third position is greater than a distance between the second position and the fourth position in a direction parallel to the seating surface.

There is provided a machining assembly and cutting insert for machining metal or like workpieces, wherein the cutting insert body has a cutting end. The cutting end comprises at least one cutting edge and at least one cutting lip formed adjacent the at least one cutting edge. The at least one cutting lip includes at least one cutting protrusion and associated chip cutting edge to split the chip formed by the at least one cutting edge, for producing chips during machining which are of a width that is sufficiently reduced to allow proper evacuation or removal.

A cutting insert according to the present disclosure includes a first raised portion and a second raised portion stepped from the first raised portion, which are formed on a top surface and along a center line connecting the center of the corner portion and the center of the top surface. The first raised portion is located closer to the corner portion than the second raised portion is, and the first raised portion is inclined downwardly from the second raised portion toward the corner portion. The second raised portion is formed at a higher position from the bottom surface than the first raised portion, and a side portion connected to the first raised portion is inclined downwardly from the second raised portion toward the first and second cutting edges.

Chip discharge during high-feed machining and low-feed machining particularly in a high-depth-of-cut state or the like is improved so as to allow so-called freedom of feed during cutting to be improved. A cutting edge body of a cutting insert includes a front cutting edge formed on one end side in a longitudinal direction, the front cutting edge being a cutting edge formed on an intersecting edge between a peripheral side surface and an upper surface of the cutting edge body having a prismatic shape, a side cutting edge formed on one end side in a lateral direction, a recessed part provided in the upper surface of the cutting edge body to be subsequent to the side cutting edge in the lateral direction, and a wall part having a wavy wall surface formed in a portion of the recessed part and a discrete wall surface formed at a position between the wavy wall surface and the side cutting edge and including a plurality of surfaces which are discrete along the longitudinal direction.