A cutting insert including first cutting edges and second cutting edges respectively formed in a first end surface and a second end surface which are opposed to each other; at least one groove formed in a peripheral side surface which connects the first end surface and the second end surface; and, while one end of the groove reaches the first end surface, another end thereof reaches the second end surface, and an opening width in the first end surface is different from an opening width in the second end surface.

A circumferential milling tool (10) for cutting metal is described, which comprises a milling cutter body (14) that can be rotated about a tool axis (12) and has at least two cutting edge groups. The arrangement of the first cutting edge group results in a first average chip thickness for the cutting edges (16) of the first cutting edge group and a second average chip thickness for the cutting edges (18, 20, 22, 24, 26) of the second cutting edge group. The first average chip thickness and the second average chip thickness are substantially equal. A method for arranging cutting edges (16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26) on a circumferential milling tool (10) that can be rotated about a tool axis (12) is presented as well.

A milling and boring tool with a tool shaft which comprises a center axis, at least one geometrically defined rough cutter and at least one geometrically defined finishing cutter, and the at least one rough cutter and the at least one finishing cutter respectively comprise a chip groove. The milling and boring tool is characterized in that the chip groove of the at least one finish machining cutter has an opposite twist than the chip groove of the at least one rough cutter.

A milling tool is disclosed. The milling tool may include an elongated body having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of cutting inserts. The cutting inserts may each have a cutting edge and a cutting radius and be coupled to the body and spaced along the longitudinal axis. One or more of the plurality of cutting inserts may be adjustable (e.g., mechanically adjustable) between first and second cutting radii. A difference between the first and second cutting radii may be at least 10 m. The milling tool may include cutting inserts having a plurality of different cutting radii. The milling tool may be configured to have a length that spans an entire height of an engine bore. The cutting inserts having different radii may compensate for dimensional errors in an engine bore diameter that occur when milling a deep pocket.

Milling tools configured to increase surface roughness are disclosed. The tool may include an elongated body having a longitudinal axis and a plurality of cutting inserts coupled to the body and spaced along the longitudinal axis, each cutting insert having a cutting edge. In one embodiment, the cutting edges may have an orientation that is oblique to the longitudinal axis of the elongated body. Each cutting edge may have a first end having a greater cutting radius than a second end. The cutting edges may be offset from the longitudinal axis of the elongated body by an offset angle. In another embodiment, the cutting edges may have a textured or rough surface profile. For example, the cutting edges may have a mean roughness (Rz) of at least 7.5 m. The milling tools may increase the surface roughness of a milled engine bore to facilitate a subsequent rough honing process.

A cutting tool assembly includes: a cutter body extending perpendicularly from a bottom surface and including a cylindrical portion with a rotational axis; insert pockets disposed and formed concavely in the bottom surface and the cylindrical portion to be spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction; fixed cutting inserts mounted within the insert pockets and disposed at the outermost portion of the cutter body in a radial direction; and stepped cutting inserts mounted within the insert pockets, the stepped cutting insert being disposed between two adjacent fixed cutting inserts. The fixed cutting insert is disposed to have an identical length from the rotational axis and an identical length from the bottom surface. At least one stepped cutting insert is disposed to have a different length from the rotational axis and a different length from the bottom surface compared to the remaining stepped cutting inserts.

The invention relates to a milling tool having a plurality of first blades and at least one second blade, which are arranged on the milling tool in a staggered manner in the circumferential direction of the milling tool, wherein the plurality of first blades are arranged in the axial direction of the milling too at a nominal position, wherein the plurality of first blades comprises a compensation group having at least one compensation blade and at least one non-compensation blade, wherein the at least one non-compensation blade is assigned a nominal cutting circle, wherein the at least one compensation blade is assigned a compensation cutting circle, wherein the nominal cutting circle and the compensation cutting circle are different, wherein the at least one second blade is offset forward in the axial direction of the milling tool by a forward offset with respect to the nominal position in the direction of a machining front end, wherein the at least one second blade is assigned a surface machining cutting circle, wherein the surface machining cutting circle is smaller than the nominal cutting circle and than the compensation cutting circle, wherein the at least one second blade leads the plurality of first blades in the circumferential direction.