A whirling tool for machining a workpiece, having: three or a multiple of three cutting plates, wherein each of the cutting plates comprises at least one cutting edge; a cutting plate holder having a plurality of cutting plate receptacles, wherein each of the cutting plate receptacles is configured to receive one of the cutting plates, wherein the cutting plate receptacles are disposed so as to be distributed in a circumferential direction across the cutting plate holder; and a plurality of fastening elements for releasably fastening the cutting plates in the cutting plate receptacles of the cutting plate holder; wherein the cutting plates comprise at least two different kinds of cutting plates, wherein at least one cutting plate of a first kind, and one cutting plate of a second kind are provided for each group of three cutting plates that are disposed beside one another on the cutting plate holder, wherein the cutting plate of the first kind differs from the cutting plate of the second kind by an overall geometry, by a dimension of the at least one cutting edge, and by a shape of the at least one cutting edge.

An internal milling cutter includes a carrier disk having a centre axis defining an axis of rotation of the milling cutter, a plurality of separated tool holder segments removably mounted at the inner circumference of the carrier disk, and at least one clamp for each tool holder segment mounted either on the carrier disk or on the tool holder segment. Each of the tool holder segments at its inner circumference includes at least one cutting insert seat with a mounting element for a cutting insert or at least one cutting edge. The clamp is located and arranged such that it generates a force in the axial direction pressing the axial contact surface of the tool holder segment onto the axial abutment surface of the carrier disk, and the clamp is mounted movably in a radial direction of the carrier disk between a locking position and a releasing position.

Provided is a method of manufacturing an elbow, including: a first cutting step of cutting a material by relatively moving a cutting section of a cutting tool, which is formed of at least a part of a substantially spherical shape, along an inner side surface of the elbow to be finished in a direction from a first end surface to a second end surface of the material; and a second cutting step of cutting the material by relatively moving the cutting section along the inner side surface of the elbow to be finished in a direction from the second end surface to the first end surface of the material.

A cutting insert includes a rake face configuring one of polygonal surfaces, a seating surface configuring the other one of the polygonal surfaces, and a side surface connecting the rake face and the seating surface to each other. The cutting insert has a cutting edge portion including a main cutting edge located in a side portion of the rake face, a subsidiary cutting edge connected to the main cutting edge, and a corner cutting edge connected to the subsidiary cutting edge and located in a corner portion of the rake face. The side surface includes a flank face and a connection surface which are adjacent to each other in a thickness direction via a boundary line. The connection surface is located on the seating surface side, and is located outside than an extension line of the flank face.

The whirling device comprises a retaining ring extending around a ring axis and a central opening and having at least one receiving area for a machining element for machining rod-shaped material in the area of the central opening. A coolant supply comprises a supply sleeve which is arranged on the retaining ring via a rotary bearing and comprises a coolant connection and a supply area adjoining a connection area of the retaining ring. Starting from at least one inlet opening in the connection area of the retaining ring, at least one passage leads through the retaining ring to at least one outlet opening which faces the central opening of the retaining ring and is designed for a machining element in a receiving area. No space is required for the coolant supply between the retaining ring and an assigned lathe.

An indexable cutting insert has opposing upper and lower end surfaces, and a peripheral surface including three side surfaces circumferentially alternating with three corner surfaces. The three side surfaces define an imaginary triangle and an imaginary hexagon. Each corner surface intersects the upper end surface to form an upper corner peripheral edge having a primary cutting edge. In a top view, each triangle side traverses two upper corner peripheral edges, imaginary lines tangential to the end points of each primary cutting edge are either collinear or form an obtuse angle greater than 175 degrees, each primary cutting edge has a primary length greater than half the hexagon side length, and at least one triangle side traverses each primary cutting edge. The insert is removably secured in a rotary cutting tool such that one of the upper corner peripheral edges contains an axially forwardmost point of the insert's upper peripheral edge.

An indexable rotary cutting tool comprising, a twist angle of the outer peripheral cutting edge having a positive value, an axial rake angle of the cutting edge of the corner R 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 the reference point has a negative value, at least the radial rake angle in a region 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, and the radial rake angle of the cutting edge of the corner R at the reference point is smaller than the radial rake angle of the cutting edge of the corner at the boundary point.

A cutting tool for metal is described that comprises a main body produced from metal, wherein the main body is reinforced with a reinforcing material. The cutting tool can be a milling tool, a turning tool, a drilling tool, a thread cutting tool, a broaching tool, a turn broaching tool, a reaming tool, a deburring tool, a combination tool and/or a multifunctional tool.

A cutter performs milling on a crankshaft blank having a journal and a counterweight coupled to the journal. The cutter includes an annular main body part, a first chip, and a second chip. The annular main body part is centered on a predetermined axis center. The first chip is attached to a circumferential surface of the main body part and is used to cut an external circumferential surface of the journal. The second chip is attached to the circumferential surface of the main body part and is used to cut a groove on the external circumferential surface of the journal.

A whirling tool for machining a workpiece, having: three or a multiple of three cutting plates, wherein each of the cutting plates comprises at least one cutting edge; a cutting plate holder having a plurality of cutting plate receptacles, wherein each of the cutting plate receptacles is configured to receive one of the cutting plates, wherein the cutting plate receptacles are disposed so as to be distributed in a circumferential direction across the cutting plate holder; and a plurality of fastening elements for releasably fastening the cutting plates in the cutting plate receptacles of the cutting plate holder; wherein the cutting plates comprise at least two different kinds of cutting plates, wherein at least one cutting plate of a first kind, and one cutting plate of a second kind are provided for each group of three cutting plates that are disposed beside one another on the cutting plate holder, wherein the cutting plate of the first kind differs from the cutting plate of the second kind by an overall geometry, by a dimension of the at least one cutting edge, and by a shape of the at least one cutting edge.