The embodiments described herein relate to methods, systems, and structures for cutting a part to form a highly reflective and smooth surface thereon. In some embodiments, the part includes substantially horizontal and vertical surfaces with edges and corners. In described embodiments, a diamond cutter is used to cut a surface of the part during a milling operation where the diamond cutter contacts the part a number of times with each rotation of the spindle of a milling machine. The diamond cutter has a cutting edge and a land. The cutting edge cuts the surface of the part and the land burnishes the surface of the part to form a highly reflective and smooth surface. Thus, the diamond cutter cuts and burnishes portions of the part, thereby eliminating a subsequent polishing step.

Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of making articles having portions of polycrystalline diamond bonded to a surface of a substrate and polycrystalline diamond compacts made using the same. In an embodiment, a molding technique is disclosed for forming cutting tools comprising polycrystalline diamond portions bonded to the outer surface of a substrate.

Various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. The housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. The sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. The coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members.

There is provided a diamond cutting tool including a cutting edge portion containing single crystal diamond or binderless polycrystalline diamond and graphite, wherein when Raman spectroscopy is performed on a surface of the cutting edge portion, a ratio R1 of Ig1 to a sum of Id1 and the Ig1 is equal to or more than 0.5 and equal to or less than 1, where the Id1 represents a peak intensity of first carbon in the surface, the Ig1 represents a peak intensity of second carbon in the surface, the first carbon represents carbon that forms the single crystal diamond or the binderless polycrystalline diamond.

A base material for a hard sintered body includes a pillar portion having a central axis and extending in the axial direction of the central axis. The pillar portion has a first outer peripheral portion, a second outer peripheral portion, and a protruding stripe portion. In the cross-sectional view, one side portion of the first outer peripheral portion extending in a circumferential direction or a radial direction is located inside the other side portion. In the cross-sectional view, one side portion of the second outer peripheral portion extending in the circumferential direction or the radial direction is located outside the other side portion in the radial direction. The protruding stripe portion is located in a connection portion between the other side portion of the first outer peripheral portion and one side portion of the second outer peripheral portion, and protrudes outward.

This milling cutter includes: a blade part 10 having a plurality of tips 12 each having an end cutting edge 121 and a peripheral cutting edge 122, and a blade-body portion 11 which is a plate-shaped body with the plurality of tips 12 fixed to an outer circumference thereof and has a groove 113 in accordance with a position of each tip; and a body 20 being rotatable around a rotational axis and having a front-end portion 21 having a front-end surface to which a rear-end surface of the blade-body portion 11 is fixable detachably and in close contact therewith, and a front-end outer-circumferential portion whose outer diameter is 100/100 to 97/100 using an outer diameter of the blade part 10 as a reference, the front-end outer-circumferential portion having a body-side groove 211 continuous to the groove 113 of the blade-body portion 11 contacted closely.

A dental end mill for processing a workpiece includes a shank portion held by a dental processing machine; a neck lower portion including a cutting edge; and a neck portion that is configured to connect the shank portion and the neck lower portion. The neck lower portion is formed of polycrystalline diamond.

A cutting insert includes a substrate and a cutting-edge insert. The substrate has, in a thickness direction of the substrate, a bottom surface, and a top surface opposite to the bottom surface. The top surface has a polygonal shape composed of a plurality of sides in a plan view as seen along the thickness direction. The top surface is provided with a projection projecting to a side opposite to the bottom surface along the thickness direction. The projection has a through-hole passing through the substrate along the thickness direction. The projection has a side surface contiguous to the top surface. The side surface is composed of a curved line protruding to a side opposite to the through-hole in the plan view as seen along the thickness direction.

A method for producing a cutting tool including a tool body including a hard coating, the method comprising: applying the hard coating to the tool body at least in an area of a cutting edge, a flank, and a chipping surface; depositing the hard coating on a surface of the tool body, of the cutting tool in an area of the cutting edge, of the flank adjacent to the cutting edge, and of the chipping surface adjacent to the cutting edge; sharpening the cutting edge that is provided with the hard coating and that forms a dull rounded edge by partially removing the hard coating in the area of the flank of the cutting edge by laser machining to form a sharpened cutting edge so that an angle is enclosed between a first geometric plane in which a surface of the tool body extends.

A method of forming a rotary cutter includes forming at least one longitudinally-extending flute along a body of a rotary blank, and forming a plurality of pockets along the at least one longitudinally-extending flute. A plurality of polycrystalline diamond (PCD) segments are attached to the body, wherein each PCD segment of the plurality of PCD segments is attached to a respective pocket of the plurality of pockets. A cutting edge is formed along a leading edge of each of the PCD segments.