An insert of the present disclosure includes a base. The base includes a first surface, a second surface connecting to the first surface, and a cutting edge located on at least a part of a ridgeline of the first surface and the second surface. A region within 2.0 mm from the cutting edge in the first surface is a surface region A. A region within 0.5 mm from the surface region A is a region A1. A region within 1.2 mm from the surface region A and the second surface to 2.0 mm from the surface region A and the second surface is a region A2. An area ratio of vacancies in the region A1 is 0.005-0.04 area %, and an area ratio of vacancies in the region A2 is 0.05-0.2 area %. A cutting tool includes a holder including a pocket and the insert located in the pocket.

Disclosed is a cutting insert having a generally polygonal primary body having a primary body base connected to an opposing and similarly-shaped body face through a plurality of primary flank portions extending there between. The cutting insert further includes at least one cutting protrusion extending away from at least one of the primary flank portions, and merging therewith. The cutting protrusion includes a rake face coplanar and extending away from the adjacent primary flank portions, and an edge portion extended towards a cutting flank portion. The cutting protrusion further includes a tip flat extending between a rake front from a protrusion tip towards a rake root portion, adjacent one of the primary flank portions.

A cutting insert for metalworking operations is retained within a cutting insert holder by a resilient tab on the holder that engages a recess on the stem of the insert. The cutting insert and the holder may be fabricated using rapid prototyping techniques such as 3D printing.

Tool-holding device (11) for a machining tool, comprising: a tool-holder body (13); a receiving part (15) defined in the tool-holder body (13); a retaining element (17) provided with a pair of mutually cooperating jaws (17a,17b); a female seat (19) between the jaws for an engaging male portion (21) of a machining tip (23), the jaws (17a,17b) being capable of taking a locking configuration, in which the engaging portion (21) of the tool (23) is firmly locked within the seat (19) of the retaining element (17), and a disengaged configuration in which the engaging portion (21) of the tip (23) can be detached from the retaining element (17); a moveable component (25) which bear the main load of holding the retaining element (17) in the receiving part (15) when the retaining element (17) is in the configuration in which it engages the tool (23).

A cutting part of a cutting insert may include a first surface including a corner, a first side, a first region, a second region and a third region. The first region may be located along the corner and the first side. The second region may be located at a more inner part than the first region. The third region may be located at a more inner part than the second region. A boundary between the corner and the first side may be a first point. A boundary between the first region and the second region may be a second point in a cross section that passes through the first point and is orthogonal to the first side. An imaginary straight line passing through the first point and the second point may be a first imaginary straight line. The first imaginary straight line may intersect with the third region.

A cutting insert according to one non-limiting example has a quadrangular prism shape extending from a front end toward a rear end along a central axis, and comprises a cutting portion, and a main body portion. The main body portion has an upper surface having a V-shaped flute extending along the central axis. An opening portion and a bottom portion of the flute each have a convex shape protruding upward in a direction along the central axis. A first flute has a first region positioned on the rear end side and a second region positioned on the front end side with respect to the first region. An opening angle of the first flute in the first region is smaller than an opening angle of the first flute in the second region.

Disclosed is a cutting insert having a generally polygonal shaped primary body including a primary body base connected to an opposing, generally parallel and similarly-shaped body face through a plurality of flank portions extending there between. The Cutting insert further includes at least one cutting protrusion merging therewith and extending away there from the primary body. The at least one cutting protrusion includes a protrusion base which is generally coplanar and merges with the primary body base. The at least one cutting protrusion further includes a rake face in a direction opposite to the protrusion base, and a protruding flank extending there between the protrusion base and the rake face. The at least one cutting protrusion further includes a tip flat extending between a rake front at a protrusion tip towards a rake root portion, adjacent the primary body.

A cutting insert according to an aspect includes a top surface and a side surface. At least a part of a ridge line where the top surface and the side surface intersects is a cutting edge. The cutting edge includes a first portion located at a corner portion, a second portion adjacent to the first portion, a third portion close to the second portion, a fourth portion close to the third portion, and a fifth portion adjacent to the fourth portion. When viewed from directly above, a curvature radius of the second portion is less than a curvature radius of the first portion, a curvature radius of the third portion is greater than the curvature radius of the first portion, and a curvature radius of the fourth portion is less than the curvature radius of the third portion.

A cutting insert includes a split cutting edge, formed at an intersection of the insert forward surface and the insert upper surface, the split cutting edge includes an axially leading cutting edge and an axially trailing cutting edge. An undercut is located in the insert forward surface and interrupts the split cutting edge at an undercut edge portion that extends between the leading and trailing cutting edges. The undercut edge portion transitions into the axially trailing cutting edge at a straight trailing cutting edge portion of the trailing cutting edge.

Rotary cutting tools are disclosed comprising shanks and replaceable cutting inserts are provided. The shank comprises a pocket which receives an interchangeable cutting insert. The pocket includes a floor with a central pin-receiving hole, opposing pocket centering walls, and torque transmitting pocket drive walls. The cutting insert has a relatively long rear pin receivable in the central hole of the shank. A head of the cutting insert includes insert centering surfaces that contact the pocket centering walls of the shank, and insert drive surfaces that contact the torque transmitting pocket drive walls of the shank. The configurations and sizes of the shank and cutting insert features are controlled to provide improved torque transmission, rigidity and stability during operation of the rotary cutting tools.