A turning tool includes a tool body and a turning insert, and an insert seat in which the turning insert is mounted. The insert seat includes a bottom surface and a side surface, the side surface having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface includes a contact surface, wherein the contact surface is in contact with a portion of the side surface of the turning insert. The tool body includes a coolant channel, which extends between a coolant channel inlet and a coolant channel outlet opening into a void between the side surface of the turning insert and the first surface of the side surface of the insert seat.

A cutting insert adaptor for an insert pocket can include one or more pairs of opposing insert abutment surfaces and pocket abutment surfaces which converge at an acute angle. The one or more insert abutment surfaces are all rotated in the same direction, relative to their paired pocket abutment surface which in turn rotates a cutting insert abutting the cutting insert adaptor relative to an orientation the cutting insert would have if it only abutted the insert pocket instead of the cutting insert adaptor.

A cutting insert capable of performing front-turning and high feed back-turning according to one embodiment includes: an upper surface; a lower surface opposite to the upper surface in a vertical direction; a side portion configured to connect the upper surface and the lower surface; a mounting hole extending through the upper surface and the lower surface; and a plurality of cutting edges formed at edges where the upper surface meets the side portion, wherein the upper surface has one or more cutting corners, the plurality of cutting edges include a major cutting edge and a minor cutting edge extending from the cutting corner, and a representative inclination of the minor cutting edge used for high feed back-turning is greater than a representative inclination of the major cutting edge used for front-turning with respect to a virtual reference plane perpendicular to the vertical direction.

Embodiments of a cutting insert are provided. The cutting insert includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a plurality of side surfaces extending between the upper surface and the lower surface, an insert hole extending through the upper surface and the lower surface, and a corner portion provided with a cutting edge. At least one of the upper surface and the lower surface has a plurality of recesses extending between the insert hole and the corner portion. The plurality of recesses includes a first recess into which one portion of the mounting portion is inserted when the cutting insert is supported by the mounting portion, and a second recess into which another portion of the mounting portion is inserted when the cutting insert is supported by the mounting portion. The second recess has a side wall spaced apart from another portion of the mounting portion.

A cutting insert is provided, comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of side surfaces spanning therebetween, and a cutting edge formed at an intersection of the side surface and a forwardly-disposed portion of the top the surface. It further comprises a cooling cavity projecting into the insert, a top end thereof being disposed further forwardly than an open bottom end thereof. The cooling cavity defines at least one molding axis such that a solid element having the shape of the cooling cavity and completely inserted therein may be retracted intact therefrom along a linear path parallel to the molding axis. A circumscribing portion is formed on the side surfaces encircling the cutting insert. The circumscribing portion is formed parallel to the molding axis and has a non-zero height along its entire extent. The cutting insert does not extend beyond the circumscribing portion.

An anvil for a cutting tool includes an anvil body. A curved passage extends from an inlet opening in the anvil body to an outlet opening in the anvil body. The anvil body can be made by an additive manufacturing process.

A cutting insert 2 includes an upper surface 6, a lower surface 7 on a side opposite to the upper surface 6, and a peripheral side surface 8 connecting the upper surface 6 and the lower surface 7. A cutting edge 61 is formed in at least a part of a first ridgeline 60 where the upper surface 6 and the peripheral side surface 8 intersect. At least one bottomed recess 10 recessed from the lower surface 7 to the upper surface 6 is formed in an outer peripheral portion of the lower surface 7. Each of the recesses 10 is formed in a substantially triangular shape having a first vertex P, a second vertex Q, and a third vertex R. The first vertex P and the second vertex Q are respectively positioned on a second ridgeline 70 where the lower surface 7 and the peripheral side surface 8 intersect. The third vertex R is positioned on the lower surface 7 and separated from the second ridgeline 70.

An insert adaptor is configured for providing secure clamping of an insert in an insert pocket. The insert adaptor is configured to be located between an insert and an insert pocket and includes at least one magnetic surface configured for applying a magnetic attraction force to the insert pocket or a shim.

An anvil for a cutting tool includes an anvil body. A curved passage extends from an inlet opening in the anvil body to an outlet opening in the anvil body. The anvil body can be made by an additive manufacturing process. The anvil body includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface between the top surface and the bottom surface. The side surface includes at least three side surface portions and at least three corner portions. Each corner portion is disposed between respective pairs of the side surface portions. At least one corner portion includes a surface that extends radially outward from a central axis of the anvil relative to extensions of a respective pair of side surface portions. The central axis extends between the top and bottom surfaces, wherein the extensions of the respective pair of side surface portions intersect within the periphery of the anvil.

The invention relates to a distance compensating element for positioning reground cutting inserts in a cutting tool and to a cutting tool comprising such a distance compensating element. The cutting tool is provided with a cutting insert (16) and a tool holder (12), and the cutting insert (16) is releasably secured to the tool holder (12) in a cutting insert receiving area (14) by means of a clamping element (17) wherein the cutting insert receiving area (14) has a support surface (23) which substantially corresponds to the base shape of the cutting insert (16) and comprises at least one wall section (24) that extends vertically relative to the support surface (23) and is designed to align the cutting insert (16) in the cutting insert receiving area (14), and a blade (18, 19) of the cutting insert (16) protrudes freely. A distance compensating element (25) is arranged between the cutting insert (16) and the cutting insert receiving area (14) in order to position a reground cutting insert (16) in the cutting insert receiving area (14) in the correct position, said compensating element compensating for a removal of material when the cutting insert (16) is reground.