A tool body (12) for a shell end mill (10) is described with at least one helical chip guiding groove (24) arranged at the circumference of the tool body (12) for chip dissipation and at least two receptacles (28) for indexable cutting inserts (26) arranged at the chip guiding groove (24). In this case, the receptacles (28) each comprise a base surface having a bore for receiving an indexable cutting insert fastening screw (34) and at least one first abutment surface adjacent to the base surface. The transition between the base surface and the first contact surface is a groove. In addition, a cutting tool is described with such a tool body, wherein a two-sided indexable cutting insert (26) is attached in each receptacle (28).

A round double-sided cutting insert includes an insert peripheral surface that includes a plurality of angularly spaced apart indexing latches protruding therefrom and a plurality of cylindrical insert side abutment surfaces that circumferentially alternate with the plurality of indexing latches. An insert holder has a pocket peripheral surface which includes at least one indexing gap and a plurality of pocket side abutment surfaces that circumferentially alternate with the at least one indexing gap. When the cutting insert is releasably attached to the insert holder, to constitute a fastened position of a cutting tool, each of the plurality of pocket side abutment surfaces abuts a respective insert side abutment surface and each indexing gap has a respective indexing latch located therein.

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.

A cutting insert includes a rake face, a seating face facing an opposite side to the rake face and seated on an insert mounting seat, and a flank face extending around the rake face and the seating face, in which two cutting edges each having an arcuate cutting edge portion extending in an arc shape and a linear cutting edge portion which is in contact with the arcuate cutting edge portion are formed on an intersecting ridgeline portion between the rake face and the flank face, a groove portion having a wall surface coming into contact with a projection portion protruding from a bottom surface of the insert mounting seat is formed on the seating face, and the groove portion has a narrow width portion in which a groove width decreases from one end side toward the other end side in a direction in which the groove portion extends.

A tool body (12) for a shell end mill (10) is described with at least one helical chip guiding groove (24) arranged at the circumference of the tool body (12) for chip dissipation and at least two receptacles (28) for indexable cutting inserts (26) arranged at the chip guiding groove (24). In this case, the receptacles (28) each include a base surface having a bore for receiving an indexable cutting insert fastening screw (34) and at least one first abutment surface adjacent to the base surface. The transition between the base surface and the first contact surface is a groove. In addition, a cutting tool is described with such a tool body, wherein a two-sided indexable cutting insert (26) is attached in each receptacle (28).

A cutting tool has a cutting body with a first insert pocket and an indexable cutting insert removably mounted therein. The first insert pocket has a first seat surface with a plurality of first engagement elements and a first support wall transverse thereto. The cutting insert has upper and lower surfaces and a boundary surface extending therebetween. The lower surface has a plurality of lower engaging elements and the boundary surface has a plurality of alternating first and second peripheral surfaces intersecting the upper surface to form first and second upper cutting edges. In each index position with the lower surface in contact with the first seat surface, the first support wall prevents translation of the cutting insert in a first direction, and the first engagement elements eccentrically contact the lower engaging elements to prevent translation of the cutting insert in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

A cutting tool has a cutting body with a first insert pocket and an indexable cutting insert removably mounted therein. The first insert pocket has a first seat surface with a plurality of first engagement elements and a first support wall transverse thereto. The cutting insert has upper and lower surfaces and a boundary surface extending therebetween. The lower surface has a plurality of lower engaging elements and the boundary surface has a plurality of alternating first and second peripheral surfaces intersecting the upper surface to form first and second upper cutting edges. In each index position with the lower surface in contact with the first seat surface, the first support wall prevents translation of the cutting insert in a first direction, and the first engagement elements eccentrically contact the lower engaging elements to prevent translation of the cutting insert in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

A positioning tool is configured for retaining an undersized, bore-less indexable cutting insert. The cutting insert may have a triangular or trigonal shape. The positioning tool has an outwardly facing insert retaining surface which has an elongated shape which corresponds to a shape of a side of the undersized cutting insert. The positioning tool is configured to retain the cutting insert using magnetic force, electrostatic force and/or adhesive force. A milling kit may include such a positioning tool, along with one or more such undersized cutting inserts. The milling kit may optionally also include a milling tool having one or more insert pockets configured to accommodate such cutting inserts, and may further optionally include one or more clamping screws configured to clampingly and externally secure such inserts in the pocket without passing through the inserts.

A round double-sided cutting insert includes an insert peripheral surface that includes a plurality of angularly spaced apart indexing latches protruding therefrom and a plurality of cylindrical insert side abutment surfaces that circumferentially alternate with the plurality of indexing latches. An insert holder has a pocket peripheral surface which includes at least one indexing gap and a plurality of pocket side abutment surfaces that circumferentially alternate with the at least one indexing gap. When the cutting insert is releasably attached to the insert holder, to constitute a fastened position of a cutting tool, each of the plurality of pocket side abutment surfaces abuts a respective insert side abutment surface and each indexing gap has a respective indexing latch located therein.

An indexable milling or drilling insert having a 180-degree rotational symmetry about each of the first, second and third axes (X, Y, Z) of a three-dimensional euclidean space. The insert has opposite first and second main surfaces and a peripheral surface extending therebetween. Each main surface has a main abutment surface and at least two rake surfaces. The insert has a through clamping bore which extends along the third axis and opens out to the main surfaces. The peripheral surface has two opposite front surfaces connected to two opposite side surfaces. Each front surface has a pair of outward abutment surfaces and each side surface has a pair of at least partially planar inward abutment surfaces. Each pair of outward abutment surfaces converge outwardly away from the third axis and each pair of inward abutment surfaces converge inwardly towards the third axis.