A milling tool having a shank portion and a head portion extending from the shank portion. A head internal surface of the head portion is formed with a peripherally extending head coolant obstruction arrangement comprising a head ridge which extends in a rearward direction more than an adjacent head portion of the head internal surface located in a radially-inward direction more than the head ridge.

Improvements in tooling for machining systems that utilize machining fluids comprising a supercritical fluid are disclosed. In some embodiments a tool may include a plurality of orifices configured to direct a supercritical machining fluid towards a cutting interface of the tool. In other embodiments, a tool holder may include one or more outlets configured to direct a supercritical machining fluid towards a cutting interface. Moreover, some embodiments, may relate to machining systems including one or more venting channels configured to provide pressure relief for a cavity located behind a tool holder. Embodiments related to machine tools including upstream fluid restrictions for controlling a flow of supercritical machining fluid through a tool are also disclosed.

A method for manufacturing a cutting tool (10) with lubrication orifices of complex shapes, including the steps of: producing a polymer insert (20), overmoulding a body of the cutting tool (10) with the polymer insert (20) by injecting into a mould, removing the polymer insert (20), so as to form in the body of the cutting tool (10) lubrication orifices, the shape whereof is complementary with that of a part of the insert (20), machining the body of the cutting tool (10) on an active part thereof, and depositing an abrasive coating on a surface of the active part of the body of the cutting tool (10).

Improvements in tooling for machining systems that utilize machining fluids comprising a supercritical fluid are disclosed. In some embodiments a tool may include a plurality of orifices configured to direct a supercritical machining fluid towards a cutting interface of the tool. In other embodiments, a tool holder may include one or more outlets configured to direct a supercritical machining fluid towards a cutting interface. Moreover, some embodiments, may relate to machining systems including one or more venting channels configured to provide pressure relief for a cavity located behind a tool holder. Embodiments related to machine tools including upstream fluid restrictions for controlling a flow of supercritical machining fluid through a tool are also disclosed.

A rotary cutting tool includes: a blade portion; a shank portion having a diameter larger than a diameter of the blade portion; and a tapered connecting portion connecting the blade portion and the shank portion. The shank portion includes a plurality of coolant-guide recessed grooves provided in its outer circumferential surface. Each of the coolant-guide recessed grooves has a groove depth and a groove width that is larger than the groove depth. Each of the coolant-guide recessed grooves has a groove bottom that is shaped such that the groove depth is reduced as the each of the coolant-guide recessed grooves extends from its start end toward a groove-depth regional-change position in which a tendency of change of the groove depth is changed.

Improvements in tooling for machining systems that utilize machining fluids comprising a supercritical fluid are disclosed. In some embodiments a tool may include a plurality of orifices configured to direct a supercritical machining fluid towards a cutting interface of the tool. In other embodiments, a tool holder may include one or more outlets configured to direct a supercritical machining fluid towards a cutting interface. Moreover, some embodiments, may relate to machining systems including one or more venting channels configured to provide pressure relief for a cavity located behind a tool holder. Embodiments related to machine tools including upstream fluid restrictions for controlling a flow of supercritical machining fluid through a tool are also disclosed.

A cutting tool, including a body including lubrication orifices and having a gripping part to be fastened to a tool-holder chuck and an active part including an active surface along which helical grooves extend, the grooves being connected to a central hollow extending axially in the body of the tool via radial channels, the central hollow extending between a lubricant intake opening opposite a lubricant discharge opening, and the discharge opening being configured so as to generate a Venturi effect.

A rotary cutting tool includes: a blade portion; a shank portion having a diameter larger than a diameter of the blade portion; and a tapered connecting portion connecting the blade portion and the shank portion. The shank portion includes a plurality of coolant-guide recessed grooves provided in its outer circumferential surface. Each of the coolant-guide recessed grooves has a groove depth and a groove width that is larger than the groove depth. Each of the coolant-guide recessed grooves has a groove bottom that is shaped such that the groove depth is reduced as the each of the coolant-guide recessed grooves extends from its start end toward a groove-depth regional-change position in which a tendency of change of the groove depth is changed.

A method for manufacturing a cutting tool (10) with lubrication orifices of complex shapes, including the steps of: producing a polymer insert (20), overmoulding a body of the cutting tool (10) with the polymer insert (20) by injecting into a mould, removing the polymer insert (20), so as to form in the body of the cutting tool (10) lubrication orifices, the shape whereof is complementary with that of a part of the insert (20), machining the body of the cutting tool (10) on an active part thereof, and depositing an abrasive coating on a surface of the active part of the body of the cutting tool (10).