Korloy Inc.

Dong-Ryong Ji

Sun-Kyoo Lee

Young-Heum Kim

Dong-Bok Park

Taeg-Won Lee

Byung-Sun Choi

A technical object is to provide an apparatus for attaching or detaching an insert of a cutting tool, which enables easy and fast replacement of the insert. To this end, the apparatus for attaching or detaching the insert to or from a body of the cutting tool is provided in the body of the insert and includes an insert receiving portion formed in the body of the cutting tool to receive the insert therein, a wedge receiving portion formed in the body of the cutting tool continuously after the insert receiving portion, a wedge received in the wedge receiving portion, and a rotating unit configured to rotate the wedge in a first direction that faces the insert receiving portion, or to a second direction opposite the first direction.

Apparatus for attaching/detaching an insert to/from cutting tool

The objective of the present invention is to provide a cutting insert which reduces cutting load and can be accurately positioned at a coupling part of a cutting tool even if cutting edges are broken or deformed. To this end, the cutting insert of the present invention includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a plurality of lateral surfaces connecting the upper surface with the lower surface, and a plurality of upper cutting edges formed between the plurality of lateral surfaces and the upper surface. In addition, the cutting insert coupled with the coupling part of the cutting tool includes: first and second upper cutting load reducing portions formed on the upper surface and provided at each side coming in contact with first and second upper cutting edges of the plurality of upper cutting edges facing each other so as to reduce the cutting load; and a one side position setting portion provided on a first lateral surface of the plurality of lateral surfaces not coming in contact with the first and second upper cutting edges so as to set the position of the cutting insert in the coupling part.

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Cheongju-si, South Korea

Dong-Ryong Ji