Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp.

Big Daishowa Seiki Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Sasano

Naoki Matsuda

Hideo Maeno

Yoshihiro Kuroda

Takafumi Takami

Chikara Kimura

Junichi Koyama

A cutting insert has a seating surface, an outer peripheral surface, a top surface, and an attachment hole. The cutting edge includes a curved cutting corner edge portion, a first cutting edge portion, and a second cutting edge portion. The top surface includes a first rake face contiguous to the first cutting edge portion, a second rake face contiguous to the second cutting edge portion, and a third rake face contiguous to the cutting corner edge portion and also contiguous to the first and second rake faces. The third rake face has a first region contiguous to the first rake face and a second region contiguous to the second rake face. The first rake face and the first region each have a rake angle which is a positive angle. The second rake face and the second region each have a rake angle which is a negative angle.

Cutting insert and boring tool

Growing community of inventors

Higashiosaka, Japan

Masahiro Sasano