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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2021
Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US);
Jean Luc Dufour, Latrobe, PA (US);
KENNAMETAL INC., Latrobe, PA (US);
Abstract
A cutting tool including a toolholder and a round cutting insert for mounting on a pocket floor of the toolholder. The toolholder includes the toolholder pocket floor having a bore therein and a plurality of grooves in the pocket floor arranged radially about the bore, wherein adjacent grooves are radially offset by a groove offset angle x. The round cutting insert includes an upper surface having a cutting edge, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, an exterior side surface between the upper surface and the lower surface, an interior side surface defining an aperture extending from the upper surface to the lower surface, and a plurality of lugs arranged radially about the aperture, wherein adjacent lugs are radially offset by a lug offset angle y, and wherein a ratio of y:x is an integer greater than or equal to 2.