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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Lance David Brunetto, Greensburg, PA (US);
Jeffrey Francis Kovac, Loyalhanna, PA (US);
Lance David Brunetto, Greensburg, PA (US);
Jeffrey Francis Kovac, Loyalhanna, PA (US);
KENNAMETAL INC., Latrobe, PA (US);
Abstract
A cutting insert for heavy machining operations is described. The cutting insert has two opposing end surfaces, two identical opposing major side surfaces and two identical opposing minor side surfaces. The cutting insert further includes a major cutting edge formed at an intersection of each major edge and the end surface, and a minor cutting edge formed at an intersection of each minor edge and the end surface, and a corner cutting edge formed at an intersection of the major and minor cutting edges. The major cutting edge has a non-linear, variable slope with respect to a central axis Apassing through the two minor side surfaces of the cutting insert.