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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
May. 07, 2014
Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, PA (US);
Naveen Kondameedi, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Raouf Ben Amor, Fuerth, DE;
KENNAMETAL INC., Latrobe, PA (US);
Abstract
A cutting insert includes a body having an upper face, a lower face, a plurality of planar flank faces joining the upper and lower faces, and a plurality of curved flank faces joining the plurality of flank faces. A T-land is formed at a downward sloping angle with respect to the upper face. A cutting edge is formed at an intersection of a respective flank face and the T-land. A curved cutting edge is formed at an intersection of a respective curved flank face and the T-land. A micro-channel is formed in one of the flank faces, the curved flank faces and the T-land and proximate one of the cutting edge and the curved cutting edge.