The present invention relates to a cutting insert.
Conventionally, as tools for turning, various cutting inserts have been used and, with respect to such cutting inserts, a technology (see, e.g., JP4829197B) related to a sintered body tool in which a cemented carbide chip breaker is left, a technology (see, e.g., JP2017-196693A) of adding a chip breaker to a sintered body, and the like are also proposed. In addition, a plan for improving chip control of an insert obtained by brazing a sintered body formed under an ultrahigh pressure to an ultrahard substrate has conventionally been proposed (see JP4829197B and JP2017-196693A).
However, conventional cutting inserts still have various problems to be solved. It can be said that, in terms of chip discharge particularly when a feed speed of the cutting insert in a direction of a rotational axis of a workpiece is set relatively high (during so-called high-feed operation) or when the feed speed of the cutting insert is conversely set relatively low (during so-called low-feed operation), there is still room for further improvement and, in this regard, it can also be said that there are still some points to be improved in so-called freedom of feed of the cutting insert. The following are specific examples thereof.
For example, in JP4829197B, a projection for chip control is formed on a rake surface of a cutting tool main body so as to provide a brazed cutting tool having a simple shape and high chip control. However, a method of thus giving a chip breaker function to a projecting portion provided on an ultrahard substrate has a property such that a distance between a cutting point and the projecting portion depends on a size of a sintered body. Consequently, dimensions of the sintered body, a length of the cutting edge, and the like are limited. Therefore, it is difficult to improve the chip control during the low depth cutting (a state where the cutting edge of the insert that cuts into the workpiece is relatively short) or during the low-feed operation. In addition, in a cutting tool (brazed cutting tool) such as used in JP4829197B, the sintered body has a flat upper surface, and accordingly chips may not be able to be controlled during the low depth cutting or the low-feed operation.
As a solution to such a problem as described above, a technology of providing the upper surface of the sintered body with a recessed shape and thereby controlling chips under low-depth-of-cut and low-feed conditions, such as proposed in JP2017-196693A, can be proposed. JP2017-196693A also discloses an indented chip breaker as a modification, but the indented chip breaker is merely disposed in parallel to the side cutting edge. When consideration is given to profile machining (copy machining of cutting), high-depth-of-cut/low-feed machining is most important for a shape of an insert (chip corresponding to groove machining and lateral feed external shape machining) mainly for the profile machining. In these technologies described in JP4829197B and JP2017-196693A, chip control during so-called one-step finishing which includes no rough machining step is not sufficient while, in JP2017-196693A, adaptability particularly to low-feed machining (finishing) is insufficient, and it can be said that the technologies have problems in these respects.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a cutting insert having improved chip discharge during high-feed machining or low-feed machining particularly in a high-depth-of-cut state or the like so as to allow so-called freedom of feed during cutting to be improved.
An aspect of the present invention is a cutting insert including a cutting edge body formed with a cutting edge. The cutting edge body has a prismatic shape having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and includes: a front cutting edge formed on one end side in the longitudinal direction, the front cutting edge being the cutting edge formed on an intersecting edge between a peripheral side surface and an upper surface of the cutting edge body having the prismatic shape; a side cutting edge formed on one end side in the lateral direction; a recessed part provided in the upper surface of the cutting edge body to be subsequent to the side cutting edge in the lateral direction; and a wall part having a wavy wall surface formed in a portion of the recessed part and a discrete wall surface formed at a position between the wavy wall surface and the side cutting edge and including a plurality of surfaces which are discrete along the longitudinal direction.
With the cutting insert according to an aspect as described above, freedom of feed during cutting may be improved by an operation carried out by the wall part including the wavy wall surface formed in the portion of the recessed part and the discrete wall surface. Specifically, in the present aspect focusing on a correlation between thicknesses of chips and a feeding condition, by using the correlation property, no deformation is given to thick chips when the cutting insert is fed at a relatively high speed along a direction of a rotational axis of a workpiece (during a high-feed operation) to prevent a chip jam, while a deformation is given to thin chips when the cutting insert is fed at a relative low speed along the direction of the rotational axis of the workpiece (during a low-feed operation) to control a direction in which the chips are deformed and allow the chips to be easily cut. More specifically, with the cutting insert according to the present aspect, during the high-feed operation, the discrete wall surface operates to lift up the chips from the workpiece (i.e., keep the chips away from the upper surface of the cutting edge body) and inhibit the chips from coming into contact with the wavy wall surface. Meanwhile, during the low-feed operation, the wavy wall surface causes an external force to be exerted on the chips from the workpiece to deform the chips and allow the chips to be easily cut. With the cutting insert according to the aspect described above, it is possible to improve chip discharge particularly during high-depth-of-cut/low-feed machining while, during, e.g., high-depth-of-cut/high-feed machining, a projecting shape of a substrate functions and, during low-depth-of-cut/low-feed machining, sufficient chip control of the recessed shape of the cutting edge body is maintained.
The following is a description of a principle of the cutting insert according to the present aspect, which is expected to improve chip discharge or the like as described above. First, a typical phenomenon during cutting (milling) is such that influence of different peripheral speeds at a workpiece is likely to become apparent during a low-feed operation while, when a high-feed operation is performed, a problem (influence) specific to the high-feed operation becomes apparent, and the influence of the different peripheral speeds at the workpiece during the low-feed operation is concealed thereby. With the cutting insert according to the present aspect which is configured in view of such a typical phenomenon, under a low-feed condition such as during lateral feed external shape machining, the wavy wall surface gives a deformation to cross sections of chips to allow the chips to be easily cut and, under a high-feed condition, the discrete wall surface lifts up chips to inhibit the chips from coming into contact with the wavy wall surface.
In the cutting insert described above, the front cutting edge and the side cutting edge may be connected via a corner cutting edge.
In the cutting insert described above, the front cutting edge may be formed perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the cutting edge body, and the recessed part may be formed on each of one end side and another end side in the lateral direction to be asymmetric with respect to a virtual perpendicular plane perpendicular to the front cutting edge and halving the front cutting edge.
In the cutting insert described above, intervals at which the discrete wall surface is disposed may be set to be shorter with increasing distance from the front cutting edge along the longitudinal direction.
In the cutting insert described above, the wavy wall surface may be formed to have a size decreasing with increasing distance from the front cutting edge along the longitudinal direction.
In the cutting insert described above, each of the front cutting edge and the side cutting edge may be connected to a rake surface having a positive rake angle in a cross section perpendicular to each of the cutting edges.
In the cutting insert described above, each of the front cutting edge and the side cutting edge may be connected to the rake surface via a land part formed between each of the cutting edges and the rake surface.
In the cutting insert described above, the discrete wall surface may be provided as a wall surface forming an angle of not less than 90° with the upper surface in a virtual cross section corresponding to a plane perpendicular to the side cutting edge.
In the cutting insert described above, the wavy wall surface having a wavy periodic shape along the longitudinal direction and the discontinuous discrete wall surface may be configured to be connected in a top view of the cutting edge body.
In the cutting insert described above, a substrate to which the cutting edge body is to be joined may have a projected part projecting more toward the upper direction than the upper surface of the cutting edge body.
In the cutting insert described above, the projected part may be formed at a position distant by a predetermined value from a front surface of the substrate serving as one end thereof in the longitudinal direction.
In the cutting insert described above, the side cutting edge may be formed to extend to a position beyond the position distant by the predetermined value from the front surface.
In the cutting insert described above, the projected part may have an inclined surface which is inclined with respect to the side cutting edge in a top view.
In the cutting insert described above, the inclined surface may be formed to be closer to one end side in the lateral direction on which the side cutting edge is formed with increasing distance from the front surface.
In the cutting insert described above, the inclined surface may be formed at an angle of 60° to 80° with respect to the lateral direction in a top view.
In the cutting insert described above, the inclined surface may have an angle of 5° to 10° in a direction in which a distance to the front surface increases with increasing distance from the front surface.
In the cutting insert described above, the projected part may be formed in a shape so as to be connected to any one surface at which the cutting edge body and the substrate are in contact with each other.
In the cutting insert described above, the cutting edge body may be an ultrahigh-pressure sintered body to be joined to the substrate.
Referring to the drawings, a detailed description will be given below of a preferred embodiment of a cutting tool according to the present invention (see
A cutting insert 10 according to the present invention is configured as a cutting insert which is preferably used for turning using an automatic lathe tool such as a small lathe. The cutting insert 10 is formed by joining, to a substrate (base insert) 20, a cutting edge body 30 made of an ultrahigh-pressure sintered body having a hardness higher than that of the substrate 20 by brazing. The cutting insert 10 having such a configuration has an extremely high abrasion resistance, and accordingly can be used to cut various metal materials such as cast iron, a high-hardness metal material, and a non-ferrous alloy of aluminum or the like (see
Cutting Edge Body
The cutting edge body 30 is made of the ultrahigh-pressure sintered body formed in a prismatic shape having a longitudinal direction x extending in the grooving direction, a lateral direction y perpendicular to the longitudinal direction x and extending in the lateral feed direction, and a vertical direction z perpendicular to each of the longitudinal direction x and the lateral direction y (see
The cutting edge includes the front cutting edge (having a length of 2 mm given by way of example for reference, though the length is by no means limited) 31 formed on an intersecting edge between the peripheral side surface 30s and the upper surface 30u of the cutting edge body 30 and the side cutting edge (having a length of 6 mm similarly given by way of example for reference) 32 (see
The side cutting edges 32 and 37 are formed respectively on one end side and another end side in the lateral direction y with respect to a virtual perpendicular plane VP perpendicular to the front cutting edge 31 and halving the front cutting edge 31 (see
Each of the recessed parts 33 and 38 is formed at a position on the upper surface 30u to be subsequent to the one side cutting edge 32 in the lateral direction y (see
Of the recessed part 33, the portion closest to the side cutting edge 32 is formed with a flank functioning as a rake surface 32r of the side cutting edge 32. The side cutting edge 32 is connected to the rake surface 32r in a cross section perpendicular to the side cutting edge 32 (see
Note that each of the rake surfaces 31r, 32r, and 37r may also include a plurality of surfaces, though not particularly illustrated, and the one (first rake surface) of the plurality of surfaces closest to the corresponding cutting edge (the front cutting edge 31, the side cutting edge 32, or the side cutting edge 37) may also be configured to function as a land part (narrow first rake surface). When such land parts are formed, the individual cutting edges (the front cutting edge 31, the side cutting edge 32, and the side cutting edge 37) are connected to the rake surfaces (the other portions thereof) via the respective land parts. To give a specific example, each of the land parts parallel to the front cutting edge 31 and the side cutting edges 32 and 37 may also be provided to have a width of, e.g., 0.05 mm, though not illustrated. Alternatively, it may also be possible that the rake surfaces each having a rake angle of 21° in cross sections on planes perpendicular to the individual cutting edges (the front cutting edge 31, the side cutting edge 32, and the side cutting edge 37) are formed, and the rake surfaces formed of planes (land parts) parallel to the individual cutting edges are connected thereto. Note that each of the recessed parts including the rake surface 31r, 32r, and 37r may also be formed to have a minimum required depth in consideration of cost and the like.
The wall part 34 is configured to have a wavy wall surface 34W and a discrete wall surface 34P (see
The wavy wall surface 34W includes a plurality of curved surfaces each having a recessed shape which are aligned in the longitudinal direction x so as to undulate along the lateral direction y (see
The discrete wall surface 34P is formed of a wall surface including a plurality of wall surfaces formed at positions located between the wavy wall surface 34W and the side cutting edge 32 and discrete along the longitudinal direction x (see
In the cutting edge body 30 in the present embodiment, the wavy wall surface 34W and the discrete wall surface 34P are formed as follows. Specifically, the wavy wall surface 34W is formed such that the plurality of wall surfaces included in the wavy wall surface 34W have dimensions (widths and amplitudes) gradually decreasing with increasing distance from the front cutting edge 31 along the longitudinal direction x (see
Substrate
The substrate (base insert) 20 is a member for holding the cutting edge body 30 joined thereto by brazing and mounted on the cutting tool holder 80 by screwing (see
The substrate 20 is also formed with a projected part 24 upwardly projecting from a portion of the cutting edge body 30 (see
First, the projected part 24 is shaped to have an inclined surface 24s which is inclined with respect to the side cutting edge 32 in a top view (see
In addition, the projected part 24 is formed to have an inclination angle γ of 5 to 10° with respect to a plane (x-y plane) perpendicular to the vertical direction z (see
The projected part 24 may also be formed into a shape connected to any one of junction surfaces at which the cutting edge body 30 and the substrate 20 are joined together. For example, in the cutting insert 10 in the present embodiment, the substrate 20 is joined to the cutting edge body 30 at a first contact surface (bottom supporting surface) 20b in contact with a bottom surface of the cutting edge body 30 and at the second contact surface (wall surface) 20s in contact with a portion of the peripheral side surface 30s of the cutting edge body 30 (see
The projected part 24 is also formed at a position distant by a predetermined value X2 from the front surface 30f of the cutting edge body 30 and provided such that the inclined surface 24s spans from the position toward a base end side of the cutting tool holder 80 (see
As described above, by the cutting insert 10 in the present embodiment in which X1 is set to satisfy X2 (Distance from Front Surface 30f of Cutting Edge Body 30 to Projected part 24)>X1 (Length of Side Cutting Edge) (see
Cutting Tool Holder
The cutting tool holder 80 is the cutting tool holding the cutting insert 10 at a leading end portion thereof, and is provided to be capable of feeding in the grooving direction and the lateral feed direction by using the automatic lathe tool (illustration thereof is omitted) (see
Mode During Use
The cutting insert 10 configured as described above in the present embodiment is mounted on the cutting tool holder 80 and pressed against the work (workpiece) 100 rotating around a rotation center line C to cut the work 100 and transfer a predetermined shape thereto. Actually, the cutting insert 10 is first fed in the grooving direction along the longitudinal direction x of the cutting edge body 30 to perform groove machining, and further fed in the lateral feed direction along the lateral direction y perpendicular to the longitudinal direction x to perform lateral machining and external shape machining of the work 100 and thus form a rectangular groove measuring a length (width) of the front cutting edge 31 of the cutting edge body 30 or more (see
Characteristic Feature of Chip Control and Freedom of Feed
As described above, with the cutting insert 10 formed with the wavy wall surface 34W and the discrete wall surface 34P, it is possible to reduce resistance during cutting by appropriately controlling chips (denoted by a reference sign 101 in
During High-Feed Operation
The discrete wall surface 34P raises (lifts up) the relatively thick chips 101 to inhibit the chips 101 from coming into contact with the wavy wall surface 34W (see
By allowing a so-called linear chip breaker wall surface formed of the discrete wall surface 34P provided in the cutting edge body 30 to process (control) the relatively thick chips 101 during the high-feed operation, adaptability to a wide range of machining conditions including those during the high-feed operation is provided.
During Low-Feed Operation
The relatively thin chips 101 are discharged along the wavy wall surface 34W. At this time, the wavy wall surface 34W gives a deformation to the chips 101 (cross sections thereof) (
The wavy wall surface 34W is configured such that the deepest wall portions (portions most distant from the side cutting edge 32) thereof are disposed parallel to the longitudinal direction x of the cutting edge body 30, not to the side cutting edge 32, to provide a structure in which portions of the wavy wall surface 34W closer to the front cutting edge 31 are more deeply recessed (see
While the cutting insert 10 according to the embodiment of the present embodiment has been described heretofore, various changes can be made therein. For example, the cutting edge body 30 of the cutting insert 10 can be formed of an ultrahigh-pressure sintered body such as a diamond sintered body or a cubic boron nitride sintered body or of a material obtained by coating the hard material or the ultrahigh-pressure sintered body with a coating of any one selected from the group consisting of a carbide, a nitride, an oxide, a carbonitride, an oxycarbide, a carbon oxynitride, a boron nitride, and a boron carbon oxynitride of periodic table 4A, 5A, and 6A group metals, aluminum oxide, and titanium aluminum nitride or with an amorphous carbon thin film or the like by a CVD method, a PVD method, or the like.
Note that each of the embodiments described above is an example of preferred implementation of the present invention, but is not limited thereto. Various modifications can be made within a scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the shape of the wavy wall surface 34W shown in each of the embodiments described above is a mere preferred example, and a wavy wall surface having another shape, e.g., a shape including no arc (such as, e.g., a combinational shape of polygonal lines) can be used appropriately. The period of the wavy wall surface 34W may also be constant/uniform.
The cutting insert 10 described above in the present embodiment is preferred as a multifunctional insert of a back turning grooving tool type. However, in a strict sense, the cutting insert 10 can improve the chip control and the quality of the machined surface irrespective of the use and shape of a chip, and the use of the cutting insert 10 is not particularly limited.
The present invention is preferably applied to an insert for cutting.
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