Seco Tools AB

A system for controlling a cutting tool during a cutting operation includes a sequence of operation steps, each operation step resulting in an operation condition. The system includes a control unit operatively connected to the tool, and at least one sensor operatively connected to the control unit, the control unit being configured to compare a measured value of the operation condition for a current operation step with an expected value of the operation condition for the current operation step and determining a difference therebetween, and, based on this difference, determine an adjusted expected value of the operation condition for the operation steps subsequent to the current operation step. The control unit is further configured to determine if the adjusted expected value of the operation step is higher than a predetermined operation condition threshold value, and, if so, reducing a parameter value of the cutting data parameter for the operation step.

A method for repairing a cutting tool component including a damaged includes the step of removing the damaged portion by machining the cutting tool component into an interim component having a machined surface. The machined surface includes a build surface having a second outer boundary of a pre-determined shape, and a transition surface surrounding the build surface. The method further includes the steps of placing the interim component in an additive manufacturing device; determining a position and an orientation of the second outer boundary; and additively manufacturing a replacement portion on the build surface.

A system for automated mounting and dismounting of at least one cutting insert on a tool body with a screwing tool is provided. The cutting insert includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a circumferential side surface connecting the top and bottom surfaces, and a through hole extending from the top surface to the bottom surface for receiving the shaft of a fastening screw. A carrier device is arranged to pick up and release the cutting insert with the fastening screw. The carrier device has a body having a front surface, a rear surface, a circumferential side surface connecting the front and rear surfaces, and a channel extending from a front end opening in the front surface to a rear end opening in the rear surface. A method for automated mounting of a cutting insert with a fastening screw on a tool body is also provided.

A tool includes a cemented carbide part and a steel part joined by brazing, where the steel part has an average hardness of between 390 and 510 HV30. The braze joint includes Ti and a TiC layer, with a thickness of between 0.03 and 5 μm, adjoining to the cemented carbide part. The tool provides a strong braze joint and a steel part that have an even hardness.

A double-sided cutting insert for milling includes first and second major faces, a peripheral surface arranged between the major faces and including a first main side face, a first main cutting edge formed at an intersection between the first main side face and the first major face, a second main cutting edge formed at an intersection between the first main side face and the second major face, first and second inclined side surfaces, which are formed on the first main side face and which are inclined towards each other to form a depression on the first main side face, and a chip deflecting member formed on the first main side face as a protrusion across the depression and which includes a chip deflecting surface configured to deflect chips, which hit the first main side face, away from the depression.

The disclosure relates to a method, an electronic device and a computer program product for reducing a carbon dioxide footprint associated with a production process. The carbon dioxide footprint has at least an amount of carbon dioxide emitted during the production process. The method includes the step of obtaining a parameter indicative of a selected cutting feature for production by a cutting tool, the step of obtaining a parameter indicative of a selected work-piece material for production by a cutting tool, the step of determining a set of cutting tools for production based on the obtained parameters, and the step of determining a cutting tool for production from the determined set of cutting tools based on carbon dioxide emission information data associated with each cutting tool in the determined set of cutting tools.

A boring head arranged for holding a boring tool for metal cutting includes a main body having a support surface and a scale surface. The boring head further includes a piston including a boring tool interface for fixedly carrying the boring tool. The piston is movably arranged in the main body along the positioning axis (y), and a micrometer screw. The micrometer screw is arranged in the main body and coupled to the piston, such that, when the micrometer screw is rotated, the piston is moved along the positioning axis to one of the protracted positions or the retracted position. The micrometer screw has a head abutting against the support surface. The head includes a radially outer head surface provided with first graduation marks. The scale surface is provided with second graduation marks aligned with the first graduation marks to provide a reading of the axial position of the piston.

A toolholder for use with a cutting element in a cutting process is provided. The toolholder includes at least one sensor arranged for detecting an environmental condition, and a control unit operatively connected to the at least one sensor. The control unit includes a crossbar array of resistive memory devices and a power source operatively connected to the crossbar array. The crossbar array includes a neural network stored thereon, the neural network being arranged to determine a condition of the cutting element or of the cutting process based on the environmental condition detected by the at least one sensor. A cutting tool and a cutting tool assembly is also provided.

A coated cutting tool includes a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge region between and adjoining the flank face and the rake face in a nose area of a cutting tool insert. The cutting edge region is intersected by an edge line and defines a cutting edge sector that defines an cutting edge radius, r e . The coated cutting tool includes a substrate with a coating having a thickness between 1 μm and 40 μm, where the coating includes an α-Al 2 O 3 layer and an MTCVD TiCN layer located between the substrate and the α-Al 2 O 3 layer. The α-Al 2 O 3 layer exhibits a texture coefficient TC(hkl), as measured by X-ray diffraction using CuKa radiation and θ-2θ scan, defined according to Harris formula T ⁢ C ⁡ ( h ⁢ k ⁢ l ) = I ⁡ ( hkl ) I 0 ( h ⁢ k ⁢ l ) [ 1 n ⁢ ∑ n = 1 n I ⁡ ( hkl ) I 0 ( h ⁢ k ⁢ l ) ] - 1 where I(hkl) is the measured integrated area intensity of the (hkl) reflection with corresponding reference intensity I 0 (hkl), and n is the number of reflections used in the calculation.

The disclosure relates to a method, computer program product and system for decreasing the risk of erroneously handling a tool in a machine operation. The system includes a reader device for reading a machine readable code arranged at a tool part and an electronic device having a processing circuitry configured to cause the system to receive desired operation data indicative of a tool part to be used during the machine operation. The method includes the steps of receiving desired operation data indicative of the tool part to be used during the machine operation, detecting the identification marker at the tool part, reading, by the reader device, the machine readable code of the identification marker, identifying the tool part, and determining if the identified tool part corresponds to the tool part according to the desired operation data, the identification marker being a machine readable code associated with the tool part.