Kennametal Inc.
INDEXABLE TANGENTIAL RAILWAY WHEEL MILLING INSERTS AND CUTTING TOOL HOLDERS

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Abstract:

Railway wheel milling tool system including a railway wheel truing cutters and tangential railway wheel milling inserts are disclosed. The tangential milling inserts have at least four indexable cutting edges, each with a central wiper cutting edge segment between two convex cutting edge segments. The milling inserts may allow both the flat portion and curved portion of a railway wheel to be machined with an improved surface finish. The railway wheel truing cutters comprise a plurality of insert pockets structured and arranged to receive the tangential railway wheel milling inserts.

Status:
Application
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

14 Aug 2020

Issue date:

17 Feb 2022