Patent 11344958 was granted and assigned to Tungaloy Corporation on May, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A cutting insert which is excellent in both cutting edge strength and chip evacuation is provided. A corner edge of the cutting insert is formed in an arc shape. In a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of a body, a width of the corner edge is 40% or more and 50% or less of a width of the cutting insert. An upper surface has a negative land which is formed along a cutting edge and has a negative angle. The angle of the negative land increases from one end, which is connected to an inner cutting edge, of both ends of the corner edge toward the other end.