摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cutting tool assembly having a clamp assembly comprising a clamp and a coolant plate.SOLUTION: A clamp assembly to secure a cutting insert to a holder includes a clamp that has a distal end and a clamp projection depending from the distal end of the clamp. There is a coolant plate that has a top plate surface and a bottom plate surface, and the top plate surface contains a recess that receives the clamp projection upon assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate. The bottom plate surface contains a bowl having an open bowl end, and in operation the bowl directs coolant through the open bowl end toward the cutting insert. The assembly has a positioner extending between the clamp and the coolant plate so as to maintain a position of the clamp relative to the coolant plate upon the assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate. |