摘要 |
A rotatable cutting tool for impinging the earth strata wherein the cutting tool has a tool body with an axial forward end and an axial rearward end. A hard insert is at the axial forward end and a retainer is carried by a shank portion near the axial rearward end. The hard insert has an axial forward generally conical tip section that presents a tip surface and has a starting included angle of between greater than about 110 degrees and less than about 140 degrees, a transition section (wherein at least a portion of the transition section presenting a convex shape) that is contiguous with and axially rearward of the tip section, a radially outwardly expanding first mediate section that is axially rearward of the convex section, and a base section that is axially rearward of the mediate section.
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