ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,031, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Ceratizit Balzheim GmbH & Co. KG (Balzheim, Germany).
"Cutting tool for machining fiber composite materials" was invented by Jochen Walcher (Balzheim, Germany), Michael Schmid (Balzheim, Germany), Peter Luibrand (Balzheim, Germany) and Oliver Rapp (Balzheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting tool for machining fiber composite materials has clamping section and a cutting section which extend along a longitudinal axis. The cutting section has a basic cylindrical shape. First chipping flutes form left-hand spirals and second chipping flutes form right-hand spirals. Intersecting firs...