| CPC B23B 27/1611 (2013.01) [B23B 27/065 (2013.01); B23B 2200/049 (2013.01); B23B 2200/085 (2013.01)] | 4 Claims |

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1. An indexable cutting insert comprising:
a generally polygonal primary body comprising a primary body base, an opposed and similarly-shaped body face with a plurality of primary flank portions extending there between, the plurality of primary flank portions each including a base flank and a top flank adjacent to the base flank, wherein the base flank, respectively, extends away from the primary body base towards the primary body face, and a top flank extends away from the primary body face towards the primary body base to meet at the corresponding base flank at a corresponding middle corner portion;
one or more cutting protrusions, each of the one or more cutting protrusions including a rake face and a tip flat;
wherein
a cutting protrusion in the one or more cutting protrusions extends away from, and includes a rake face that merges therewith, the base flank, the rake face extended towards a cutting flank portion through an edge portion, wherein the cutting flank portion comprises the tip flat extending rearwardly away from a rake front defining a protrusion tip TP at the corresponding edge portion and towards a rake root disposed on the rake face adjacent the base flank; and
an acute angle (φ) between the rake face of the cutting protrusion and a normal of the base flank is less than an acute angle (Ω) between the tip flat of the cutting protrusion and the normal of the base flank.
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