Drill

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10507533-B2
Application number	US-201715593002-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 11, 2017
Priority date	May 12, 2016
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

The drill comprises a base body, which extends in the axial direction along an axis of rotation and rotates about the axis of rotation in a direction of rotation during operation. Into the base body are incorporated flutes and between consecutive flutes is formed a rear surface, which extends, in relation to the direction of rotation, from a leading flute to a trailing flute. On the rear surface in the region of the leading flute, a guide chamfer and a support chamfer spaced apart from it in the direction opposite the direction of rotation are formed, wherein the support chamfer, as radially outermost region, forms a support edge for a merely linear support.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drill comprising:
a nominal radius (r 0 );
a base body, which extends in the axial direction along an axis of rotation and rotates about the axis of rotation in a direction of rotation during operation;
flutes, which are incorporated into the base body;
a rear surface between consecutive flutes, which rear surface extends, in relation to the direction of rotation, from a leading flute to a trailing flute;
a guide chamfer formed on the rear surface in the region of the leading flute as well as a support chamfer spaced apart from it in the direction opposite the direction of rotation, wherein the support chamfer, as radially outermost region, forms a support edge with point-shaped contact to the nominal radius for a merely linear support which extends in the axial direction.

2. The drill according to claim 1 , in which the support chamfer comprises a leading surface region in the leading direction relative to the support edge in relation to the direction of rotation, which leading surface region rises in the radial direction toward the support edge, and comprises a trailing surface region in the trailing direction relative to the support edge, which trailing surface region falls off in the radial direction.

3. The drill according to claim 2 , in which the leading surface region and the trailing surface region, when viewed in a cross section orthogonal to the axis of rotation, are oriented toward each other at an obtuse angle (α).

4. The drill according to claim 3 , in which the obtuse angle (0) is in the range of 130° to 175°.

5. The drill according to claim 2 , in which the leading surface region and the trailing surface region, when viewed in a cross section orthogonal to the axis of rotation, abut against each other to form a support edge.

6. The drill according to claim 1 , in which the support edge extends in the axial direction over a length, which corresponds to a multiple of the nominal radius (r 0 ).

7. The drill according to claim 1 , in which the support edge is spaced apart from the subsequent flute.

8. A method for producing a drill comprising an axis of rotation, about which it rotates in a direction of rotation during operation, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
providing a raw rod;
grinding in flutes, wherein a rear surface remains between the flutes;
grinding of the rear surface so that a support chamfer is formed; and
grinding off of a trailing region of the support chamfer in relation to the direction of rotation to form a trailing surface region of the support chamfer having a point-shaped contact to a nominal radius of the drill defining an axially extending linear support edge.

9. The method according to claim 8 , in which the support chamfer comprises in relation to the direction of rotation a leading surface region rising toward the support edge, and the trailing surface region is ground toward the leading surface region such that the two region surfaces directly abut against each other at the support edge.

Assignees

• Kennametal Inc

Inventors

• Guter Tim

Classifications

• B23B51/02 Primary

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• B23B2200/201

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• B23B2251/12

  Cross sectional views of the cutting edges · CPC title

• B23B51/00 Primary

  Tools for drilling machines · CPC title

• B23B2251/204

  Four cutting edges · CPC title