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US 12,515,269 B2Granted
Whirling tool
AssigneeHM Process Technology AG
InventorHugo Flückiger
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Abstract
A whirling tool (21), in particular for cutting a thread, includes a body with cutting teeth integrally machined thereon (23; 47, 51). Inaccuracies caused by mounting cutting teeth on the tool are avoided thereby.
Claims13
A single-piece, monolithic whirling tool for use in a machine tool including a tool spindle, the single-piece, monolithic whirling tool comprising:
- a carrier section configured to be received in the tool spindle;
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- a plurality of internal cutting teeth,
- the carrier section being peripherally conically shaped and including locking grooves on an outer circumference configured to be fastened in the tool spindle, each locking groove being helical,
- wherein the internal cutting teeth and the carrier section together form the single-piece, monolithic whirling tool, and the carrier section annularly surrounds the internal cutting teeth.
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