Drill
AssigneeOsg Corporation
InventorsHiroyasu Makino, Yukimasa Takagishi
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Abstract
A drill (1) is provided with a thinning edge (7), a gash portion (8), a coolant passage, and an oil hole (12). The thinning edge (7) is provided at a leading end portion of a body (3), and extends toward a chisel portion (9) from an inner end (51) of a cutting edge (5). A ridge line between the gash portion (8) and the flank (6) extends in a circular arc shape from an inner end of the thinning edge (7) toward an outer peripheral surface (31) of the body (3). The coolant passage is provided inside a shank and the body (3), and extends from a rear end portion of the shank toward the leading end portion of the body (3). The oil hole (12) is provided at a gash face (81) of the gash portion (8) and is an outlet of the coolant passage.
Claims6
A drill including a drill main body to be rotated around a shaft center, and a discharge flute provided in a helical shape along an outer peripheral surface of the drill main body from a leading end portion toward a rear end portion thereof, a cutting edge being provided that is formed at a ridge section between an inner face, of the discharge flute, oriented toward a rotation direction side of the drill main body and a flank of the drill main body at the leading end portion, the drill comprising:
- a thinning edge provided at the leading end portion of the drill main body and extending from an inner end of the cutting edge toward a central portion side of the leading end portion of the drill main body;
- a gash portion, a ridge line between the gash portion and the flank extending in a circular arc shape from an inner end of the thinning edge toward the outer peripheral surface of the drill main body;
- a coolant passage provided inside the drill main body and extending from the rear end portion toward the leading end portion of the drill main body;
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- an oil hole provided only at a gash face of the gash portion, the oil hole being an outlet of the coolant passage.
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