Drilling head with axial vibrations
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InventorsGeorge Moraru, Philippe Veron, Patrice Rabate
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A drilling head (1) with an axial oscillation generator, includes a mounting (2) for coupling the head to a motor for rotating the mounting about an axis, the mounting (2) having a longitudinal axis (5) coinciding with the axis of rotation of the motor, a tool holder (3), an elastically deformable element (6) for retaining the tool holder (3) in the mounting (2) and an element (7) for guiding the tool holder (3) in the mounting (2) along the longitudinal axis (5) of the mounting, wherein the mounting of the drilling head includes a controlled generator (8) of reciprocating movements in the direction of the aforementioned axis (5) positioned between the mounting (2) and the tool holder, the tool holder and the generator being connected by a longitudinal coupling member (9) suitable for damping the impacts withstood by the tool holder while enabling the transmission of the reciprocating movements.
A drilling head including a generator of axial oscillations, comprising a mount for coupling said drilling head to a motor that drives the rotation of the mount about an axis, the mount having a longitudinal axis that coincides with the axis of rotation of the motor, a tool holder, elastically deformable suspension means for suspending the tool holder from the mount, allowing axial movements, and guide means to guide the tool holder in the mount along the longitudinal axis of said mount, comprising a controlled generator of reciprocating movements in the direction of the abovementioned axis, interposed between the mount and the tool holder, wherein the generator of reciprocating axial movements is tubular and of the piezoelectric type without preload, pressing against the tool holder mount via one of its ends, and in that it comprises a sliding pivot between the mount and the tool holder inside the generator, an axially elastic external sleeve of high torsional stiffness fixed by its ends to the mount and to the tool holder respectively, and an annular shim of determined axial stiffness and low flexural stiffness via which the tool holder presses axially against the end of the generator of reciprocating movements, reducing bending stresses transmitted to said generator of reciprocating movements while allowing the axial movements to be transmitted.
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