Circular milling tool and circular milling method

Abstract

A circular milling tool for producing a microgroove structure in a cylindrical surface of a bore, the microgroove structure having a groove profile defined by plural microgrooves axially spaced apart and peripherally extend in a circular manner, comprising: a tool base body drivable around an axis of rotation, which carries a circumferential cutter set with first and second circumferential cutters, which are arranged in a row in the circumferential direction, the first circumferential cutter and second circumferential cutter each have a cutting profile that differs from the groove profile of the microgroove structure to be produced, and the circumferentially projected cutting profiles of the circumferential cutters of the circumferential cutter set overlap each other in an axial direction to an extent that they jointly image the defined groove profile of the microgroove structure to be generated. Also, a method for producing a microgroove structure in a bore.

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