Abstract: A rotary coolant adapter that is compatible with commercially available tool holders attaches to a rotary tool holder to supply coolant to a flow path in a rotary tool. The rotary coolant adapter has a stationary outer housing and a stationary supply tube for supplying coolant to an annular coolant manifold that surrounds a portion of the rotary tool holder. An internal radial feed tube supplies coolant from the annular coolant manifold to the flow path in the tool. Bearings support the stationary outer housing on the rotary coolant holder, and seals are located between the annular coolant manifold and the bearings to prevent coolant leakage from the annular manifold reaching the bearings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting tool for a machine tool, comprising a cutting head (1), a shaft (2), and a coupling which removably fixes the cutting head (1) to the shaft (2), said coupling comprising a coupling pin (6) on the back of the cutting head (7) and a receptacle (5) in the shaft (2), which receptacle is complementary to the coupling pin (6) and accommodates the coupling pin (6) when the coupling is closed, comprising a central coolant channel (20) in the shaft (2), which separates into two sub-channels (12) in the region of the receptacle (5), the two sub-channels (12) flanking the receptacle (5) in the wall thereof and opening into the flat contact surface (10) annularly surrounding the opening edge (8) of the receptacle (5), and comprising a flat collar (16) on the back of the cutting head (7) having an annular distribution groove (15). The tool also comprises at least one coolant hole (19) connecting the cutting edges (14) on the cutting head (1) to the distribution groove (15).

Abstract: A tool holder includes: a shank portion gripped by a main shaft; a tool attachment portion having an insertion port into which a tool is inserted in a tip end surface thereof; a cover having a tubular wall that covers an outer periphery of the tool attachment portion and a bottom surface that covers the tip end surface of the tool attachment portion; a bearing provided between the tubular wall of the cover and the tool attachment portion; and a stopper that prevents the cover from co-rotating with the tool attachment portion. A through hole penetrated by the tool and an ejection port disposed on a periphery of the through hole in order to eject the coolant toward the tool are provided in the bottom surface of the cover.

Abstract: A combination of a chucking device and a drill and a chucking device for a drill with cutting tips on both ends. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.

Abstract: A twist drill includes a drill body having a chip flute extending a distance along the drill body. The chip flute has a leading edge and a run-out edge running along the chip flute. The run-out edge is disposed behind the leading edge in a direction of rotation of the twist drill. The chip flute, viewed cross-sectionally in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion. The first wall portion extends along a curve between the run-out edge and the second wall portion. The second wall portion extends in a straight line from between the leading edge and the first wall portion. The first wall portion and the second wall portion are disposed adjoining one another and together define a J-shaped cross-sectional profile perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A cutting tool comprises a cutting insert, a tool holder, and a fastener. The cutting insert comprises a cutting edge and a fastener bore adapted to accept a fastener for fastening together the cutting tool and tool holder. A coolant flow recess in the fastener bore is adapted to direct coolant through the coolant flow recess and toward a head portion of the fastener. The tool holder comprises an insert pocket adapted to removably fasten the cutting insert and fastener to the tool holder, and a coolant bore adapted to direct the coolant from the tool holder to the coolant flow recess of the fastener bore. The head portion of the fastener and the coolant flow recess of the fastener bore define a gap that directs the coolant to the cutting edge of the cutting insert.

Abstract: A twist drill assembly (10) comprising a shaft (30) and a drill tip (20); the shaft having a single internal shaft conduit (34) for a fluid, extending between orifices (36, 37) formed into the shaft; the drill tip having an internal drill tip conduit (22) for the fluid, extending between orifices formed into the drill tip; the shaft and the drill tip configured such that the drill tip is connectable to an end of the shaft with the internal drill tip conduit in communication with the internal shaft conduit, allowing the fluid to be capable of flowing from the internal shaft conduit into the internal drill tip conduit; the internal shaft conduit having a spiral form aligned with a central longitudinal axis of the shaft, and configured to complement the arrangement of spiral flutes (38) formed on the shaft.

Abstract: An object is to provide a drill bit with improved strength of joint between a bit tip and a bit shaft without diminishing dust suction performance of the drill bit. A drill bit 1 includes: a bit tip 3 including at least three cutting edge portions arranged at the distal end of the bit tip 3 such that they are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction, each cutting edge portion 3c having a rake face 3s and a relief face 3e forming a joint ridge L1 serving as a cutting edge; and a bit shaft 2 having a distal end face 2F welded to a proximal end face of the bit tip 3 such that the bit shaft 2 rotates integrally with the bit tip 3. The bit shaft 2 includes a dust suction passage 4 extending in the longitudinal direction of the bit shaft 2, such that the distal end of the dust suction passage 4 extends to a distal end portion of the bit shaft.

Abstract: A tool head for use with a modular shank tool includes at least two preforms. Each preform of the at least two prefroms is made separately from the other preform of the at least two preforms from granular materials and then put together and jointly compressed and integrally bonded.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for manufacturing a blank for a round tool and to a blank for a round tool, and eventually to a method for manufacturing a round tool and to a round tool obtained. The device comprises a die for extrusion and a sleeve arrangement comprising a sleeve, and an end member for closing the sleeve in one end. Extrusion through the die continuously forms an extruded material comprising chip flutes and optionally internal coolant channels, which is received by the sleeve arrangement. The extruded material received by the sleeve arrangement is reworked and shaped to a shank portion after the interior shape of the sleeve arrangement. A projection of the end member protruding into the sleeve forms a bore in the blank. When the shank portion is finished the end member is released and moved forward as extrusion continues to form a fluted portion to complete the blank.

Abstract: The description shows a chip breaker system for a drilling, turning, milling or reaming tool, wherein the chip breaker system comprises: a portion of a flute and a first area which is produced by a progressive cut, wherein a first edge is arranged between the portion and the first area in such a way that chips produced by a cutting movement of the drilling, turning, milling or reaming tool can be broken at the first edge. The application further relates to a high-speed reamer comprising such a chip breaker system, a reamer made of solid carbide, a reamer with axially extending cooling channels which are disposed in a decentralized manner, a reamer with cooling channels which are unevenly distributed in the peripheral direction, and a reamer with cooling channels, wherein the outlet openings of the cooling channels are arranged on different cutting planes.

Abstract: A method for bonding together components, such as a tip and a shaft which include mutually facing carbide end surfaces. The tip includes circumferentially spaced flutes formed in its cylindrical outer periphery. The shaft has a cylindrical outer periphery and a plurality of coolant holes extending through the shaft. Bonding of the tip to the shaft is performed by inserting gauge wires into the coolant holes and associated flutes, and positioning brazing material between the first and second end surfaces. A water-soluble bond-blocking material is applied to the gauge wires for preventing brazing of the gauge wires to the brazing material. The brazing material is heated to braze the first and second end surfaces together while the flutes and their associated coolant holes are maintained in alignment by the gauge wires. Then, the gauge wires are removed, and residual bond-blocking material is dissolved in water.

Abstract: A drilling/reaming tool includes a basic body which extends in a longitudinal direction. The basic body includes at least one end-side drilling major cutting edge, a main flute which is assigned to said drilling major cutting edge and is wound at a first helix angle, and a plurality of reaming cutting edges which are arranged circumferentially on the basic body and have in each case one reamer flute which is assigned to the respective reaming cutting edge and is wound at a second helix angle. The reaming cutting edges adjoin the at least one major cutting edge directly in the longitudinal direction. Each reamer flute is merged into the main flute.

Abstract: A drill body for chip removing machining, including a rotationally symmetrical envelope surface and front and rear ends between which a center axis extends, around which the envelope surface is rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation. A head is formed in the front end that includes two cutting edges, each one of which includes a first part edge and a second part edge. The first part edge is included in a central tip part having a front end portion situated along the center axis. The second part edge extends between a peripheral end point positioned along the envelope surface and a radially inner end point where the second part edge transforms into the first part edge. The two first part edges converge at a positive nose angle (?) in an axially forward direction, and the two second part edges diverge at a negative angle (?) in the axially forward direction.

Abstract: A cutting tool for performing hole-cutting operations on a workpiece when the cutting tool is rotated about a central longitudinal axis. The cutting tool includes a generally cylindrical body having a first end structured to engage the workpiece and an opposite second end structured to be mounted to a machine tool; a groove formed in the first end of the generally cylindrical body, the groove disposed generally transverse to the longitudinal axis; and a nib portion disposed in, and coupled to, the groove via a brazing process.

Abstract: A twist drill having at least two cutting inserts at the tip each with its own J-shaped chip guiding flute and a method for the production thereof.

Abstract: A drill includes a blade portion provided with spiral cutting blades along a cutting direction from a tip end to a rear end, and a shank portion formed consecutively on a rear side of the blade portion. The blade portion includes distal-side cutting blades provided from the distal end of the blade portion along the cutting direction and angled at a constant first torsion angle, intermediate grooves formed at a variable torsion angle that varies gradually from the first torsion angle to a second torsion angle, and rear-side grooves formed at the constant second torsion angle. The rear-side grooves are longer than the distal-side cutting blades in the cutting direction, and the second torsion angle is greater than the first torsion angle.

Abstract: The application comprises a blank for producing a cutting tool with at least one inner bore for conducting fluids, wherein the blank comprises at least a first and a second portion along, its longitudinal axis, wherein the inner bore in the first portion is formed substantially in a straight line and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the blank, and the inner bore in the second portion has a first twist with a first twist angle greater than zero, wherein the blank can be obtained by a continuous pressing operation, in particular a continuous extruding operation. The application also describes an extrusion device for producing a blank, wherein the extrusion device comprises a control element for controlling the twist angle, in particular the first and/or second twist angle.

Abstract: Shaft tool with an adjustable cutting diameter, which permits improved handling. A rotating shaft tool, in particular a multi-stage reamer, with a first shaft part, equipped with a first cutting head comprising e.g. several cutting blades and a recess in the first shaft part, in which a second shaft part is positioned in the axis of the first shaft part, the second shaft part having a second cutting head with e.g. several blades and the diameter of the first cutting head being adjustable. The second shaft can be rotated in the first shaft part and the rotation in relation to one another creates a fixed connection between the shaft parts. This permits the connection between the two shaft parts and thus in particular the diameter of the first cutting head to be modified even though the shaft tool is inserted into e.g. a spindle of a machine tool.

Abstract: A coolant-hole equipped drill includes a drill main body, a cutting edge portion which has a tip flank, a chip discharging groove provided with a front groove wall surface and a rear groove wall surface, a cutting edge formed at a ridge line portion where the front groove wall surface and the tip flank intersect with each other, a land portion formed between the chip discharging grooves adjacent to each other in the rotating direction, and a coolant hole drilled at the land portion and opened at the tip flank. The coolant hole includes a front hole wall surface, a rear hole wall surface, and an outer-circumference hole wall surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotationally driven multi-bevel step tool, particularly a step drill for drilling into solid material, comprising a plurality of one-edged or multi-edged cutting steps which are arranged in a staggered manner in the cutting and advancing directions and each have a number of flutes that corresponds to the number of edges. Flutes (23, 33) adjoining each other in the circumferential direction are separated from each other by a web (24). According to the invention, the flues (23, 33) adjoining each other in the circumferential direction of two consecutive cutting steps (20, 30) in the cutting and advancing directions are connected to each other by a metal-cutting window (25) that is open on the circumferential side and interrupts the interposed web (24).

Abstract: An expandable reamer includes a shank portion, a cutting portion extending from the shank portion, and a tapered pin capable of being at least partially received in the cutting portion. The cutting portion includes a plurality of blades separated by flutes, and a tapered inner surface with threads. The tapered pin includes a tapered outer surface with threads and causes expansion or contraction of the cutting portion when the tapered pin is screwed or unscrewed into the cutting portion. In one embodiment, a coolant channel extends from a coolant cavity through a wall of the cutting portion to provide fluid to the blades during machining of through-holes. In another embodiment, the tapered pin includes a coolant passage in fluid communication with the coolant cavity to provide fluid to the blades during machining of blind holes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a machine tool, particularly a machine reamer, comprising a shaft-type base and a replaceable cutter head which frontally protrudes from the base. An axially protruding extension of said cutter head engages into a frontal receptacle that is fixed to the base, the cutter head being removably clamped in said receptacle by means of a clamping screw which penetrates the replaceable cutter head in a truly axial direction. The screw head of the clamping screw rests against a face of the replaceable cutter head. The extension of the replaceable cutter head is provided with a polygonal part which is complementary to a truly axial polygonal hole that is fixed to the base and is penetrated by the polygonal part.

Abstract: A rotary cutting tool comprises an elongate body disposed about a longitudinal axis, the elongate body including a helical flute and a polycrystalline-diamond cutting tip. The cutting tip comprises an inner portion having an inner point angle and an outer portion having an outer point angle different from the inner point angle.

Abstract: Tool holder assembly (TH) for multifunctional machining, such as drilling, boring, facing, and turning, eliminate interference between facing and turning, and secure an adequate chip groove space (10) for discharging chips therethrough without deterioration of a rigidity of the tool holder (TH), thereby securing a good quality of machining, and an exclusive adapter (TA) suitable to the foregoing tool holder (TH) assembly for multifunctional machining.

Abstract: To provide a working unit ejecting mist of the excellent quality. A working unit includes a body, a ram, a forward and backward moving mechanism moving the ram forward and backward, a tool, a holding section holding the tool and moving forward and backward integrally with the ram, a spindle motor rotating the holding section, and a mist supply portion supplying mist mixed with air and cutting oil to the tool and works a workpiece while supplying the mist. The tool has through-holes supplying the mist to a cutting blade portion. The holding section includes a collet holding the tool and a collet having an inner cylindrical portion into which the collet is inserted with a communication hole to which the mist supplied from the mist supply portion 10 is introduced being formed from the inner cylindrical portion to an outer peripheral portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multiple edge drill such as is especially used for machining difficult-to-machine, e.g. high-toughness materials, such as e.g. cast steel, steel for hardening and tempering or other difficult-to-machine steel materials including metallic cast materials, such as e.g. gray cast iron, and especially GGV or ADI cast iron. The facet is designed in such a manner that the main cutting edge has at least two main cutting edge sections that define point angles of different size, the radially outer point angle being smaller than the radially inner one, thereby obtaining a good cutting behavior and long service life of the tool.

Abstract: An indexable type cutting tool includes a drill having a shank and a drill body which extends from the shank, the drill body being defined with body flutes, and being formed with an insert seat which has seat side surfaces and a seat bottom surface and body flank surfaces and body thinning surfaces; a drill insert fitted into the insert seat of the drill body, having cutting edges and an insert bottom surface which is brought into close contact with the seat bottom surface, formed with insert flutes and insert side surfaces which are brought into close contact with the seat side surfaces, and defined with a through-hole which passes through the insert side surfaces; and a fastening screw for fastening the drill insert fitted into the insert seat to the drill.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to stably spray cutting fluid in a good mist form, when cutting fluid and air are supplied from the surrounding area and cutting fluid is sprayed in a mist form from the tip end section of a rotary cutting tool. The rotary cutter of the present invention sequentially feeds a mixture of cutting fluid and air through a supply pipe 4, first supply path b in a cover 3, second supply paths c, d in a chuck 2, a hollow center cavity (front throttle chamber d, throttle 24a, and rear throttle chamber e) in the chuck, and a third supply path g in a rotary cutting tool 1.

Abstract: A gun drill having excellent cutting efficiency, having high deep-hole drilling efficiency, and having a prolonged blade service life has a cutter head having a coolant discharge port communicating with a coolant supplying path at the distal end face at the distal end of a hollow shank portion having a cutting chip discharge groove, whose section along the lengthwise direction is V-shaped, on the outer surface and having the interior thereof made into a coolant supplying path, wherein a blade portion of the cutter head is made of cemented carbide alloy, and at the same time, the guide pads and that are brought into sliding contact with the inner circumference of a cutting bore are composed of a dissimilar material having higher hardness than the cemented carbide alloy.

Abstract: A gun drill has a cutting blade which attains high cutting efficiency without requiring exact positional accuracy at the time of brazing an associated cutting blade tip onto a cutting head. Thus, the cutting head can be manufactured easily and the cutting blade itself is also easily processed. The cutting blade is configured such that an inner end of a blade edge is spaced apart from a head central axis to form a non-cutting zone in the vicinity of the shaft center, a cutting blade side face at the inner end side constitutes an inclined surface which is inclined from the inner end to the head central axis side, and a uncut core of a work material generated in the non-cutting zone is broken off by press-contact of the inclined cutting blade side face during drilling operations.

Abstract: A cutting tool having a monolithic construction includes an injection molded shank, and an extruded fluted portion extending forwardly from the shank, the shank and the fluted portion having a monolithic construction. The process for making the cutting tool includes forming a cutting tool green body by injection molding a shank of the green body and extruding a fluted portion of the green body such that the shank and the fluted portion have a monolithic construction; and then sintering the cutting tool green body.

Abstract: A tool for working a workpiece comprises an elongate member and a cam member. The elongate member comprises at least two extremities comprising at least one blade member. The at least two extremities are operable to separate in response to a pressurized medium. A conduit is in fluid communication with the extremities, and a pair of vents are in fluid communication with the conduit. The vents are operable to expel fluid communicated through the conduit. The cam member comprises an inner surface defining an opening. The inner surface of the cam resists expulsion of fluid from the vents, such that the cam and vents are operable to vary the pressure of fluid communicated through the conduit. The pressure variation varies the separation of the extremities as the elongate member is advanced through the cam toward a workpiece. The tool may be used to create bores having a non-cylindrical profile.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drilling tool for machine tools. The drilling tool comprises a drill body, a cutting head arranged on the front face of said drill body and a shaft arranged at the end thereof, wherein the drill body has two chip flutes, which are delimited at their flanks by ribs and a first chip flute of which is spirally curved. A special feature of the invention is that a second chip flute is not spiraled or is spirally curved with a pitch differing from the first chip flute, preferably running in the same direction of rotation.

Abstract: A pressure medium controlled countersinking tool with one or more chip-removing knives, which can be activated by feeding in a pressure medium, in which for activation of at least one knife this is flowed in by a control medium.

Abstract: There is provided a method for machining a deep hole, which enables prevention of scattering of a coolant and efficient discharge of shavings. The deep hole machining method includes: feeding a spindle to a deep hole machining start position while jetting a coolant toward a workpiece from an external normal pressure coolant supply line; closing the external normal pressure coolant supply line and opening a spindle normal pressure coolant supply line at the start of machining of a deep hole, and machining the deep hole to a predetermined intermediate depth while supplying a coolant to a machining point; and closing the spindle normal pressure coolant supply line and opening a high-pressure coolant supply line when the depth of the hole machined has reached the intermediate depth, and machining the deep hole to the final depth while supplying a high-pressure coolant to a machining point.

Abstract: A plurality of cutting oil feed holes extend from the proximal side towards the distal side are provided in a drill body located on a reference line that extends towards a circumferential central portion of an outer circumferential surface of the drill body split by a chip discharge groove from an axis in a cross section orthogonal to the axis. A cutting oil feed hole that is located on the radial outermost side is used as a first cutting oil feed hole, and a cutting oil feed hole that is on the radial innermost side is used as a second cutting oil feed hole. Two or more openings of the cutting oil feed holes are provided in one cutting edge as the plurality of cutting oil feed holes are formed in the vicinity of the intersection ridgeline portion between the distal flank face and the second thinned face.

Abstract: A drill having a web which is provided by a central portion of a cylindrical main body of the drill and which includes a back-tapered portion and a constant-thickness portion. The cylindrical main body has a large diameter portion and a small diameter portion contiguous to the large diameter portion, such that a step is provided between the large and small diameter portions. The large diameter portion provided by the axially distal end portion of the cylindrical main body has an axial length which is larger than an axial length of the back tapered portion of the web provided by the axially distal end portion of the web, such that a boundary between the back-tapered portion and the constant-thickness portion of the web is located in the large diameter portion of the cylindrical main body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drilling tool for machine tools comprising a drill body and a cutting head arranged on the front face of the drill body. The drill body has at least two chip flutes, which are delimited at their flanks by ribs and at least one of which is spirally curved. Arranged in the ribs of the drill body are coolant channels, which have an outlet opening at the end of the drill body on the cutting head side. A special feature is that the outlet openings are arranged within each one of the chip flutes and communicate with one of the coolant channels arranged in the ribs by way of a straight channel endpiece.

Abstract: A tool comprising a cutting section on which a multiplicity of blades or cutting edges and flutes are formed; a shank section, which forms a chucking section on a side which faces away from the cutting section, wherein a number of fluid channels which corresponds to the number of flutes is formed in the chucking section in such a manner that the fluid which emerges from axial discharge openings of the chucking section can be fed in a free jet along the shank into in each case one associated flute of the cutting section. Also, a method for supplying the blades of such a tool.

Abstract: A gun drill in which coolant delivered to a cutting part can be discharged intensively to a cutting chip discharge groove along with the chips, damage on the inner circumference of a drilled hole or fall of machining precision due to clogging with chips can be prevented, and cutting efficiency is enhanced by reducing rotary load and long lifetime can be attained. Coolant supply paths (10, 20) are provided in a tool shank (1) and a cutting head (2), one cutting chip discharge groove (3) is provided in the outer circumferential surface from the proximal side of the tool shank (1) to the distal end of the cutting head (2), discharge ports (22a, 22b) communicating with coolant delivery ports (21a, 21b) and a cutting chip discharge groove (3) are provided in the distal end face (2c) of the cutting head (2), and annular protrusions (4a) are formed in the outer circumferential surface of the cutting head (2) continuously over the entire circumference while bridging over the cutting chip discharge groove (3).

Abstract: A tool has a slot provided between a pair of extremities at its distal end. The extremities have cutting blades mounted thereon. The slot is configured to receive a plate. The tool has a conduit running along its axis for communication of pressurized fluid to the slot and plate. The plate directs flow of the pressurized fluid outward toward the extremities. The resulting outward force causes the extremities to bend outward, thereby urging the cutting blades outward for cutting, reaming, or other working of the workpiece. The resilience of the tool causes the extremities to return back inward when the fluid pressure is reduced. A plate may be configured to receive a wafer for transferring force from the pressurized fluid to the extremities. Some embodiments of the plate have an adjustment feature that is operable to selectively adjust the flow rate or pressure of fluid directed toward the extremities.

Abstract: A water treatment pad for core drill, attached on a drilling surface in performing drilling work while supplying cutting water with a core drill, wherein the water treatment pad for core drill comprises: a roughly cylindrical pad main body 10 mounted to surround the core drill and having a drain outlet on a side surface; an inner wall plate 20a detachably attached on the inside of the pad main body and formed into an arc shape in cross section when attached and wherein a pressure space communicating with the drain outlet is formed between the inner wall plate and an inner surface of the pad main body. As an attachment structure of the inner wall plate 20a, preferably, the guide 12 formed with a fitting groove 13 in the top rear face of the pad main body 10 is provided on a circumference thereof so that the inner wall plate 20a is fitted.

Abstract: A tool comprising a cutting section, on which a multiplicity of blades or cutting edges and flutes are formed; a shank section, which forms a chucking section on a side which faces away from the cutting section, wherein a number of fluid channels which corresponds to the number of flutes is formed in the chucking section, which channels in each case have an axial discharge opening and lead along the shank to an associated flute of the cutting section. Also, a method for supplying the blades of such a tool with a pressurized fluid.

Abstract: A twist drill having at least two cutting inserts at the tip each with its own J-shaped chip guiding flute and a method for the production thereof. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.

Abstract: A rotary hole punch (T) comprising a cylindrical head (10) with circular section, the free end (11) of which can be gripped by a means able to drive said hole punch rotationally, a cylindrical tube (20) of circular section, attached to the inner end (12) of the head (10), and ending in a cutting edge (21), characterized in that the head (10) of the hole punch includes at least one duct (13) making it possible to feed a fluid under pressure inside the tube (20) at the level of the inner end (12) of the head (10).

Abstract: A drill bit cable of breaking off and milling up the core of a material being drilled is disclosed. The drill bit includes a shaft having an internal fluid conduit, and a working portion adapted to drill a hole. The working portion includes an exterior shoulder and an exit port. The exit port comprises an exit channel that communicates fluid from the fluid conduit to the working portion of the drill bit. The axis of the exit channel is offset from the axis of the drill bit. The exit channel at least partially overlaps the axis of the drill bit in order to define the diameter of the core formed during the drilling process. The exit port also includes a radially expanding interior shoulder that is adapted to break off the core and mill up the core fragments to prevent the core from entering into the fluid conduit.

Abstract: In a deep hole drilling machine employing an external system for supplying coolant to a drilling portion in which high drilling efficiency can be achieved even if the drilling hole is deep by enhancing the discharge performance of chips from the drilling portion without setting the supply pressure of coolant at a high level, a tubular boring head having discharging openings is attached to the distal end of a hollow boring bar having an interior serving as the chip discharge passage. Bypass holes are provided at a plurality of circumferential positions in the circumferential wall of the boring head to penetrate obliquely such that the outer opening is located closer to the distal end side of the head than the inner opening, and a part of the coolant supplied externally to the drilling portion side flows through the bypass holes into the boring head, thus generating attraction force to the discharge side and accelerating discharge of the chips.

Abstract: A tap is designed in such a way that chips are aspirated and discharged forcibly so that the pollution of the environment can be prevented and the cleaning can be simplified. The tap includes an intake hole, and the intake hole includes openings. Accordingly, air intake is performed through the intake hole, so that the chips generated in the cutting can be aspirated from the openings forcibly. Therefore, because the chips can be discharged without using cutting fluids, pollution of the environment can be prevented. Further, because the chips can be aspirated from the openings, and the chips aspirated from the openings can be discharged from the intake hole of the tap, the chips are not scattered on the work piece, and thus a cleaning process of the work piece can be simplified.

Abstract: A drill body for chip removing machining, including a rotationally symmetrical envelope surface and front and rear ends between which a center axis extends, around which the envelope surface is rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation. A head is formed in the front end that includes two cutting edges, each one of which includes a first part edge and a second part edge. The first part edge is included in a central tip part having a front end portion situated along the center axis. The second part edge extends between a peripheral end point positioned along the envelope surface and a radially inner end point where the second part edge transforms into the first part edge. The two first part edges converge at a positive nose angle (?) in an axially forward direction, and the two second part edges diverge at a negative angle (?) in the axially forward direction.