Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Orbital drill with left-handed and right-handed flutes
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Application No.: US16191488Application Date: 2018-11-15
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Publication No.: US10710175B2Publication Date: 2020-07-14
- Inventor: Danny R. Davis , Stephen G. Pritchard
- Applicant: Kennametal Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PA Latrobe
- Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
- Current Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Latrobe
- Agent Matthew S. Bedsole
- Main IPC: B23C5/10
- IPC: B23C5/10 ; B23C3/02 ; B23B51/08

Abstract:
An orbital drill includes a drilling portion, a shank portion, and a neck portion between the drilling portion and the shank portion. The drilling portion includes one or more right-handed spiral flutes with cutting edges having a positive axial rake angle for positive cutting action while orbiting into a material. The right-handed spiral flutes have a positive radial and axial rake angle. The drilling portion also includes one or more left-handed spiral flutes located rearward of the one or more right-handed spiral flutes with cutting edges having a positive axial and radial rake angle for positive cutting action while orbiting back out of the material and removing any material left in the hole, thereby eliminating a separate reaming operation. A method of machining a workpiece using the orbital drill is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200156162A1 ORBITAL DRILL WITH LEFT-HANDED AND RIGHT-HANDED FLUTES Public/Granted day:2020-05-21
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