A drilling tool for producing drill holes includes a tip and a shaft arranged opposite the tip in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the drilling tool. The drilling tool has at least one geometrically defined cutting edge in the tip area, and has an expanded diameter trailing the tip in a longitudinal direction from the tip. The drilling tool has a first area with a first diameter that precedes the expanded diameter, and a second area with a second diameter, larger than the first diameter, that trails the expanded diameter. The drilling tool is distinguished in that the expanded diameter and/or the second area is/are embodied such that chips are produced in the area of the expanded diameter and/or in the second area when a workpiece is machined, chips consistent with those produced when a workpiece is machined with a geometrically undefined cutting edge.

A handheld surgical device includes a gripping mechanism for gripping pins or wires with a range of different sizes. The gripping mechanism includes a plurality of gripping blocks, the plurality of gripping blocks interacting to form a variable size channel. A sliding compression control element applies a compressive force to each gripping block and thereby grip a wire or pin within a range of sizes in the center of a pin/wire receiving channel.

Provided is a replaceable machining head wherein: fractures on the tool attaching portion do not occur; the production cost is minimized; the tool life of the working tool will be lengthened; and the head body is free from a risk of falling off during replacement. In the replaceable machining head, a cutting edge section is formed on the front side of a head body; a tool attaching portion to which a working tool is to be attached, is formed on the rear end side of the cutting edge section; tool attaching faces are formed in the tool attaching portion; the surface of the head body 1 is coated with a coating film; and the number of droplets or macro particles having convex shapes with a size of 0.3 m to 5.0 m, is 200 or less, per area of 40 m60 m on the surface of the coating film over the tool attaching faces.

The present invention relates to a method for coating a substrate, preferably a drill, wherein at least one first HiPIMS layer is applied by means of a HiPIMS process. Preferably, at least one second layer is applied to the first HiPIMS layer by means of a coating process that does not contain a HiPIMS process.