A drill structure comprises a shank part and a flute part disposed on one end of the shank part. The front region of the flute part has a web. Two sides of the web are tilted backward to form a first cutting face and a second cutting face. At least one flute is formed on the outer surface of the flute part. The flute part has a bit core in the center thereof. The radius of the cross section of the bit core is defined as the web thickness. The first cutting face includes a first primary cutting face and a first secondary cutting face. The second cutting face includes a second primary cutting face and a second secondary cutting face. The first cutting edge of the first primary cutting face is not parallel with the first connection edge. The width of the primary cutting face width is larger than the web thickness. The drill structure has high cutting ability and long service life.

A lathe includes a spindle, a turret, a Z-axis feed mechanism moving the spindle and the turret relative to each other in a Z-axis direction along a center axis of the spindle, an X-axis feed mechanism moving the spindle and the turret relative to each other in an X-axis direction orthogonal to the Z-axis direction, and a plurality of tool holders each having a tool holding part holding a tool, and attached to the turret. The tool holding part of at least one of the tool holders holds the tool at a holding position thereon set at a position such that, when the held tool is indexed to a machining position by rotation of the turret, a cutting-edge reference point of the held tool is offset to one side with respect to an X-Z plane including a center axis of the turret.

Orthopedic systems and methods for installing an implant and/or boring a bone bicortically. The system may include a drill having a proximal boring portion configured to bore a larger hole in a bone more efficiently when the drill rotates in a first direction compared to an opposite second direction, and a distal boring portion configured to bore a smaller hole in the bone more efficiently when the drill rotates in the second direction. The implant may be configured to be implanted at least partially in the bone, such that a first region of the implant is located in the larger hole and a second region of the implant is located in the smaller hole. In an exemplary method, the larger hole and the smaller hole may be bored in the bone's near cortex and far cortex, respectively, by a shaft and a nose of the drill rotated in opposite directions.

A drill bit for drilling into bone, including at least a first, second and third longitudinally extending substantially straight flute blades, wherein the drill bit has an extrapolated outer profile established by rotation of the first, second and third flute blades 360 degrees about a longitudinal axis thereof, the extrapolated outer profile includes a first surface having tangents more perpendicular than parallel to the longitudinal axis, and the extrapolated outer profile includes a second surface having tangents more parallel than perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

The drill (1) is provided with a drill body (2) having a rotation center axis (O), two cutting edges (3) provided on the tip side of the drill body (2), and chip evacuation flutes (10) provided behind the two cutting edges (3) in the direction of rotation of the drill (1) from the two cutting edges, the drill tip angle () being from 170 to 190, the web thickness (d) being from 0.10 to 0.25 times the drill diameter (D), the opening angle () of the chip evacuation flutes (10) being from 85 to 110, and the drill (1) comprising a curve having a radius of curvature that gradually decreases from the cutting edge side wall surface (14) to the heel side wall surface (15) of the chip evacuation flutes (10) in a cross-section at a position where the chip evacuation flutes (10) are present.

A laser beam is transmitted through a drill bit comprising diamond or other suitable light-transmitting material having sufficient hardness. The laser beam exits a tip of the drill bit, thereby heating and softening the material being drilled at and/or near the interface of the drill with the material being drilled. The process may be utilized to drill hard and brittle materials such as ceramics and semiconductors, composites and ceramic matrix composites. The process may cause high pressure phase transformation, resulting in a more ductile and plastic material near the drill point/tip. The process provides more rapid drilling, improved surface quality in drilled holes, and less tool wear.

A drill bit includes a cutting head and a bit body. The cutting head has a tip and cutting parts. The bit body is connected to the cutting head and has a longitudinal axis extending through the tip. The bit body has chip discharge flutes. The cutting parts are disposed at different angular positions around the longitudinal axis. Each cutting part is concaved inwardly and bounds one of the chip discharge flutes. Each of the cutting parts includes a rake face that has a corner edge adjacent to a respective one of the chip discharge flutes. When a bottom of the cutting head is viewed in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bit body, the corner edge has an obtuse included angle.

A fluted drill comprises, in axial sequence, a body portion, and a cutting portion. The cutting portion comprises two or more cutting edges, with each cutting edge extending from a distal end of the cutting portion, along the cutting portion towards the body portion, to the body portion.

Each cutting edge has a first rake angle at the distal end of the cutting portion, progressively increasing to a third rake angle at a proximal end of the cutting portion. Each cutting edge has a first uncut chip thickness at the distal end of the cutting portion, progressively decreasing to a third uncut chip thickness at the proximal end of the cutting portion.

A blade section has two lands and two flutes in an alternating manner and also has a linear chisel edge. The lands are each provided with: a margin section that is continuous with a cutting blade; a clearance section that is continuous with the margin section and that has a smaller diameter than the margin section; and a pad that is continuous with the clearance section and that has the same width as the width of the margin section.

A method for producing a cutting tool, in particular a drill bit, is specified wherein the cutting tool has a front end (F) at the front and a rear end (R) toward the rear, wherein a tool tip is formed on the front end (F), a point thinning is ground at the tool tip with a grinding tool, the point thinning being ground to be narrower toward the front than toward the rear. The point thinning is ground with a constant point thinning angle (AW). Furthermore, a corresponding cutting tool is specified.