Tool-holding device (11) for a machining tool, comprising: a tool-holder body (13); a receiving part (15) defined in the tool-holder body (13); a retaining element (17) provided with a pair of mutually cooperating jaws (17a,17b); a female seat (19) between the jaws for an engaging male portion (21) of a machining tip (23), the jaws (17a,17b) being capable of taking a locking configuration, in which the engaging portion (21) of the tool (23) is firmly locked within the seat (19) of the retaining element (17), and a disengaged configuration in which the engaging portion (21) of the tip (23) can be detached from the retaining element (17); a moveable component (25) which bear the main load of holding the retaining element (17) in the receiving part (15) when the retaining element (17) is in the configuration in which it engages the tool (23).

A tool for roughening a borehole surface. The tool includes a coupling portion for clamping the tool; a tool head for machining the borehole surface; and an extraction duct. The coupling portion is disposed at a first end of a tool shank and the tool head at an opposite, second end of the tool shank. The tool head has a cutter disposed circumferentially on the tool head. The tool head has a slit, which passes through from one side to the other and which, starting from an end face of the tool head, extends axially along a longitudinal axis of the tool. The extraction duct extends at least partly axially along the longitudinal axis of the tool for extraction of drilling dust. The extraction duct, starting from the end face of the tool head, extends inside the tool shank and discharges circumferentially into a connecting opening in the tool shank.

A latch and catch arrangement is disclosed, whereby a sleeve supporting a flexible hinge with an extended finger is oriented over a fluid connection to a socket guide. An alignment via a latch and catch between the sleeve and tool collar orients a flexible hinge, which may be of reduced thickness, over a bearing in a guide. The finger moves upward when a tool is inserted into a tool socket, and the flexible hinge, properly oriented by the alignment catch/latch, keeps the finger in the tool socket while allowing necessary movement to insert and remove a tool.

A tool for roughening a borehole surface. The tool includes a coupling portion for clamping the tool in a drilling machine; and a tool head for machining the borehole surface, where the tool head comprises a cutter that is circumferentially disposed on the tool head, and where the tool head has at least one slit, which passes through from one side to the other and which, starting from an end face of the tool head, and extends axially along a longitudinal axis of the tool.

A locking mechanism includes a biasing ring having a first area having a first radial thickness and a first radially inward facing surface and a second area having a second radial thickness and a second radially inward facing surface. The locking mechanism includes an inner ring having an activation tab extending therefrom and defining a radially outward facing surface. The biasing ring is positioned around the inner ring thereby defining a cavity between the biasing ring and the inner ring. The locking mechanism includes a detent member positioned in the cavity and selectively engageable with at least one of the first radially inward facing surface, the second inwardly facing surface and the radially outward facing surface.

A balancing or measuring device includes a main body which is rotatable about an axis and includes an opening for accommodating a coupling shaft of a component to be balanced or measured, and having a centering element which can be axially displaced within the main body against a spring arrangement to center the component in the main body. In order to ensure maximum concentricity also in a balancing or measuring device having a small number of parts, the spring arrangement is designed to be integral with the centering element.

Various embodiments relate to a tool-clamping system having two metallic shaft portions, wherein the first shaft portion has a locking pin at the end and the second shaft portion has a locking sleeve at the end, wherein, in order to establish a releasable drive connection, the first shaft portion can be introduced coaxially, by way of its locking pin, into the locking sleeve of the second shaft portion and the two shaft portions can be pivoted in relation to one another, in a locking pivoting movement, about a common geometrical longitudinal axis into a locking pivot position, wherein, over the course of the locking pivoting movement, at least one latching formation arranged on the circumference of the locking pin, snap-fits or snap-fit over at least one corresponding mating latching formation of the locking sleeve, the locking pin and/or locking sleeve being elastically deformed in the process.

A torque transfer assembly for a bit holder includes an axial movement limiting subassembly and a rotation limiting subassembly. The axial movement limiting subassembly is configured to retain a drive body of the bit holder in proximity to a driven body of the bit holder. The rotation limiting subassembly is configured to cause torque applied to the drive body to be transferred to the driven body. The rotation limiting subassembly includes a first cam body at a distal end of the drive body and a second cam body at a distal end of the driven body. The first and second cam bodies are configured to transfer a majority of the torque between the drive body and the driven body indirectly via the torque transfer assembly by limiting rotation of the first cam body relative to the second cam body.

A drilling apparatus includes: a drill rotatable about a center axis and capable of advancing and retracting along the axis; and a pressing unit for pressing a work in an advancing direction of the drill. The drilling apparatus advances the drill while rotating the drill about the center axis to form a hole in the work, in a state in which the work is pressed by the pressing unit. A pressing force applied on the work by the pressing unit is set to a predetermined pressing force based on machining reaction applied to the drill from the work during drilling and the pressing force causing deformation of the work in the advancing direction of the drill. The predetermined pressing force can suppress deformation of the work and displacement of the drill due to the machining reaction. The machining reaction and the pressing force are calculated beforehand in a drilling test.

The invention relates to an alignment device for precisely positioning a first functional element (103), particularly a retainer, on a second functional element (105), particularly a disc, these being detachably secured to each other. In the secured state (FZ), (a) at least one alignment element (115) is secured in a housing depression (117) of the first functional element (103) or the second functional element (105) by means of at least one securing element (131); (b) the alignment element (115) is connected to the first functional element (103) by means of at least one securing surface (119) and is in contact with a support surface (123) of said second functional element (105) by means of at least one contact surface (121); (c) a pre-tensioning device (125) acts between said contact surface (121) and support surface (123) and exerts a returning force, for returning to a starting position, onto the contact surface (121) and support surface (123) which are set one towards the other; and (d) the alignment element (115) is arranged laterally sunk into the housing depression (117), said contact surfaces (121) protruding above the lower side (133) of the first functional element (103). The invention is characterized in that in said secured state (FZ), the securing element (131) in question is arranged so as to be accessible from outside for the purpose of carrying out securing and/or justification processes, and in that the contact surface (121) is provided on a protruding body section (169) in the form of a block-shaped alignment element (115) engagement section. The invention also relates to an alignment element for such an alignment device, and to an alignment method.