COUNTERSINKING TOOL, TOOL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD

Abstract

A countersinking tool, comprising a tool shank and a tool head with multiple deburring or countersinking edges and an insertion pin. In some embodiments, the insertion pin features at least one reaming edge, on a radially outer side and extends over less than 33% of the overall length of the insertion pin, wherein the reaming edge can be inserted into an unfinished bore with a diameter, smaller than a nominal diameter of the bore, in a cutting fashion, wherein the reaming edge acts as a drill bit and is arranged on the insertion pin at a radius that corresponds to the radius of a nominal diameter of the bore, and wherein the insertion pin has the nominal diameter of the bore and can be guided in the bore without play.

Also, a tool arrangement with a countersinking tool and to a method for producing a countersunk and/or deburred bore.

Claims

1. A countersinking tool, comprising a tool shank and a tool head that features multiple deburring or countersinking edges and an insertion pin, wherein the insertion pin features at least one reaming edge, which is arranged on a radially outer side and extends over less than 33% of the overall length of the insertion pin, wherein the reaming edge can be inserted into an unfinished bore with a diameter, which is smaller than a nominal diameter of the bore, in a cutting fashion, wherein the reaming edge likewise acts as a drill bit and is arranged on the insertion pin at a radius that essentially corresponds to the radius of a nominal diameter of the bore, and wherein the insertion pin has the nominal diameter of the bore and can be guided in the bore without play.

2. The countersinking tool according to claim 1, wherein the reaming edge is arranged in a front region of the insertion pin and/or additional deburring edges, which effect precision machining of a bore to be machined, are arranged on the insertion pin in an offset position in the direction of the tool shank.

3. The countersinking tool according to claim 1, wherein the insertion pin is tapered in the direction of its face in a first section, particularly in the section, over which the reaming edge extends, and realized cylindrically in a second section that lies between the first section and the tool head.

4. The countersinking tool according to claim 3, wherein the radius of the insertion pin in the second, cylindrical section is identical to the radius of the insertion pin in a point that is defined by a radially outermost section of the reaming edge.

5. The countersinking tool according to claim 3, wherein the insertion pin is in a longitudinal section through the countersinking tool tapered along a curvature line, the curvature of which increases as the distance from the face of the insertion pin decreases.

6. The countersinking tool according to claim 1 wherein the reaming edge is spaced apart from the face of the insertion pin in the axial direction, wherein particularly the face of the insertion pin is flat.

7. A tool arrangement with a countersinking tool according to claim 1 and a stop that is mounted on the tool shank of the countersinking tool, wherein the stop features a stop sleeve, which is coupled to a sliding or rolling bearing such that it is freely rotatable about the countersinking tool.

8. The tool arrangement according to claim 7, wherein a first bearing bush of the bearing carries the stop sleeve and a second bearing bush of the bearing is seated on a shank sleeve in a rotationally rigid fashion, wherein the shank sleeve is mounted on a threadless section of the tool shank of the countersinking tool.

9. The tool arrangement according to claims 7, wherein a tool aligning device for aligning a countersink to be produced or for aligning a finishing step relative to a normal of the surface of a workpiece to be machined is arranged on the stop, wherein the tool aligning device comprises a base body, as well as a through-hole and at least one signaling device, which is activated upon mechanical contact between the tool aligning device and the surface of the workpiece and outputs at least one alignment signal during the alignment in an aligning direction, and wherein the stop is accommodated in the base body.

10. The tool arrangement according to claim 9, wherein the base body comprises a guiding device, which produces a connection between a stop sleeve of the stop and the tool aligning device such that the stop can be aligned in the aligning direction.

11. The tool arrangement according to claim 9, wherein the stop is connected to the tool aligning device in a rotationally rigid fashion.

12. The tool arrangement according to claim 9, wherein the stop is guided in the tool aligning device in a longitudinally displaceable fashion, particularly by means of the guiding device, wherein the stop in the base body can be longitudinally/axially displaced in the direction of the workpiece.

13. The tool arrangement according to claim 12, wherein the guiding device comprises at least one pin, one web and/or one groove, wherein the web and/or the groove preferably extend in the longitudinal direction, particularly parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tool aligning device, and accordingly can be longitudinally/axially guided in a groove or a pin or web of the stop sleeve such that a rotationally rigid connection between the tool aligning device and the stop, as well as an axial displaceability of the stop in the tool aligning device, is achieved.

14. The tool arrangement according to claim 13, the web or the groove extends over the entire axial length of the tool aligning device or the stop, wherein the stop can thereby be displaced in such a way that an underside of the stop, can come in mechanical contact with the surface of the workpiece.

15. The tool arrangement according to claim 9, wherein the tool aligning device comprises at least two or, in particular, at least three mechanical or electrical sensing elements for being supported on the surface of the workpiece, wherein the sensing elements preferably are equidistantly distributed over the circumference of the face of the base body on the workpiece side.

16. The tool arrangement according to claim 15, wherein the axial sensing position of the sensing elements is adjustable.

17. The tool arrangement according to claim 15 wherein an alignment motion of the tool aligning device relative to the normal of the workpiece surface makes it possible for all sensing elements to close an electric circuit between an electrical power source contained in the base body and the signaling device by means of a series circuit activated by the sensing elements in order to thereby activate the individual signaling device.

18. The tool arrangement according to claim 16, wherein the position of an electric switching point of at least one electrical sensing element can be adjusted toward the surface of the workpiece in the supporting direction, particularly screwed or displaced relative to the surface of the workpiece by means of a contact adjustment screw, such that the aligning direction can be adjusted relative to the normal of a workpiece surface.

19. The tool arrangement according to claim 15, wherein at least one spring contact plate, which can be mechanically contacted by at least one electrical sensing element, can be electrically contacted by a screw contact plate with the aid of the contact adjustment screw, wherein the contact adjustment screw is preferably accessible and adjustable from the upper side of the base body and arranged in the base body in the aligning direction, or that at least two contact adjustment screws can be electrically connected by means of a common spring contact plate and at least two contact adjustment screws are electrically connected to one another by means of a screw contact plate.

20. The tool arrangement according to claim 19, wherein at least one spring contact plate is arranged parallel to the at least one screw contact plate in the base body, wherein the screw contact plate can be electrically contacted by the spring contact plate with the aid of at least one contact adjustment screw due to a spring motion triggered by the sensing element.

21. The tool arrangement according to claim 19, wherein an electrical power source and/or the signaling device is in electrical contact with at least one spring contact plate and/or at the least one screw contact plate.

22. The tool arrangement according to claim 19, wherein the at least one screw contact plate features bores, into which the contact adjustment screw can be inserted, soldered or screwed in order to thereby produce a permanently conductive connection between the screw contact plate and the contact adjustment screw.

23. The tool arrangement according to claim 19, wherein at least one contact adjustment screw can be secured in its position by means of a locking screw.

24. The tool arrangement according to claim 17, wherein the at least two sensing elements, preferably at least three sensing elements, have the same length L and/or that base body is realized circular-cylindrical or partially circular-cylindrical and/or that the signaling device is arranged on the upper side of the base body and realized in the form of an optical, haptical and/or acoustical signal generator, preferably in the form of an LED signal generator.

25. A method for producing a countersunk and/or deburred bore with a nominal diameter and an inner surface in a workpiece by utilizing a rotating countersinking tool according to claim 1, wherein said method comprises the steps of: producing an unfinished bore in the workpiece and countersinking and/or deburring the unfinished bore by means of the countersinking tool, wherein the diameter of the unfinished bore is smaller than a maximum diameter of the insertion pin of the countersinking tool, which is defined by a radially outermost section of the reaming edge, such that the unfinished bore is widened to the nominal diameter by means of the reaming edge arranged on the insertion pin.

26. The method according to claim 25, wherein the diameter of the unfinished bore amounts to at least 80%, preferably at least 90%, of the maximum diameter of the insertion pin and/or that the diameter of the unfinished bore amounts to no more than 99%, preferably no more than 97.5%, particularly no more than 95%, of the maximum diameter of the insertion pin.

27. The method according to claim 25, wherein the insertion pin is realized longer than a maximum depth of the unfinished bore, wherein the reaming edge protrudes in a countersinking operation over the bore on an opposite side referred to the countersinking operation, preferably such that it protrudes from the bore over the entire length of the reaming edge.

28. The method according to claim 25, wherein the insertion pin has a length, over which this insertion pin is in full-surface contact with the inner surface of the bore.

Description

FIGURES

[0060] Other advantages can be gathered from the present description of the drawings. The drawings show exemplary embodiments of the invention. The drawings, the description and the claims contain numerous characteristics in combination. However, a person skilled in the art will expediently also consider the characteristics individually and integrate these characteristics into other sensible combinations.

[0061] In the drawings:

[0062] FIGS. 1A and 1B show an embodiment of a tool aligning device of an inventive tool arrangement;

[0063] FIGS. 2A and 2B show a tool arrangement with a tool aligning device and a tool;

[0064] FIG. 3 shows an exterior view of a tool aligning device of an inventive tool arrangement;

[0065] FIG. 4 shows a top view of a tool aligning device of an inventive tool arrangement according to FIG. 3 without the cover of the base body;

[0066] FIG. 5 shows a wireframe representation of a side view of an embodiment according to FIG. 3;

[0067] FIG. 6 shows a wireframe representation of a longitudinal section through an embodiment, as well as of a cross section through the base body according to FIG. 3;

[0068] FIG. 7 shows an exterior view of another embodiment of a tool aligning device of an inventive tool arrangement;

[0069] FIG. 8 shows a top view of an embodiment of a tool aligning device of the inventive tool arrangement according to FIG. 7 without the cover of the base body;

[0070] FIGS. 9A and 9B show a section through an embodiment of an inventive tool and an embodiment of an inventive tool arrangement;

[0071] FIG. 10A shows a section through a countersinking tool according to the prior art and according to an inventive embodiment; and

[0072] FIG. 10B shows a section through a countersinking tool according to an inventive embodiment.

[0073] In the figures, similar or identical components are identified by the same reference symbols.

[0074] A countersinking tool 210 according to the prior art is initially described below with reference to FIG. 10A.

[0075] The countersinking tool 210 illustrated in FIG. 10A is a conical countersinking tool and comprises a partially illustrated tool shank 128 and a tool head 130, which features a rounded insertion pin 266 and a plurality of deburring or countersinking edges 154. The insertion pin 266 of the countersinking tool 210 is accommodated in a bore 182 of a workpiece with play. The bore 182 was provided with a bevel 186 on an upper side of the workpiece by means of the tool head 130 with its deburring or countersinking edges 154. The countersinking tool cannot be held on the longitudinal axis of the bore 182 in a centered fashion due to the clearance or play between the inner surface of the bore 182 and the outer surface of the tool head 130. The bevel 186 to be produced is therefore realized eccentric referred to the rotational axis of the bore 182. In countersinking tools 210 and corresponding methods known from the prior art, the bore 182 already has a nominal diameter, i.e. its final dimensions. A finishing step merely serves for producing the bevel or countersink 186.

[0076] FIG. 10B shows an embodiment of an inventive countersinking tool 110, which comprises a tool shank 128, a tool head 130 with multiple deburring or countersinking edges 154 and an insertion pin 166 analogous to the countersinking tool 210 in FIG. 10A. The insertion pin 166 features a reaming edge 168 that is arranged on a radially outer side, wherein two or more reaming edges 168 may also be distributed along the circumference.

[0077] The insertion pin 166 is tapered in the direction of its face 170 in a first section, over which the reaming edge 168 extends, and realized cylindrically in a second section that lies between the first section and the tool head 130. The cylindrical section is arranged directly adjacent to the reaming edge 168.

[0078] In order to produce a countersunk bore, an unfinished bore 184 illustrated with broken lines is initially produced in the workpiece, wherein the diameter of this unfinished bore is smaller than the nominal diameter of the final bore. During the insertion of the countersinking tool 110 into the unfinished bore 184 to be machined, the first section with the reaming edge 168 is initially introduced into the unfinished bore 184. As the insertion depth increases, the reaming edge 168 comes in contact with the wall of the unfinished bore 184 and removes material therefrom until the bore 182 has reached its nominal diameter, which is defined by the radially outermost section of the reaming edge 168. As the insertion depth increases further, the cylindrical section of the insertion pin 166 is initially introduced into the now widened bore 182 and then guides the countersinking tool 110 therein until the tool head 130 with its deburring or countersinking edges 154 ultimately comes in contact with the workpiece 180 and cuts a bevel 186 into the workpiece 180. In this case, the nominal diameter of the bore 182 preferably corresponds to the diameter of the insertion pin 166. Consequently, the reaming edge 168 preferably does not protrude over the diameter of the insertion pin 166.

[0079] According to a variation, an inventive countersinking tool may also be realized in the form of a plane countersinking tool for producing cylindrical countersinks.

[0080] FIGS. 1A and 1B show an embodiment of a tool aligning device 10 for an inventive tool arrangement. The bottom view in FIG. 1A shows the underside of the tool aligning device 10 that faces a workpiece surface. Three sensing elements 24 and a through-hole 22 are visible in this figure. The three sensing elements 24 are equidistantly distributed in the circumferential direction of the base body 18 in order to achieve a stable support and an exact alignment on a plane. A guiding device 206 in the form of a longitudinally/axially aligned web 201 is arranged on the inner side of the base body 18. The through-hole 22 serves for accommodating a clamping tool with a stop and has an inside diameter that corresponds to the outside diameter of the stop.

[0081] FIG. 1B shows a longitudinal section through this embodiment along the line of section A-A in FIG. 1A. The three sensing elements 24 protrude from the base body 18 on the underside thereof. The sensing elements 24 respectively extend in a separate elongate section of the base body, wherein the base body does not have a continuous cross section in this area, but is rather realized in the form of a tripod of sorts. A web 201 is arranged along the inner surface of the base body 18. This web extends over the entire length of the base body 18. In an embodiment with a pin, this pin would be realized in the inner side of the base body 18 over a shorter section referred to the length of the base body 18. A cover 20, as well as a signaling device 38 in the form of an LED signal generator 39, is arranged on the upper side of the base body 18. However, an embodiment with more than one signal generator would also be conceivable. The LED signal generator 39 is activated as soon as all three sensing elements 24 are in contact with the workpiece surface and thereby indicates an alignment. The axial position or a protrusion of the sensing elements 24 over the underside of the base body 18 can be adjusted in order to allow an angled alignment relative to the normal of the workpiece surface.

[0082] The illustrations in FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B show a tool aligning device 10 with installed stop 112 and a non-inventive tool 310, which can be readily replaced with an inventive countersinking tool 110. The stop 112 is arranged in the interior of the base body 18 and mounted therein in a rotationally rigid and axially displaceable fashion by means of a guiding device 206. For this purpose, the stop 112 features a groove 202, into which the web 201 engages. The illustration in FIG. 2A shows the underside of the tool aligning device 10, wherein the tool head 130 is visible in this illustration.

[0083] According to the longitudinal section along the partial lines of section B-B illustrated in FIG. 2B, the stop 112 does not extend over the entire length of the base body 18. The stop 112 can be displaced in the axial/longitudinal direction within the base body 18 until the underside 204 of the stop 112 lies in one plane with the underside of the base body 18 or the sensing elements 24, respectively. The tool shank 128 protrudes over the tool aligning device 10 on the opposite side of the base body 18. In the other embodiments, the tool aligning device 10 corresponds to the tool aligning device in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B.

[0084] FIG. 3 shows a three-dimensional illustration of another embodiment of a tool aligning device 10. The base body 18, the cover 20 of the base body 18, the signaling device 38, the locking screws 44 and a guide sleeve 48 for inserting a (not-shown) tool shank are visible in this exterior view. The base body 18 has a partially circular cross section and is flattened on one side. In this way, the tool aligning device can also be used in corner areas or edge areas of a workpiece with an adjacent wall or step, wherein areas near the adjacent wall can also be machined. The base body 18 features recesses on the side facing the workpiece. This makes it possible to ensure the removal of chips or lubricant during the rotation of an inserted tool. The surface of the base body 18 is realized in a structured fashion in order to simplify the installation on a tool shank 14. The signaling device 38 in the form of an LED signal generator 39 is arranged on the cover 20 and can output an alignment signal. The locking screws 44 serve for fixing the contact adjustment screws (not visible) in order to adjust the sensitivity of the switching point.

[0085] FIG. 4 shows a top view of the embodiment according to FIG. 3 without the cover 20 of the base body 18. As a supplement, the fixing screws 56 for the cover 20 and the signaling device 38 are illustrated in this top view. The screw contact plates 30 in the form of a top view, the screw heads of the contact adjustment screws 42 and the screw heads of the fixing screws 54 of the screw contact plates 30 are visible in the interior of the base body 18. The tool aligning device 10 features two separate screw contact plates 30, wherein two contact adjustment screws 42 are arranged in a screw contact plate 30. The electrical power source 34, which is mounted with the fixing screws 50, is also in contact with this screw contact plate 30. Furthermore, the signaling device 38 is contacted by this screw contact plate 30. The locking screws 44, which lock the contact adjustment screws 42 in a certain position, are visible in the form of a side view outside the base body 18. A through-hole 22 for leading through a guide sleeve or for directly inserting a tool is provided in the interior of the base body 18.

[0086] FIG. 5 shows a wireframe representation of an embodiment according to FIG. 3. This figure shows a side view of the tool aligning device 10 from the side of the flattened base body 18, which forms the partial circle. The sensing elements 24 protrude from the base body 18 on the underside thereof, wherein the sensing elements 24 can be vertically displaced toward a workpiece surface such that contact between the sensing elements 24, the spring contact plate 28 and the contact adjustment screw 42 can be produced. The spring contact plates 28 are arranged offset in parallel to the screw contact plates 30, wherein the contact adjustment screws 42 are inserted or screwed into the screw contact plates 30. Contact between the contact adjustment screws 42 and the spring contact plates 28 is produced due to a vertical displacement of the sensing elements 24, wherein the spring contact plates 28 are moved against the contact adjustment screws 42. The electric circuit is closed due to the contact between the (not-shown) workpiece, the sensing elements 24, the spring contact plate 28, the contact adjustment screw 42 and the screw contact plate 30. Consequently, the spring contact plates 28 and the screw contact plates 30 consist of several parts in order to realize a switchable connection between the individual segment sections.

[0087] FIG. 6 shows a detailed illustration of the internal structure of the tool aligning device 10. The contact adjustment screws 42 are accessible from the upper side through recesses in the interior of the base body 18 and can be inserted into the screw contact plates 30 from this location. The contact adjustment screws 42 can be fixed in a desired vertical position by means of a respectively associated locking screw 44 from the outside of the base body 18 in order to define an aligning direction relative to the normal of a workpiece surface. If all switching points are identical, the machining operation is carried out exactly in the normal. This vertical position defines the sensitivity of the tool aligning device 10, i.e. the switching point, at which the electric circuit 38 is closed. In this way, the tool aligning device 10 can be adapted to a certain contact pressure exerted by an operator. The central sensing element 24 is not arranged in a line of action with the associated contact adjustment screw 42 and the two other sensing elements 24 lie in one plane with the respectively associated contact adjustment screw 42. The signaling device 38 is conductively connected to a screw contact plate 30. The fixing screws 50 of the electrical power source 34, as well as the fixing screws 56 of the (not-shown) cover, are also illustrated in this figure.

[0088] FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of a tool aligning device 10. The base body 18 has a circular cross section and therefore is suitable for machining structurally unrestricted workpiece surfaces. In other respects, this illustration corresponds to the illustration in FIG. 3.

[0089] FIG. 8 shows a top view of the embodiment according to FIG. 7 without the cover 20 of the base body 18. The base body 18 has a circular cross section, wherein the contact adjustment screws 42 are respectively arranged on one-third of the circumference. The screw contact plates 30 are visible in this illustration whereas the spring contact plates 28 are arranged in a plane, which is offset in parallel underneath the screw contact plates 30 and therefore not visible. A screw contact plate 30 produces a conductive connection between two contact adjustment screws 42, the electrical power source 34 and the signaling device 38. The electrical power source 34 is arranged on the base body 18 by means of the fixing screws 50. The additional screw contact plate 30 is arranged on the base body 18 by means of a fixing screw 54. The locking screws 44 serve for fixing the contact adjustment screws 42 in a desired position.

[0090] FIG. 9A shows a tool arrangement with a countersinking tool 110, and FIG. 9B shows a tool arrangement with a stop 112 mounted on the countersinking tool 110. A tool aligning device is not provided and therefore not shown. The countersinking tool 110 illustrated in FIG. 9A corresponds to the countersinking tool 110 in FIG. 10B and comprises a tool shank 128 and a tool head 130, which features an insertion pin 166 that is tapered toward the face 170 and provided with a reaming edge 168, as well as a plurality of deburring or countersinking edges 154.

[0091] According to FIG. 9B, the stop 112 comprises a stop sleeve 116, which is mounted such that it is freely rotatable about a shank sleeve 122 by means of two ball bearings 114, 146. The shank sleeve 122 can be axially pushed on the tool shank 128 up to the tool head 130 and non-positively connected to the shank 128 in a rotationally rigid fashion by means of an adhesive connection 138, namely at an axial location of the shank 128 that defines the stop depth. The first bearing bush 118 of the first and the second ball bearing 114, 146 is respectively bonded into the inner wall of the stop sleeve 116. The second bearing bush 120 of the first ball bearing is fixed on the shank sleeve 122 by means of two bearing rings 134 and may likewise be bonded on the shank sleeve 122. The second bearing bush 120 of the second ball bearing 146 is locked by means of a counter bearing ring 124 of the shank sleeve 122 and a bearing ring 134. The stop sleeve 116 can rotate relative to the shank sleeve 122 by means of the two bearings 114, 146. The shank sleeve 122 is non-positively bonded on the shank 128 of the countersinking tool 110, wherein the axial bonding position defines the stop depth of the countersinking tool 110. The countersinking tool 110 illustrated in FIG. 9A and FIG. 9B is suitable for use with a tool aligning device according to one of the above-described embodiments.

[0092] In the tool arrangement according to FIG. 9B, no pins, grooves or webs are illustrated on the outer circumference of the stop, but may naturally also be added in order to realize a functional interaction with a guiding device of an aligning device.

LIST OF REFERENCE SYMBOLS

[0093] 10 Tool aligning device [0094] 18 Base body [0095] 19 Upper side of base body [0096] 20 Cover of base body [0097] 21 Upper side of cover [0098] 22 Through-hole [0099] 24 Sensing element [0100] 28 Spring contact plate [0101] 30 Screw contact plate [0102] 34 Electrical power source [0103] 38 Signaling device [0104] 39 LED signal generator [0105] 42 Contact adjustment screw [0106] 44 Locking screw [0107] 46 Bore of screw contact plate [0108] 50 Fixing screw for battery [0109] 52 Fixing screw for first contact plate [0110] 54 Fixing screw for second contact plate [0111] 56 Fixing screw for cover of base body [0112] 110, 210 Countersinking tool [0113] 112 Stop [0114] 114 Bearing [0115] 116 Stop sleeve [0116] 118 First bearing bush [0117] 120 Second bearing bush [0118] 122 Shank sleeve [0119] 124 Counter bearing ring [0120] 128 Tool shank [0121] 130 Tool head [0122] 134 Bearing ring [0123] 138 Adhesive connection [0124] 142 Clamping means [0125] 144 Clamping screws [0126] 146 Second bearing [0127] 152 Engagement recess [0128] 154 Edge [0129] 156 Stop ring [0130] 166, 266 Insertion pin [0131] 168 Reaming edge [0132] 170 Face [0133] 180 Workpiece [0134] 182 Bore [0135] 184 Unfinished bore [0136] 186 Bevel [0137] 200 Pin [0138] 201 Web [0139] 202 Groove [0140] 204 Underside of stop [0141] 206 Guiding device [0142] 310 Tool