Rotary cutting tool and holding element for a rotary cutting tool

Abstract

The described rotary cutting tool comprises a tool body extending along a rotational axis and a cutting insert comprising at least one cutting edge. The tool body is mounted in a mounting pocket delimited by two clamping fingers. A clamping finger bore is provided on each of the clamping fingers. The cutting insert also has a through bore. A holding element is arranged in the clamping finger bores and in the through bore to couple the cutting insert to the tool body. A section of the holding element located within the through bore is crowned. A holding element for such a rotary cutting tool is also presented.

Claims

1. A rotary cutting tool comprising having a tool body extending along a rotational axis of the rotary cutting tool, and a cutting insert comprising at least one cutting edge that is mounted in a mounting pocket delimited by two clamping fingers and located on a tool tip end of the tool body, wherein a clamping finger bore extending substantially in radial direction is provided on each of the clamping fingers and the cutting insert has a through bore extending substantially radially and wherein a holding element is arranged in the clamping finger bores and in the through bore to couple the cutting insert to the tool body, and wherein a section of the holding element located within the through bore has a crowned shape.

2. The rotary cutting tool according to claim 1, wherein the section of the holding element located within the through bore is barrel-shaped, wherein a center axis of the barrel-shaped body coincides with a center axis of the holding element.

3. The rotary cutting tool according to claim 1, wherein the holding element comprises a threaded section and one of the clamping finger bores is formed as a threaded bore, wherein the threaded section is threaded into the threaded bore.

4. The rotary cutting tool according to claim 3, wherein a maximum diameter of the crowned section of the holding element is greater than a diameter of the threaded section.

5. The rotary cutting tool according to claim 1, wherein the holding element has a head section that has a diameter larger than the remaining sections of the holding element, wherein the head section is mounted in a mounting section of a corresponding clamping finger bore.

6. The rotary cutting tool according to claim 5, wherein a minimum diameter of the head section is equal to or greater than a maximum diameter of the crowned section of the holding element.

7. The rotary cutting tool according to claim 5, wherein the head section is conically tapered at least in sections and the mounting section is conically tapered at least in sections corresponding to the head section.

8. The rotary cutting tool according to claim 1, wherein center axes of the clamping finger bores are offset in relation to each other along the rotational axis of the rotary cutting tool.

9. The rotary cutting tool of claim 1, wherein the through bore on the cutting insert is tilted in relation to a radial direction of the rotary cutting tool.

10. The rotary cutting tool claim 1, wherein a centering projection is provided on an end of the cutting insert facing away from the cutting edge that engages into a corresponding centering recess on the tool body.

11. The rotary cutting tool of claim 1, wherein the rotary cutting tool is a drilling tool.

12. A holding element for a rotary cutting tool according to claim 1, wherein the holding element comprises a threaded section, a crowned section, and a frustoconical head section, and the crowned section is located between the threaded section and the head section.

13. The holding element of claim 12, wherein the holding element is a set screw.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] The invention is explained below with reference to various exemplary embodiments that are shown in the accompanying drawings. The drawings show in:

[0024] FIG. 1 a rotary cutting tool according to the invention with a holding element according to the invention in a schematic side view,

[0025] FIG. 2 the rotary cutting tool of FIG. 1 when viewed along direction II,

[0026] FIG. 3 the rotary cutting tool of FIG. 2 in a sectional view along plane III-III,

[0027] FIG. 4 two variants of a cutting insert of the rotary cutting tool from FIGS. 1 to 3 in an isolated view corresponding to the illustration according to FIG. 3,

[0028] FIG. 5 the cutting insert of the rotary cutting tool from FIGS. 1 to 3 in a side view, and

[0029] FIG. 6 the holding element according to the invention in an isolated rendering.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] FIG. 1 shows a rotary cutting tool 10, which is a drilling tool in the embodiment shown.

[0031] In operation, the rotary cutting tool 10 is rotated about a rotational axis 12.

[0032] The rotary cutting tool 10 has a tool body 14 extending along the rotational axis 12. This includes a machine-side end designed as a tool shaft 16, as well as a tool-tip end 18 opposing the tool shaft 16.

[0033] A mounting pocket 20 delimited by two clamping fingers 22a, 22b (see also FIG. 2) is formed on the tool tip end 18.

[0034] The mounting pocket 20 accommodates a cutting insert 24 that comprises two cutting edges 26a, 26b in the rendered embodiment.

[0035] The cutting insert 24 is coupled to the tool body 14 by means of a holding element 28. More specifically, the cutting insert 24 is clamped to the tool body 14 by means of the holding element 28.

[0036] For this purpose, a clamping finger bore 30a extending substantially in radial direction is provided on the clamping finger 22a and a clamping finger bore 30b also extending substantially in radial direction is provided on the clamping finger 22b.

[0037] The cutting insert 24 is provided with a through bore 32 that also extends substantially radially.

[0038] The holding element 28 is arranged in both the clamping finger bores 30a, 30b and in the through bore 32 and thus couples the cutting insert 24 to the tool body 14.

[0039] In this context, a first end section of the holding element 28 is designed as a threaded section 34 (see FIGS. 3 and 6).

[0040] The associated clamping finger bore 30b is formed as a threaded bore.

[0041] Accordingly, the threaded section 34 is threaded into the clamping finger bore 30b.

[0042] An end section of the holding element 28 opposite the threaded section 34 is formed as a head section 36 (see also FIGS. 3 and 6).

[0043] The head section 36 has a larger diameter than the remaining sections of the holding element 28 and is designed to be conically tapered. The head section 36 tapers in the direction of the threaded section 34.

[0044] In other words, the head section 36 has a frustroconical shape.

[0045] The clamping finger bore 30a forms a mounting section 38 for the head section 36. The mounting section 38 is conically tapered corresponding to the head section 36.

[0046] Thus, the clamping finger bore 30a also has a frustroconical shape.

[0047] It then tapers originating from an outer circumference of the tool body 14 in the direction of the rotational axis 12.

[0048] In the depicted embodiment, a center axis 40a of the clamping finger bore 30a is also shifted in relation to a center axis 40b of the clamping finger bore 30b by a distance a along the rotational axis 12. The clamping finger bore 30a and the clamping finger bore 30b are therefore not concentric (see FIG. 3).

[0049] The holding element 28 has a crowned section 42 between the threaded section 34 and the head section 36.

[0050] When the holding element 28 is mounted in the rotary cutting tool 10, the section 42 is located within the through bore 32.

[0051] In the depicted embodiment, the crowning is realized by the fact that the section 42 is barrel-shaped, wherein a center axis of the barrel shape coincides with a center axis of the holding element 28 (see in particular FIG. 6).

[0052] The various sections of the holding element 28 are matched to each other such that a maximum diameter of the crowned section 42 is greater than a diameter of the threaded section 34.

[0053] Additionally, a minimum diameter of the head section 36 is equal to or greater than a maximum diameter of the crowned section of the holding element 42.

[0054] Since the holding element 28 has the threaded section 34, it can also be referred to as a set screw.

[0055] According to the variants shown in FIGS. 4 a) and 4 b), the through bore 32 on the cutting insert 24 can extend substantially in the radial direction (see FIG. 4 a)) or tilted in relation to the radial direction of the rotary cutting tool 10 (see angle β in FIG. 4 b)).

[0056] The cutting insert further comprises a centering projection 44, which engages into a corresponding centering recess 46 when mounted on the rotary cutting tool 10 (see FIG. 3).

[0057] As already mentioned, the holding element 28 is designed to clamp the cutting insert 24 to the tool body 14. The holding element 28 can then exert a clamping force acting on the cutting insert 24 along the rotational axis 12, i.e., axially (indicated by the arrow 48 in FIG. 3), and also clamping forces acting in the radial direction (indicated by arrows 50a, 50b in FIG. 3).

[0058] When the cutting insert 24 is mounted on the tool body 14, the cutting insert 24 is in this context first inserted into the mounting pocket 20, so that the centering projection 44 engages into the corresponding centering recess 46. Then, the holding element 28 is first inserted with the threaded section 34 through the clamping finger bore 30a and then through the through bore 32. The threaded section 34 is then threaded into the clamping finger bore 30b.

[0059] The threading action causes the crowned section 42 to be drawn into the through bore 32 with a certain force.

[0060] In addition, the head section 36 comes into contact with a region of the mounting section 38 arranged on the tool tip end. This is due to the offset of the center axes 40a, 40b of the clamping finger bores 30a, 30b.

[0061] When threading in the holding element 28, the head section 36 is also drawn into the mounting section 38. The offset causes the head section 36 to be bent slightly in the direction of the tool shaft 16 in relation to the threaded section 34 (see angle α FIG. 6).

[0062] When the holding element 28 is completely threaded into the clamping finger bore 30b and thus has reached its target state on the rotary cutting tool 10, the head section 36 of the holding element 28 is located in a region designated with P1 on the mounting section 38 (see FIGS. 3 and 6).

[0063] Due to the slight bending of the holding element 28, there is also a contact area designated with P2 in the area of the crowned section 42 (again see FIGS. 3 and 6).

[0064] The axial clamping force symbolized by arrow 48 thus results in particular from the installation of the holding element 28 on the cutting insert 24 in the area P2 and the installation of the holding element 28 on the clamping finger 22a in the area P1.