PARTING BLADE AND GROOVING AND PARTING-OFF TOOL

Abstract

A parting blade includes an internal cooling agent supply and has two substantially plane-parallel lateral faces and a continuous transversal bore connected to a cooling agent channel that runs parallel to the lateral faces in the interior of the parting blade. In order to provide a parting blade that has no projection on one side, a stopper is provided having two substantially parallel end faces and a circumferential face that connects the end faces. The stopper can be inserted into the transversal bore of the parting blade, thereby sealing the transversal bore relative to at least one lateral face of the parting blade. The stopper terminates without protruding over the sealed lateral face, flush with the lateral face. The stopper has an opening on both the end face and the circumferential face. The openings are connected to one another in the interior of the stopper to connect the cooling agent channel to a cooling agent source.

Claims

1. A parting blade with an internal coolant supply, comprising: two substantially plane parallel side faces and one continuous transverse bore, which is connected with a coolant channel disposed in an interior of the parting blade parallel to the side faces; and a stopper having two substantially parallel end faces and a circumferential face connecting the end faces with each other, wherein the stopper is arranged to be inserted into the transverse bore to seal the transverse bore to at least one side face of the parting blade and terminates at this sealed side face without any protrusion extending beyond the sealed side face, wherein on its opposite end side and at its circumferential face, the stopper has in each end side and circumferential face an opening, and wherein these openings are connected with one another in the interior of the stopper, through which the stopper connects the coolant channel, which is open at a circumference of the transverse bore, with a coolant source opposite the end side opening of the stopper.

2. The parting blade according to claim 1, wherein the stopper is shaped as a cylinder, one end side of the cylinder having a radially protruding flanged rim and a central opening.

3. The parting blade according to claim 1, wherein the circumferential face has a circumferential distributor groove, which in any orientation of the stopper with respect to its axis creates a connection between the opening on the circumferential face of the stopper and an opening of the coolant channel in the transverse bore.

4. The parting blade according to claim 1, wherein in the vicinity of the end side to be sealed the circumferential face has a circumferential seal groove for receiving a sealing ring.

5. The parting blade according to claim 1, wherein the openings of the stopper on one end side and on its circumferential face are connected by a bore running obliquely in relation to the axis of the stopper.

6. The parting blade according to claim 1, wherein the openings on the end side and on the circumference of the stopper are connected by a groove which extends obliquely in relation to the axis of the stopper from an edge formed by the intersection of the circumferential face and an end side into the end side and the circumferential face.

7. The parting blade according to claim 2, wherein the transverse bore of the parting blade is a stepped bore having a widened bore portion arranged to receive the flanged rim of the stopper.

8. The parting blade according to claim 1, wherein the transverse bore of the parting blade is symmetrically located with respect to a central plane parallel to and between the side faces of the parting blade.

9. A tool for parting off or grooving, the tool comprising: a parting blade having an internal coolant supply, two substantially plane parallel side faces and one continuous transverse bore, which is connected with a coolant channel disposed in an interior of the parting blade parallel to the side faces, and a stopper having two substantially parallel end faces and a circumferential face connecting the end faces with each other, wherein the stopper is arranged to be inserted into the transverse bore to seal the transverse bore to at least one side face of the parting blade and terminates at this sealed side face without any protrusion extending beyond the sealed side face, wherein on its opposite end side and at its circumferential face, the stopper has in each end side and circumferential face an opening, and wherein the openings are connected with one another in the interior of the stopper, through which the stopper connects the coolant channel, which is open at a circumference of the transverse bore, with a coolant source opposite the end side opening of the stopper; and a parting blade holder which has a flat side bearing face for the bearing of a side face of the parting blade and at least one clamping face, which is angled in relation to the bearing face for engagement with an edge face of the parting blade, wherein the bearing face has a delivery opening, which when the parting blade is fitted lies opposite the end side opening of the stopper.

10. The tool according to claim 9, wherein a groove is provided in the bearing face, which surrounds the delivery opening and is arranged to receive a sealing ring.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0031] FIG. 1a shows a tool with a parting blade and a stopper according to the present disclosure.

[0032] FIG. 1b shows a parting blade holder.

[0033] FIG. 1c shows a parting blade.

[0034] FIG. 2 shows a sectional view of the stopper.

[0035] FIG. 3 shows a partly sectional view through the parting blade in the region of a transverse bore.

[0036] FIG. 4 shows a perspective illustration of the stopper.

[0037] FIG. 5 shows a section through a grooving and parting off tool with a parting blade clamped in it and with the stopper according to the invention for delivery of the coolant.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0038] FIG. 1a shows a grooving and parting off tool designated over all with the reference number 100 with a parting blade holder 50 and a parting blade 20, which are shown separately in FIGS. 1b and 1c respectively. The parting blade holder has a bearing face 32, a clamping face 34 and a clamping block 37. The upper and lower edge faces 38 and 39 of the parting blade 20 have a roof-shaped profile, and the lower clamping face 34 and an upper clamping face 34′ on the clamping block 37 have an inclination corresponding in each case to one side 28, 29 of the roof profile so that when the clamping block 37 is clamped firmly they engage with the roof faces 28, 29 of the edge faces 38 and 39 facing away from the bearing face 32 and thereby press the parting blade 20 with its side face 22 firmly against the bearing face 32.

[0039] In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 1b the bearing face 32 has two delivery openings 33, only one of which is active however, namely the one which is aligned with a stopper 10 and the corresponding transverse bore 23 of a parting blade 20.

[0040] Visible in the region of the end face 41 of the parting blade 20 (FIG. 1c) there is a receptacle 42 for a cutting insert (not shown) for grooving or parting off, wherein a portion of the parting blade 20 above this receiving slot 42 is embodied in the form of a springy movable clamping finger 43.

[0041] The parting blade is point symmetrical with respect to an axis of symmetry 60 which extends perpendicularly to the side faces 21, 22. In its interior the parting blade has coolant channels 24, 24′ which run centrally and parallel to the side faces 21, 22, wherein the outlet channel 24′ debouches in the clamping finger 43 of an outlet opening 44 debouching directly onto the cutting edge position of a cutting insert (not shown). The opposite end of the coolant channel 24, on the other side of the connection to the transverse bore, which is drilled into the parting blade 20 from the lower edge face 38, is closed and sealed by a blanking plug 46.

[0042] In operation, the delivery chamber 33 is pressurised with coolant and the coolant then flows through the delivery opening 31, sealed with a circumferential sealing ring 35, into the end face opening 2, the bore 4 of the stopper 10 and through the openings 3 and 26 and into the coolant channel 24 which debouches through the outlet channel 24′ at the end of the clamping finger 43 into the outlet opening 44, from where a jet of coolant is aimed directly onto the region of the cutting edge of a cutting insert (not shown) clamped firmly in the receptacle 42.

[0043] FIG. 2 shows a section through the stopper according to the invention with an approximately cylindrical basic body 1 with the radius R, which in the orientation shown has a lower end side 11, an upper end side 12 and a circumferential face 13 which in the present case is multiply stepped and has a main radius R which corresponds to or is slightly less than the internal radius of the transverse bore 23.

[0044] The upper portion of the stopper 10 is widened with a circumferential flanged rim 5 and in a central axial region the stopper is provided with a circumferential distributor groove 6. A seal groove 7 is provided in the vicinity of the lower end side 11 running around and along the circumferential face 13. This seal groove 7 accommodates a sealing ring 8 which seals the stopper 10 in relation to the internal face of the transverse bore 23 as soon as the stopper has been inserted in the transverse bore. A bore 4 extends through the stopper at an oblique angle to its axis 9 from the end side 12 to the bottom of the groove 6 and so forms an end side opening 2 and a circumferential opening 3 of the stopper 10. The groove 6 extends as far as the flange 5. However, it can also be made narrower so that a stepped cylindrical shoulder could also be formed in front of the flange 5, as indicated by the dashed line in FIG. 2, with a circumferential portion 13a which could form a guide face in the cylindrical transverse bore 23 of the parting blade 20 independently of the flange 5 and its circumferential face 13b.

[0045] However, the bore 4 together with the openings 2 and 3 could also be replaced by a groove extending from the rim of the end side 12 in the direction of the centre of the stopper 10. In FIG. 2 this would correspond to the elimination of the hatched part of the flange 5 at the top on the right (underneath the reference number 12), so that the bore 4 would be replaced by a groove which apart from the bore 4 would also comprise this flanged rim region of the stopper 10 shown hatched in FIG. 2. However, with a bore 4 and a completely surrounding circumferential flange 5 the stopper is stronger and less susceptible to damage.

[0046] FIG. 3 shows that the transverse bore 23 is provided with the diameter 2R to accommodate the stopper 10 with a more or less tight fit, wherein the axial position of an opening 26 of the coolant channel 24 corresponds to the axial position of the circumferential groove 6 of the stopper and the opening 3 at the bottom of the groove. When the stopper 10 is inserted, the sealing ring 8 bears on the internal wall of the transverse bore and seals the stopper or the region of the groove 6 in relation to the side face 21 and the end side 11 of the stopper. However, a tight fit between the circumferential faces 13, 13a of the stopper 10 and the internal face of the transverse bore 23 is not absolutely essential as long as at least the sealing ring 8 and the flanged rim 5 ensure centering of the stopper 10 in the transverse bore 23. However, for reliable and precise seating of the stopper 10 it is expedient when at least one of the faces 13a or 13b is guided snugly in the transverse bore 23 or in the widened portion 25 thereof.

[0047] The thickness of the flange 5 corresponds to the depth 1 of the widened bore portion 25 of the transverse bore 23, and the thickness of the stopper 10, measured between the end faces 11, 12, corresponds to the thickness of the parting blade 20, so that after insertion in the transverse bore 23 the stopper 10 fits with its end sides 11, 12 flush with the corresponding side faces 21 and 22 respectively of the parting blade 20. With this, there is a fluid connection through the bore 4 from the end side opening 2 of the stopper 10 to the circumferential opening 3, the groove 6 and the opening 26 of the coolant channel 24. The stopper does not protrude from the side faces 21, 22 in any direction and in particular does not obstruct any stream of cuttings and also does not prevent guidance of the parting blade in close proximity past a workpiece. When the clamping block is released slightly, the parting blade 20 can be moved on the side face 22 unhindered in the longitudinal direction, i.e. parallel to the side faces 21, 22.

[0048] In the present exemplary embodiment, the transverse bore 23 can be embodied symmetrically with respect to a longitudinal median plane through the parting blade parallel to the two side faces, i.e. a widened portion 25 is visible at both ends of the transverse bore 23 for receiving the flanged rim 5 of the stopper 10. The circumferential seal groove 7 in the stopper 10 for receiving the sealing ring 8 is offset far enough inwards from the end side 11 or 12 of the stopper 10 so that in each case the seal 8 seals in the central portion of the transverse bore 23 which has the smaller diameter 2R. As a result of this, the stopper 10 can be inserted optionally from either side 21 or 22 of the parting blade, and then a circumferential groove is formed in the side face 21 on one side between the circumferential face 13 on one end side 11 of the stopper 10 and the circumferential rim face of the widening 25 (see FIG. 5). However, one of the two widenings 25 could also be eliminated so that then the stopper could be inserted into the transverse bore 23 solely from the side (e.g. 22) with the widening 25.

[0049] FIG. 4 again shows a perspective illustration of the stopper 10 with the end sides 11 (not visible) and 12, the openings 2, 3, the bore 4 connecting the openings, the circumferential groove 6 and the sealing ring 8 accommodated in a seal groove 7.

[0050] Here, it is not necessary for the circumferential face 13 or the portions 13a of the circumferential face 13 to come into contact with the internal face of the bore 23 since the exact positioning of the stopper 10 in the bore 23 is assured solely by the O-ring seal 8 at one end and the cylindrical surface 13b of the flanged rim 5 in the widened portion 25 of the bore.

[0051] FIG. 5 again shows in a partial section through the parting blade 20 mounted in the parting blade holder 50 the fluid connection and the sealing of all the elements of a parting off tool according to the invention. The parting blade 20 is pressed firmly by its side face 22 against the bearing face 32 of the parting blade holder 50 by the clamping face 34 and a corresponding roof-shaped face 28 at the edge face 38 of the parting blade. Thus, the side face 22 bears on the bearing face, sealed with the sealing ring 35 in the groove 34, which surrounds the delivery opening 31 completely. The stopper 10 lies with its opening 2 exactly opposite the opening 31 of the coolant chamber 33, with the flanged rim 5 preferably having a greater diameter than the diameter of the delivery opening 31 measured in the vertical direction so that the flanged rim 5 of the stopper is also pressed firmly into the transverse bore 23 by the bearing face 32 and aligned flush with the side face 32. As a result, the flanged rim 5 lies on the bottom of the widened portion 25 of the bore and the opposite end side 11 of the stopper also terminates flush with the side face 21 of the parting blade like the end side 12 with the side face 22. However, it is understood that the flanged rim 5 still lies completely inside the face surrounded by the sealing ring 35.

[0052] The pressurised coolant in the coolant chamber 33 passes through the bore 4 of the stopper 10 into the circumferential groove 6 and from there into the coolant channel 24 of the parting blade and is guided from there via the coolant channel 24 to a cutting insert so that a corresponding jet of coolant is aimed at the region of the cutting edge of a cutting insert.

[0053] In order to safely avoid the stopper or the flanged rim 5 and its end face 12 protruding in relation to the side face 22 even when there are differences in tolerance, the thickness of the flanged rim 5 can be chosen thinner than the depth of the widened portion 25 of the bore by the maximum difference in tolerance. The pressure of the coolant in the bore 4 ensures in any case that the flanged rim 5 is pressed firmly against the bottom of the widened portion of the bore, and the measurement between the flanged rim and the end side 11 is chosen so that in this position the end side 11 terminates flush with the side 31 or is arranged so as to be recessed a tiny amount.

[0054] The circumferential sealing ring 35 ensures that outside the delivery opening 36 no coolant whatsoever can get between the side face 22 of the parting blade and the bearing face 32 of the parting blade holder.

[0055] The fitting of the stopper simply by inserting it into the transverse bore 23 is much easier than the conventional sealing of the bore 23 from the side face 21 as was the usual practice in the prior art, and in addition any protrusion in the region of the sealing of the transverse bore 23 on the side face 21 is avoided so that no cuttings can be trapped in this region and there is nothing to prevent the parting blade being guided past a portion of a workpiece in close proximity to it.

[0056] For the purposes of the original disclosure, it is pointed out that all features as revealed to a specialist in the art from the present description, the drawings and the dependent claims, even when only described in concrete terms in connection with particular further features, can be combined both individually and also in any combinations with others of the features or groups of features disclosed here, provided this has not been expressly excluded or technical conditions make such combinations impossible or senseless. Exhaustive explicit illustration of all conceivable combinations of features and the stressing of the independence of the individual features of one another is only omitted here for the sake of brevity and readability of the description.