IP Library Granted Patent US 12697666
Granted Patent B2
US 12697666 · App. 18/387,960 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Cutting tool

Inventors: Christian Strauchmann (Eggolsheim, DE); Jürgen Schwägerl (Vohenstrauss, DE); Herbert Rudolf Kauper (Erlangen, DE)
Assignee: KENNAMETAL INC.
B23B51/02B23B2251/04B23B2251/14B23B2251/40
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12697666
App. No.
18/387,960
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Cutting tool for the rotary machining of workpieces, in particular a twist drill, with a cutting tip which has at least one main cutting edge and at least one free surface, wherein a flank face adjoins the main cutting edge radially to the outside, and wherein a flank angle of the flank face increases in a radially outward direction.

Claims (31)

1 . A cutting tool for the rotary machining of workpieces, wherein the cutting tool has a direction of rotation during use, the cutting tool comprising:

a cutting tip which has at least one main cutting edge and at least one free surface,

wherein a flank face adjoins the main cutting edge radially outward from the main cutting edge,

wherein the main cutting edge merges into an edge of the flank face and extends to a cutting corner,

wherein a flank angle of the flank face continuously increases in a radially outward direction to the cutting corner;

wherein a corner radius extends between an end point of the edge of the flank face and the cutting corner;

wherein the flank angle increases from the end point of the edge of the flank face to the cutting corner; and

wherein the cutting tool is a twist drill and wherein the workpieces are made of metal.

2 . The cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein the flank angle increases by at least 2°.

3 . The cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein the flank angle increases by at least 4°.

4 . The cutting tool according to claim 1 , wherein the corner radius is not tangent to a periphery and/or the at least one the free surface.

5 . A cutting tool for the rotary machining of workpieces, wherein the cutting tool has a direction of rotation during use, the cutting tool comprising:

a cutting tip which has at least one main cutting edge and at least one free surface,

wherein a flank face adjoins the main cutting edge radially outward from the main cutting edge,

wherein the main cutting edge merges into an edge of the flank face and extends to a cutting corner,

wherein a flank angle of the flank face continuously increases in a radially outward direction to the cutting corner;

wherein the flank angle increases from an end point of the edge of the flank face to the cutting corner;

wherein the cutting tool is a twist drill and wherein the workpieces are made of metal.

6 . The cutting tool according to claim 5 , wherein the flank angle increases by at least 2°.

7 . The cutting tool according to claim 5 , wherein the flank angle increases by at least 4°.

8 . A cutting tool for the rotary machining of workpieces, wherein the cutting tool has a direction of rotation during use, the cutting tool comprising:

a cutting tip which has at least one main cutting edge and at least one free surface,

wherein a flank face adjoins the main cutting edge radially outward from the main cutting edge,

wherein the main cutting edge merges into an edge of the flank face and extends to a cutting corner,

wherein a flank angle of the flank face continuously increases in a radially outward direction to the cutting corner;

wherein a convex corner radius extends between an end point of the edge of the flank face and the cutting corner;

wherein the flank angle increases from the end point of the edge of the flank face to the cutting corner; and

wherein the cutting tool is a twist drill and wherein the workpieces are made of metal.

9 . The cutting tool according to claim 8 , wherein the flank angle increases by at least 2°.

10 . The cutting tool according to claim 8 , wherein the flank angle increases by at least 4°.

11 . The cutting tool according to claim 8 , wherein the corner radius is not tangent to a periphery and/or the free surface.