IP Library Granted Patent US 12,285,809
Granted Patent B2
US 12,285,809 · App. 17/225,351 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Hard-film-coated drill

Inventors: Junichi Noshiro (Toyama, JP); Ryo Hayashi (Toyama, JP)
Assignee: NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP.
B23B51/02C23C28/044B23B2224/08B23B2224/36B23B2228/105B23B2251/125Y10T408/89
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Patent No.
US 12,285,809
App. No.
17/225,351
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a hard-film-coated drill having a cemented carbide drill body coated with a hard film, the drill body is provided with a smooth region at a boundary between a flank surface and a rake surface. The surface hardness of the hard film is within 2000 to 2500 HV in Vickers hardness. A radius r1 (μm) of curvature of the first ridgeline L 1 where the smooth region and the flank surface intersect is represented by r1=0.45×D+a1 (10≤a1≤25), where D is the diameter (mm) of the body. A radius r2 (μm) of curvature the second ridgeline L 2 where the flank surface and a margin intersect is represented by r2=0.65×D+a2 (39≤a2≤67). A thickness t1 (μm) of the hard film is represented by t1=0.8×ln(D)+a3 (0.7≤a3≤3.0).

Claims (11)

1. A hard-film-coated drill having a drill body with a surface coated with a hard film, the drill body being made of a cemented carbide and having two or more cutting edges, a flank surface, a rake surface, and a margin,

wherein the drill body is provided with a chamfered surface adjacent to the flank surface and the rake surface,

a surface hardness of the hard film is within a range of 2000 to 2500 HV in Vickers hardness,

a first ridgeline where the chamfered surface and the flank surface intersect and a second ridgeline where the flank surface and the margin intersect are formed in a round shape in cross section,

a radius r 1 (in μm) of curvature of the round shape of the first ridgeline is within a range represented by a formula r 1 =0.45×D+a 1 (10≤a 1 ≤25), where D is a diameter (in mm) of the drill body and a 1 is a constant (in μm) to keep r 1 within an upper limit and a lower limit, and

a radius r 2 (in μm) of curvature of the round shape of the second ridgeline is within a range represented by a formula r 2 =0.65×D+a 2 (39≤a 2 ≤67), where a 2 is a constant (in μm) to keep r 2 within an upper limit and a lower limit,

wherein the hard film includes a first layer formed of a first hard film containing a nitride that includes Al and Ti, a second layer formed by alternately stacking second and third hard films having different compositions, and a third layer formed of a fourth hard film containing a nitride that includes Ti and Si, and the first to third layers are stacked in this order from a drill body side, and

wherein the second hard film contains a nitride that includes Ti, Al and Si, and the third hard film contains a nitride that includes Ti, Al, Cr and Si.

2. The hard-film-coated drill according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness t 1 (in μm) of the hard film is within a range represented by a formula t 1 =0.8×In(D)+a 3 (0.7≤a 3 ≤3.0), where a 3 is a constant (in μm) to keep t 1 within an upper limit and a lower limit.

3. The hard-film-coated drill according to claim 2 , wherein the radius r 1 of curvature of the round shape of the first ridgeline is within a range of 15 to 35 μm.

4. The hard-film-coated drill according to claim 1 , wherein the radius r 1 of curvature of the round shape of the first ridgeline is within a range of 15 to 35 μm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2021
From: NOSHIRO, JUNICHI; HAYASHI, RYO
To: NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP.
Reel/Frame 056592/0854 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-192830 · Oct 11, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019039597 · Oct 8, 2019
Related Publication 20210291279A1 · Sep 23, 2021
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