EP1052367B1 - Eléments préformés pour trépans de forage rotatif - Google Patents

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EP1052367B1
EP1052367B1 EP00303645A EP00303645A EP1052367B1 EP 1052367 B1 EP1052367 B1 EP 1052367B1 EP 00303645 A EP00303645 A EP 00303645A EP 00303645 A EP00303645 A EP 00303645A EP 1052367 B1 EP1052367 B1 EP 1052367B1
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Nigel Dennis Griffin
Dean Travers Watson
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B10/00—Drill bits
    • E21B10/46—Drill bits characterised by wear resisting parts, e.g. diamond inserts
    • E21B10/56—Button-type inserts
    • E21B10/567—Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts
    • E21B10/5673—Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts having a non planar or non circular cutting face
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B10/00—Drill bits
    • E21B10/46—Drill bits characterised by wear resisting parts, e.g. diamond inserts
    • E21B10/56—Button-type inserts
    • E21B10/567—Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts
    • E21B10/573—Button-type inserts with preformed cutting elements mounted on a distinct support, e.g. polycrystalline inserts characterised by support details, e.g. the substrate construction or the interface between the substrate and the cutting element
    • E21B10/5735—Interface between the substrate and the cutting element

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  • the invention relates to preform cutting elements for rotary drag-type drill bits, and of the kind comprising a facing table of superhard material having a front face and a rear surface bonded to the front surface of a substrate which is less hard than the superhard material.
  • Such preform cutting elements usually have a facing table of polycrystalline diamond, although other superhard materials are available, such as cubic boron nitride.
  • the substrate of less hard material is often formed from cemented tungsten carbide, and the facing table and substrate are bonded together during formation of the element in a high pressure, high temperature forming press. This forming process is well known and will not be described in detail.
  • Each preform cutting element may be mounted on a carrier in the form of a generally cylindrical stud or post received in a pocket in the body of the drill bit.
  • the carrier is often also formed from cemented tungsten carbide, the surface of the substrate being brazed to a surface on the carrier.
  • the substrate itself may be of sufficient thickness as to provide, in effect, a cylindrical stud which is sufficiently long to be directly received in a pocket in the bit body, without being first brazed to a carrier.
  • the body of the drill bit itself may be machined from metal, usually steel, or may be moulded using a powder metallurgy process.
  • Cutting elements of the above-described kind are often in the form of circular or part-circular tablets. Each cutter is so mounted on the bit body that a portion of its periphery defines a cutting edge which acts on the surface of the formation being drilled. In the case of a circular cutter the cutting edge will be provided by a curved stretch of the circular periphery of the cutter. In some locations on the drill bit, such as in the gauge region of the bit, however, the cutting element will be formed with a straight cutting edge across part of its periphery to act on the formation.
  • the cutting elements When drilling some types of formation, however, for example chalk or limestone, it may be more effective and efficient for the cutting elements to act on the formation with more of a "scribing" action.
  • the cutting element is shaped so that a part of its periphery is "pointed", i.e. is formed with a cutting apex defined between two adjacent regions of the peripheral surface which are disposed at an angle to one another.
  • the cutting element may comprise a single cutting apex, or a plurality of cutting apices disposed side-by-side on its periphery.
  • GB 2323110 describes a cutting element having a protrusion formed on the rear of a table of a superhard material, the protrusion being located in a space between two substrate components.
  • a preform cutting element for a rotary drag-type drill bit, including a facing table of superhard material having a front face and a rear surface bonded to the front surface of a substrate which is less hard than the superhard material, the cutting element having a peripheral surface and characterised in that the peripheral surface includes at least one cutting apex defmed between two adjacent regions of the peripheral surface which are disposed at an angle to one another, the rear surface of the facing table being formed with at least one protuberance which projects into a correspondingly shaped recess in the substrate, the protuberance forming part of the periphery of the cutting element at the cutting apex and extending inwardly away from the cutting apex into the interior of the substrate.
  • the protuberance of superhard material projecting from the facing table into the substrate serves to strengthen the element and serves to reduce the rate of wear of the cutting apex and also to protect it against impact damage.
  • the rear surface of the facing table and the front surface of the substrate of the cutting element are co-extensive, although this is not essential, and arrangements are possible where the facing table extends over only a part of the front surface of the substrate.
  • the protuberance may extend across the full width of the cutting element so as also to form part of the periphery of the cutting element in a region thereof of opposite said cutting apex.
  • the protuberance may have substantially parallel side surfaces bonded to the sides of a recess in the front surface of the substrate.
  • the cutting element may be formed with a plurality of cutting apices spaced apart around the periphery thereof.
  • the part of the periphery between two adjacent cutting apices may be smoothly concave or angular.
  • imaginary lines bisecting the cutting apices are substantially parallel so that the cutting apices point in generally the same direction.
  • the periphery of the cutting element may be part-circular.
  • one or both regions of the periphery on either side of a cutting apex may extend generally tangentially to a part-circular portion of the periphery of the cutting element.
  • Drag-type drill bit is shown in Figures 1 and 2 and comprises a bit body 1 on the leading surface of which are formed six circumferentially spaced upstanding blades 2 which extend outwardly away from the axis of rotation of the bit.
  • a number of preform cutting elements 3 are spaced apart side-by-side along each blade 2.
  • each cutting element may be brazed to a carrier which is secured within a pocket in the blade 2, or the substrate of the cutting elements may be of sufficient length to be received directly in the pocket.
  • the cutters are arranged in a generally spiral configuration over the leading face of the drill bit so as to form a cutting profile which sweeps across the whole of the bottom of the borehole being drilled as the bit rotates.
  • the bit body is formed with a central passage (not shown) which communicates through subsidiary passages with nozzles 4 mounted in the leading surface of the bit body. Drilling fluid under pressure is delivered to the nozzles through the internal passages and flows outwardly through the spaces between adjacent blades for cooling and cleaning the cutters.
  • the spaces between the blades 2 lead to peripheral junk slots 5, or to internal passages 6 in the bit body, through which the drilling fluid flows upwardly to the annulus between the drill string and the surrounding formation, passing upwardly through the annulus to the surface.
  • the junk slots 5 are separated by gauge pads 7 which bear against the side wall of the borehole and are formed with bearing or abrasion inserts (not shown).
  • bit body and blades may be machined from metal, usually steel, which may be hardfaced.
  • bit body, or a part thereof may be moulded from matrix material using a powder metallurgy process.
  • the general construction of such drill bits, and their methods of manufacture, are well known in the art and will not be described in further detail.
  • Figures 3 and 4 show a preform cutting element according to the present invention which may be employed on a rotary drag-type drill bit of the above-described kind, or other form of drag-type drill bit.
  • the cutting element comprises a front facing table 10 of polycrystalline diamond bonded to a substrate 12 of cemented tungsten carbide.
  • the facing table 10 is co-extensive with the substrate 12 so that the whole of the peripheral edge of the facing table is exposed around the periphery of the cutting element.
  • one portion 14 of the periphery of the cutting element is part-circular and extends around approximately half of the periphery of the element.
  • the remainder of the periphery of the cutting element is defined by two substantially straight regions 16 of the periphery which are arranged at an angle to one another so as to define between them a generally pointed cutting apex 18.
  • the cutting element is so mounted on the drill bit that the cutting apex 18 engages the formation being drilled and, as the bit rotates, cuts the formation with a "scribing" action.
  • the facing table 10 is formed with a thickened rim 20 which extends continuously around the whole periphery of the facing table and thus forms part of the whole periphery of the cutting element.
  • the thickened peripheral rim 20 projects into a correspondingly shaped peripheral recess in the substrate 12 and is bonded to the substrate during the process of forming the cutting element.
  • the thickened rim may project from the rear surface of the facing table 10 by any desired distance, but the distance is preferably at least equal to the thickness of the top part of the facing table 10 and may be up to several times its thickness. As may be seen from Figure 4, the rim 20 extends more than halfway through the thickness of the cutting element as a whole.
  • the portion 22 of the rear surface of the facing table 10 which lies within the rim 20 is circular, as best seen in Figure 3.
  • this portion may be of any other shape.
  • the peripheral rim 20 may be of substantially constant thickness, in which case the region 22 will be of an overall shape corresponding to the overall outer shape of the facing table 10.
  • the region 22 of the rear surface of the facing table 10 is planar, but this surface might also be configured, i.e. formed with ribs or other protrusions on the rear surface of the facing table which engage within correspondingly shaped recesses in the substrate.
  • the surface of the thickened rim 20 remote from the facing table 10 may also be configured.
  • the thickened rim 20 provides a more substantial body of polycrystalline diamond adjacent the cutting apex 18 than would be the case if the facing table 10 were of substantially uniform thickness. This extra body of polycrystalline diamond thus protects the cutting apex 18 against rapid wear and impact damage.
  • the rim 20 serves to enhance the mechanical interlock between the diamond facing table and the substrate 12 thus reducing the risk of separation of the facing table from the substrate under the high temperatures and stresses to which such cutting elements are subjected in use downhole.
  • peripheral rim 24 is narrower in width than in the arrangement of Figure 3 so that it does not extend continuously around the whole periphery of the cutting element but provides a thickened portion 26 adjacent the cutting apex 28 of the cutting element, and a part-annular portion 30 extending around the part-circular portion of the cutting element.
  • the protuberance 32 projecting into the substrate 34 from the rear surface of the polycrystalline diamond facing table 36 is generally triangular in cross-section so as to provide additional strength to the periphery of the cutter only in the vicinity of the cutting apex 38.
  • the flat inner surface 40 of the protuberance 32 is inclined so that the protuberance decreases in cross section as it extends away from the facing table 36.
  • Figures 9 and 10 show a modified arrangement where the inner surface 42 of the generally triangular protuberance 44 is convexly curved as well as being inclined.
  • Figures 11 and 13 show a modification of the arrangement of Figures 9 and 10 where the protuberance 46 has a convexly curved inner surface which is stepped, as indicated at 48, so that the protuberance 46 again reduces in cross section as it extends away from the diamond facing table.
  • Figures 13 and 14 also show an arrangement where the protuberance 50 has a stepped inner surface, but in this case the inner surface 52 of the protuberance is concave and is provided with three steps rather than the two steps of Figures 9 and 10.
  • the protuberance 54 projecting from the rear surface of the facing table 56 extends across the whole width of the cutting element from the cutting apex 58 to a region 60 of the part circular peripheral surface of the cutting element opposite the cutting apex 58.
  • Figures 17 and 18 show an arrangement in which the periphery of the cutting element is formed with two spaced cutting apices 62, 64 separated by a concave portion 66 of the periphery of the cutting element.
  • the protuberance is again in the form of a thickened rim 68 which projects into the substrate 70 from the rear surface of the diamond facing table 72.
  • the thickened rim 68 extends around the whole periphery of the cutting element so as to provide support for both cutting apices 62 and 64.
  • imaginary lines 74 bisecting the two cutting apices 62, 64 are substantially parallel so that the apices point in the same direction and thus act on the formation simultaneously.
  • Figures 19 and 20 show a cutting element similar to that of Figures 17 and 18 but formed with six cutting apices 76, 78.
  • the two leading apices 76 are connected by a concave portion 80 of the periphery of the cutting element whereas the other apices 78 are defined by generally straight edges meeting at an angle in a saw-tooth configuration.
  • the protuberance on the diamond facing table comprises a continuous thickened rim extending around the whole periphery of the cutting element.
  • Figures 21 and 22 shows a cutting element formed with three cutting apices 79.
  • Each protuberance 80 extends across the whole width of the cutting element from an apex 79 to a region of the peripheral surface of the cutting element opposite that apex.
  • Figures 49 and 50 show a cutting element similar to those shown in Figures 15 to 22.
  • the apices 200, 202 are spaced apart from one another, a relatively flat surface 204 being located therebetween.
  • a pair of protuberances 206, 208 which extend away from the table 210 correspond with the apices 200, 202.
  • Each protuberance 206, 208 extends only part way across the cutting element.
  • a cutting element of this type is particularly useful in drilling the sidewall of a borehole, with the cutting element oriented such that the relatively flat surface 204 is arranged to contact the sidewall.
  • the protuberances 206, 208 tend to help prevent spalling and chipping of the cutting element.
  • the inner region of the rear surface of the facing table may be planar or configured, for example by being formed with ribs or other protrusions on the rear surface of the facing table which engage within correspondingly shaped recesses in the substrate.
  • preform cutting elements of the type to which the present invention relates are normally manufactured by forming the substrate in the required configuration from compacted powdered material, such as powdered tungsten carbide. A layer of diamond particles is then applied to the front surface of the substrate and the assembly is subjected to very high pressure and temperature in a high pressure, high temperature press so as to bond the particles together, and the layers to one another, to produce a unitary element. Any required configuration of the interface between the substrate and the facing table is normally effected by pre-shaping the front face of the substrate to which the layer of diamond particles is applied.
  • Figures 23 and 24 show the shapes of substrates designed to provide the required configured interface between the facing table and substrate in the finished cutting element.
  • the substrate 82 is formed with a peripheral rebate 84 which surrounds a circular central raised portion 86.
  • the raised portion 86 is formed around its periphery with alternating long and short grooves 88 which extend inwardly from the periphery of the raised portion 86 at an angle to the radial direction.
  • the grooves 88 reduce in depth as they extend inwardly, leaving a central planar region 90 at the centre of the raised portion 86.
  • the body of diamond filling the rebate 84 forms a rearwardly projecting peripheral rim on the rear surface of the diamond facing table
  • the bodies of diamond filling the grooves 88 provide protuberances in the form of ribs on the circular region of the rear face of the facing table within the peripheral rim. These ribs increase the mechanical interlock between the facing table and substrate and tend to increase the resistance of the cutting element to impact damage and to spalling or delamination of the facing table from the substrate.
  • the substrate may be initially in the form of a completely circular tablet to which the layer of diamond particles is applied so that the preform element, as it emerges from the high pressure high temperature press, is completely circular.
  • the shaping of the periphery of the element to form the cutting apex, or several cutting apices, may then be effected by a further forming operation in which parts of the periphery of the cutting element are removed and/or shaped by any appropriate mechanical shaping process, such as grinding or EDM.
  • the shape shown diagrammatically in Figure 23, therefore, will usually be the shape of the substrate portion of the finished cutting element, after machining, rather than the shape of the compacted powder substrate component to which the layer of diamond particles is applied prior to forming the basic cutting element in the press.
  • Figure 24 is a similar view to Figure 23 showing an alternative form of substrate 92.
  • the inner wall 94 of the peripheral rebate 96 around the upper surface of the substrate is inclined so that the raised portion 98 is generally fiusto-conical in shape, and the inner surface of the peripheral rim on the diamond facing table is inclined.
  • grooves 100 extending inwardly from the periphery of the raised portion 98 also extend across the rebate 96 and intersect the outer surface of the substrate 92.
  • Figure 23 showed a comparatively thin substrate 82 suitable for use, for example, in the case where the finished preform cutting element is to be brazed to a separate supporting post or stud.
  • the substrate 92 is of greater axial length so as to provide a finished preform cutting element which may be directly mounted in a suitably shaped pocket in the bit body.
  • peripheral surface of each cutting element is shown as being at right angles to the front exposed surface of the diamond facing table.
  • additional strength and support may be given to the cutting apex by inclining the peripheral surface of the cutting element outwardly as it extends away from the front surface of the facing table on either side of the cutting apex. This increases the relative size of the body of protuberance material and substrate material which lies beneath the top of the cutting apex of the element so as to support the apex against wear and impact damage.
  • Figures 25-31 show preform cutting elements of this type.
  • the cutting element is initially formed as a circular cylindrical element having a circular front facing table bonded to a circular substrate.
  • the required configuration of the finished element is then subsequently achieved by grinding, EDM, or any other suitable form of machining.
  • each surface 104 reduces in width as it extends away from the facing table 106 to the rear surface 108 of the substrate 110.
  • the front face 106 of the diamond facing table is preferably chamfered around its whole periphery, as indicated at 112.
  • the included angle between the flats 104, defining the pointedness of the cutting apex may be of any desired magnitude, for example it may be within the range of 60°-120°.
  • the tip of the cutting apex is chamfered and radiussed as indicated at 114.
  • the periphery of the diamond facing table is not chamfered, although this may be effected if desired.
  • Figures 29-31 are diagrammatic perspective views showing further modifications of the shape of cutting elements shown in Figures 25 and 26.
  • the machined flanks 116 on either side of the cutting apex 118 are cylindrically and convexly curved so that the peripheral stretches 120 of the facing table 122 on either side of the cutting apex 118 are also convexly curved.
  • the flanks 124 on either side of the cutting apex 126 are cylindrically and concavely curved.
  • a chamfer 128 is also formed on each side of the cutting apex 126 and steps 130 are formed between each concave flank 124 and the part-circular outer periphery 132 of the cutting element.
  • Figure 31 is a modification of the arrangement shown in Figure 30 where the flanks 124A are also concavely curved in the direction of the axis of the cutting element so as to provide a "hollow ground” effect on either side of the cutting apex 126A.
  • the flanks may also be "hollow ground” in the arrangement of Figures 25-28 where the flanks 104 are straight in cross-section.
  • Figure 32 shows an arrangement where the machined flanks 134 on each side of the cutting apex 136 are more steeply inclined than in the previously described arrangements so as to intersect the bottom surface of the substrate 138 opposite the facing table 140.
  • the cutting apex 136 effectively extends for the whole axial length of the cutting element, but the presence of a remaining portion 142 of the periphery of the cutting element below the cutting apex 136 has the effect that the cutting apex becomes increasingly broad as wear of the cutting element progresses in use.
  • the rear surface of the facing table of the cutting element may be non-planar, i.e. provided with at least one protuberance which projects into a correspondingly shaped recess in the front surface of the substrate, in accordance with the present invention.
  • the protuberance may be of any of the configurations previously described with reference to Figures 3-16.
  • the configurations shown in Figures 25-32 may also be employed in cutting elements where the interface between the facing table and substrate is not configured according to the present invention, for example where the interface is substantially planar.
  • Figures 33-48 show further variations of preform cutting element in accordance with the present invention.
  • Figures 33-38 show variations of the arrangement shown in Figures 15 and 16 where the protuberance on the rear surface of the diamond layer is thickest in the centre of the diamond layer, extending diametrically across the cutting element from the cutting apex.
  • the underside of the protuberance on diamond layer 144 has an inverted ridge configuration formed by two flat inclined surfaces 146 on each side of the centreline 148 of the protuberance.
  • the arrangement of Figures 35 and 36 is similar except that the surfaces 150 on each side of the centreline 152 are cylindrically and concavely curved.
  • the parallel-sided protuberance 154 extending from the rear surface of the diamond layer 156 is generally triangular in cross-section. It extends diametrically away from the cutting apex of the cutting element and across only a part of the width of the diamond layer 156.
  • the desired additional strength may be provided by forming the diamond table with a region of increased abrasion resistance which lies adjacent to the cutting apex and, preferably, forms part of the periphery of the cutting element at the cutting apex. Arrangements of this kind are shown by way of example in Figures 39-44.
  • the diamond facing table 158 comprises a central strip 160 of greater abrasion resistance flanked by two side portions 162 of lesser abrasion resistance.
  • the strip 160 extends diametrically across the facing table 158 from the cutting apex 164 to a region opposite the cutting apex.
  • the end of the strip 160 is exposed at the periphery of the cutting element and thus itself forms the cutting apex 164.
  • Figures 41-44 show similar arrangements where the strip of greater abrasion resistance is of different cross-sectional shapes.
  • the strip 166 of greater abrasion resistance is generally triangular in cross-section.
  • the strip 168 extends across substantially the whole width of the facing table 170 and comprises a central ridge 172 flanked by two cylindrical and concave surfaces 174.
  • the protuberance on the rear surface of the diamond facing table, and/or the more abrasion resistant strip included in the facing table may extend only partly across the diameter of the facing table.
  • the shape of the strip may vary according to the diameter of the cutting element.
  • Figures 45 and 46 show an arrangement similar to Figures 33 and 34, but where the protuberance on the underside of the diamond facing table 176 extends away from the cutting apex 178 across only a portion of the diameter of the cutting element, the part 176A of the facing table beyond the protuberance 176 being of substantially constant thickness.
  • the strip 180 of more abrasion resistant diamond material incorporated in the diamond facing table 182 extends only across a part of the diameter of the cutting element as it extends away from the cutting apex 184.
  • the greater abrasion resistance of the portion of the diamond facing table may be achieved by any of the means of increasing abrasion resistance which are well known in the art.
  • abrasion resistance may be varied by variation in the mean diameter of the particles of diamond, or other superhard material, from which the front facing table of the cutting element is formed and/or by variation in the packing density of the particles.
  • the protuberance on the diamond facing table forms part of the peripheral surface of the cutting element adjacent the cutting apex of the element.
  • the invention does not exclude arrangements where the protuberance is spaced inwardly from the periphery of the cutting element but is still located in a position where it can provide support and protection to the cutting apex.
  • the protuberance may be located in a position where it is not exposed at the periphery of the cutting element and does not come into contact with the formation until some wear of the cutting element has occurred.

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  1. Elément d'ébauche de coupe pour un trépan de forage rotatif du type à lames, englobant une table de dressage (10, 36, 56, 72, 81, 144, 160, 180, 210) de matériau superdur, comportant une face avant et une surface arrière liée à la surface avant d'un substrat (12, 34, 70, 204) composé d'un matériau moins dur que le matériau superdur, l'élément de coupe comportant une surface périphérique, et caractérisé en ce que la surface périphérique englobe au moins une pointe de coupe (18, 28, 38, 58, 62, 64, 76, 78, 79, 164, 178, 184, 200, 202) définie entre deux régions adjacentes de la surface périphérique, formant un angle l'une par rapport à l'autre, la surface arrière de la table de dressage comportant au moins une protubérance (20, 26, 32, 44, 46, 50, 54, 68, 206, 208) débordant dans un évidement de forme correspondante dans le substrat, la protubérance (20, 26, 32, 44, 46, 50, 54, 68, 206, 208) faisant partie de la périphérie de l'élément de coupe au niveau de la pointe de coupe et s'étendant vers l'intérieur, à l'écart de la pointe de coupe, dans l'intérieur du substrat.
  2. Elément d'ébauche de coupe selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la surface arrière de la table de dressage et la surface avant du substrat de l'élément de coupe sont co-extensives.
  3. Elément d'ébauche de coupe selon les revendications 1 ou 2, dans lequel la protubérance (54, 80, 160, 166) s'étend à travers l'ensemble de la largeur de l'élément de coupe, de sorte à faire partie de la périphérie de l'élément de coupe dans une région correspondante opposée à ladite pointe de coupe.
  4. Elément d'ébauche de coupe selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la protubérance comporte des surfaces latérales pratiquement parallèles reliées aux côtés d'un évidement dans la surface avant du substrat.
  5. Elément d'ébauche de coupe selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'élément de coupe comporte plusieurs pointes de coupe (62, 64, 76, 78, 79, 200, 202) espacées autour de sa périphérie.
  6. Elément d'ébauche de coupe selon la revendication 5, dans lequel la partie de la périphérie entre deux pointes de coupe adjacentes est légèrement concave.
  7. Elément d'ébauche de coupe selon les revendications 5 ou 6, dans lequel des lignes imaginaires coupant les pointes de coupe sont pratiquement parallèles, de sorte que les pointes de coupe sont en général orientées dans la même direction.
  8. Elément d'ébauche de coupe selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la périphérie de l'élément de coupe est en partie circulaire.
  9. Elément d'ébauche de coupe selon la revendication 8, dans lequel une région ou les deux régions de la périphérie de chaque côté d'une pointe de coupe s'étendent en général de manière tangentielle par rapport à une partie en partie circulaire de la périphérie de l'élément de coupe.
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