EP3680040B1 - Multi-operation friction drilling tool - Google Patents

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EP3680040B1
EP3680040B1 EP18789472.0A EP18789472A EP3680040B1 EP 3680040 B1 EP3680040 B1 EP 3680040B1 EP 18789472 A EP18789472 A EP 18789472A EP 3680040 B1 EP3680040 B1 EP 3680040B1
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João Paulo DAVIM TAVARES DA SILVA
Carlos Henrique LAURO
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  • the present disclosure relates to a friction drilling multioperation tool allowing three different final operations to be performed in the same drilling: drilling, calibration and threading.
  • the friction drilling tool of the present disclosure has, in one embodiment, a drilling or self-piercing segment, a calibration segment, a thread-opening segment and a stop segment.
  • the calibration segment allows calibrated holes to be obtained, if that is the final objective, or preparing the hole for a thread-opening operation in the material drained on the walls of the already-calibrated hole, depending on the user's choice.
  • CN265257 discloses a friction drilling tool, however it is limited to drilling holes by friction.
  • US2017106430 discloses a friction drilling tool which is a bolt using the friction drilling method for drilling and threading. In general, existing tools mainly drill and/or thread.
  • US3429171 on which the preamble of claim 1 is based, discloses a friction drilling tool provided with a drilling, a calibrating and a threading segment.
  • Friction drilling is a method that uses a hardened conical tipped cylindrical tool which, when pressed under rotation against the workpiece, the friction generated between the workpiece and the tool allows generating the necessary heat to reduce the mechanical strength of the metal material, allowing the conformation thereof by draining.
  • Friction drilling is applied to thin plates, pipes or workpieces of reduced thickness mainly of aluminium and steel. This technology makes it possible to substantially reduce the manufacturing time in an ecological way since not producing chips.
  • the present disclosure relates to a friction drilling method which uses a hardened conical tipped cylindrical tool pressed under rotation against the workpiece.
  • the friction generated between the workpiece and the tool allows generating the necessary heat to reduce the mechanical strength of the metal material, allowing the conformation thereof by draining.
  • the present description presents a cylindrical friction drilling tool containing a friction drilling or self-piercing segment, a calibration segment, a thread-opening segment and optionally a stop segment.
  • the friction drilling is applied to thin plates, pipes or workpieces of reduced thickness mainly of aluminium and steel.
  • This technology makes it possible to substantially reduce the manufacturing time in an ecological way since not producing chips.
  • This technology can be applied to CNC machines, possibly with appropriate variations.
  • the present description relates to a multioperation friction drilling tool that can use three active functions, drilling, calibration and threading.
  • the calibration segment has a length of at least twice the diameter of the calibration.
  • the calibration segment allows calibrated holes to be obtained, if that is the final objective, or preparing the hole for a final threading operation in the material drained on the walls of the already-calibrated hole, depending on the user's choice on the depth of operation of the tool, respectively the depth corresponding to the calibration and drilling segments and the depth corresponding to the thread-opening, calibration and drilling segments.
  • a multioperation friction drilling tool which sequentially comprises a support body or segment, a thread-opening segment, a calibration segment of predetermined diameter and a friction drilling or self-piercing segment.
  • One embodiment comprises a cylindrical stop-spacer segment having a diameter larger than those of the other segments.
  • the friction drilling or self-piercing segment has a pointed shape, in particular a tip with a particularly double-conical configuration.
  • the friction self-piercing segment has a conical tip or a rounded crown tip.
  • the friction self-piercing segment has a tip and, adjacent to said tip, a substantially frustoconical, substantially hyperboloid or substantially trumpet-shaped subsegment.
  • said subsegment is substantially hyperboloid.
  • the length of the drilling or self-piercing segment is identical to the length of the calibration segment.
  • the length of the thread-opening segment is identical to the length of the calibration segment.
  • One embodiment comprises, immediately following one another, i.e. adjacent and sequentially, the thread-opening segment, the calibration segment and the friction drilling (or self-piercing) segment.
  • One embodiment comprises, immediately following one another, i.e. adjacent and sequentially, the stop-spacer segment, the thread-opening segment, the calibration segment and the friction drilling segment.
  • the present disclosure relates to a multioperation friction drilling tool allowing three different final operations to be performed in the same drilling: drilling, calibration and threading.
  • the friction drilling tool of the present disclosure has a drilling segment, a calibration segment, a thread-opening segment and a stop segment.
  • the calibration segment allows calibrated holes to be obtained, if that is the final objective, or preparing the hole for a thread-opening operation in the material drained on the walls of the already-calibrated hole.
  • Figure 1 shows the schematic representation of the multioperation friction drilling tool consisting of a cylindrical support body or segment 1 , a pointy drilling segment 5 with hardened double-tapered tip which, when pressed under rotation against the relevant material, creates sufficient friction for performing drilling, a cylindrical calibration segment 4 containing a specific diameter to ensure calibration of the hole, a thread-opening segment 3 of the specific shape for opening a thread in the previously drilled and calibrated material and a cylindrical stop or spacer segment 2 having a diameter larger than the other segments.
  • Figure 2 illustrates the sequential representation of a possible application of a multioperation friction drilling tool, where the beginning of the friction drilling by the drilling segment (A), (B) and (C) is observed. Subsequently and due to the existence of the calibration segment, the hole calibration (D) is undertaken. If desired at this stage, the tool can be removed thus leaving a calibrated hole without a thread as shown (E) . If a calibrated and threaded hole (G) is desired, the tool continues until the thread-opening segment (F) is reached. The stop or spacer segment limits the stroke of the tool (F) .
  • the calibration zone allows calibrated holes to be obtained, if that is the final objective, or preparing the hole for a final threading operation.
  • the multioperation friction drilling tool begins to drill the hole using the double-tapered special tip.
  • the friction generated between the workpiece and the tool allows generating the necessary heat to reduce the mechanical strength of the material, allowing the conformation by draining the hole.
  • the calibration segment is then operable to obtain calibrated holes, if that is the final objective, or to prepare the hole for an operation 4 , and thereafter, if so desired, operates the final threading segment 3 in the material drained on the walls of the already-calibrated hole.
  • the operation can continue until the stop-spacer segment 2 is reached.
  • the drilling tool described in the present disclosure can be used for drilling/calibration/threading thin plates, pipes, thin workpieces made of metal material (aluminium, steels, etc.), in particular in drilling/calibration/threading operations in aluminium thin plates.
  • the drilling tool described in the present disclosure has advantages both at the manufacturing time and at an ecological level, as it does not produce chips or outer burr, allowing a calibrated or threaded hole to be undertaken more efficiently.
  • One embodiment of the friction drilling multioperation tool sequentially comprises a plurality of distinct axial segments: a support segment 1 , a thread-opening segment 3 , a calibration segment 4 of predetermined diameter and a friction self-piercing segment 5 .
  • One embodiment comprises a cylindrical stop-spacer segment 2 having a diameter larger than those of the other segments 3, 4, 5 of the tool.
  • the friction self-piercing segment 5 has a conical tip or a rounded crown tip.
  • the friction self-piercing segment 5 has a tip and, adjacent to said tip, a substantially frustoconical, substantially hyperboloid or substantially trumpet-shaped subsegment.
  • said subsegment is substantially hyperboloid.
  • the calibration segment 4 has a length of at least twice the diameter of the calibration segment.
  • the length of the friction self-piercing segment 5 is identical to the length of the calibration segment 4 .
  • the length of the thread-opening segment 3 is identical to the length of the calibration segment 4 .
  • One embodiment comprises, adjacent and sequentially: the thread-opening segment 3 , the calibration segment 4 and the friction self-piercing segment 5 .
  • One embodiment comprises, adjacent and sequentially: the stop-spacer segment 2 , the thread-opening segment 3 , the calibration segment 4 and the friction self-piercing segment 5 .

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  • The present disclosure relates to a friction drilling multioperation tool allowing three different final operations to be performed in the same drilling: drilling, calibration and threading.
  • The friction drilling tool of the present disclosure has, in one embodiment, a drilling or self-piercing segment, a calibration segment, a thread-opening segment and a stop segment. The calibration segment allows calibrated holes to be obtained, if that is the final objective, or preparing the hole for a thread-opening operation in the material drained on the walls of the already-calibrated hole, depending on the user's choice.
    • Background art
  • CN265257 discloses a friction drilling tool, however it is limited to drilling holes by friction. US2017106430 discloses a friction drilling tool which is a bolt using the friction drilling method for drilling and threading. In general, existing tools mainly drill and/or thread. US3429171 , on which the preamble of claim 1 is based, discloses a friction drilling tool provided with a drilling, a calibrating and a threading segment.
  • Friction drilling is a method that uses a hardened conical tipped cylindrical tool which, when pressed under rotation against the workpiece, the friction generated between the workpiece and the tool allows generating the necessary heat to reduce the mechanical strength of the metal material, allowing the conformation thereof by draining.
  • Friction drilling is applied to thin plates, pipes or workpieces of reduced thickness mainly of aluminium and steel. This technology makes it possible to substantially reduce the manufacturing time in an ecological way since not producing chips.
  • These facts are described in order to illustrate the technical problem solved by the embodiments of the present document.
    • General Description
  • The present disclosure relates to a friction drilling method which uses a hardened conical tipped cylindrical tool pressed under rotation against the workpiece. The friction generated between the workpiece and the tool allows generating the necessary heat to reduce the mechanical strength of the metal material, allowing the conformation thereof by draining. The present description presents a cylindrical friction drilling tool containing a friction drilling or self-piercing segment, a calibration segment, a thread-opening segment and optionally a stop segment.
  • The friction drilling is applied to thin plates, pipes or workpieces of reduced thickness mainly of aluminium and steel. This technology makes it possible to substantially reduce the manufacturing time in an ecological way since not producing chips. This technology can be applied to CNC machines, possibly with appropriate variations.
  • The present description relates to a multioperation friction drilling tool that can use three active functions, drilling, calibration and threading. The calibration segment has a length of at least twice the diameter of the calibration. The calibration segment allows calibrated holes to be obtained, if that is the final objective, or preparing the hole for a final threading operation in the material drained on the walls of the already-calibrated hole, depending on the user's choice on the depth of operation of the tool, respectively the depth corresponding to the calibration and drilling segments and the depth corresponding to the thread-opening, calibration and drilling segments.
  • With the present tool there is no longer need to change tools in order to calibrate or thread the hole - if calibration is intended, one mainly has to finish the operation after calibrating and before reaching the threading segment; if threading is intended, one mainly has to finish the operation, then calibrate and thread in the respective segments.
  • A multioperation friction drilling tool is described which sequentially comprises a support body or segment, a thread-opening segment, a calibration segment of predetermined diameter and a friction drilling or self-piercing segment.
  • One embodiment comprises a cylindrical stop-spacer segment having a diameter larger than those of the other segments.
  • In one embodiment, the friction drilling or self-piercing segment has a pointed shape, in particular a tip with a particularly double-conical configuration.
  • In one embodiment, the friction self-piercing segment has a conical tip or a rounded crown tip.
  • In one embodiment, the friction self-piercing segment has a tip and, adjacent to said tip, a substantially frustoconical, substantially hyperboloid or substantially trumpet-shaped subsegment.
  • In one embodiment, said subsegment is substantially hyperboloid.
  • In one embodiment, the length of the drilling or self-piercing segment is identical to the length of the calibration segment.
  • In one embodiment, the length of the thread-opening segment is identical to the length of the calibration segment.
  • One embodiment comprises, immediately following one another, i.e. adjacent and sequentially, the thread-opening segment, the calibration segment and the friction drilling (or self-piercing) segment.
  • One embodiment comprises, immediately following one another, i.e. adjacent and sequentially, the stop-spacer segment, the thread-opening segment, the calibration segment and the friction drilling segment.
    • Brief Description of the Figures
  • For an easier understanding, figures are herein attached, which represent preferred embodiments which are not intended to limit the object of the present description.
    • Figure 1 shows the schematic representation of a multioperation friction drilling tool, wherein:
      1. 1. represents the support body or segment or rod;
      2. 2. represents the stop segment (spacer);
      3. 3. represents the thread-opening segment;
      4. 4. represents the calibration segment;
      5. 5. represents the drilling, or self-piercing segment (tip).
    • Figure 2 shows the representation of a multioperation friction drilling tool application.
    Detail Description
  • The present disclosure relates to a multioperation friction drilling tool allowing three different final operations to be performed in the same drilling: drilling, calibration and threading.
  • The friction drilling tool of the present disclosure has a drilling segment, a calibration segment, a thread-opening segment and a stop segment. The calibration segment allows calibrated holes to be obtained, if that is the final objective, or preparing the hole for a thread-opening operation in the material drained on the walls of the already-calibrated hole.
  • In one embodiment, Figure 1 shows the schematic representation of the multioperation friction drilling tool consisting of a cylindrical support body or segment 1, a pointy drilling segment 5 with hardened double-tapered tip which, when pressed under rotation against the relevant material, creates sufficient friction for performing drilling, a cylindrical calibration segment 4 containing a specific diameter to ensure calibration of the hole, a thread-opening segment 3 of the specific shape for opening a thread in the previously drilled and calibrated material and a cylindrical stop or spacer segment 2 having a diameter larger than the other segments.
  • In one embodiment, Figure 2 illustrates the sequential representation of a possible application of a multioperation friction drilling tool, where the beginning of the friction drilling by the drilling segment (A), (B) and (C) is observed. Subsequently and due to the existence of the calibration segment, the hole calibration (D) is undertaken. If desired at this stage, the tool can be removed thus leaving a calibrated hole without a thread as shown (E). If a calibrated and threaded hole (G) is desired, the tool continues until the thread-opening segment (F) is reached. The stop or spacer segment limits the stroke of the tool (F).
  • The calibration zone allows calibrated holes to be obtained, if that is the final objective, or preparing the hole for a final threading operation.
  • In one embodiment, the multioperation friction drilling tool begins to drill the hole using the double-tapered special tip. The friction generated between the workpiece and the tool allows generating the necessary heat to reduce the mechanical strength of the material, allowing the conformation by draining the hole. The calibration segment is then operable to obtain calibrated holes, if that is the final objective, or to prepare the hole for an operation 4, and thereafter, if so desired, operates the final threading segment 3 in the material drained on the walls of the already-calibrated hole. Optionally, the operation can continue until the stop-spacer segment 2 is reached.
  • The drilling tool described in the present disclosure can be used for drilling/calibration/threading thin plates, pipes, thin workpieces made of metal material (aluminium, steels, etc.), in particular in drilling/calibration/threading operations in aluminium thin plates.
  • In one embodiment, the drilling tool described in the present disclosure has advantages both at the manufacturing time and at an ecological level, as it does not produce chips or outer burr, allowing a calibrated or threaded hole to be undertaken more efficiently.
  • One embodiment of the friction drilling multioperation tool sequentially comprises a plurality of distinct axial segments: a support segment 1, a thread-opening segment 3, a calibration segment 4 of predetermined diameter and a friction self-piercing segment 5.
  • One embodiment comprises a cylindrical stop-spacer segment 2 having a diameter larger than those of the other segments 3, 4, 5 of the tool.
  • In one embodiment, the friction self-piercing segment 5 has a conical tip or a rounded crown tip.
  • In one embodiment, the friction self-piercing segment 5 has a tip and, adjacent to said tip, a substantially frustoconical, substantially hyperboloid or substantially trumpet-shaped subsegment.
  • In one embodiment, said subsegment is substantially hyperboloid.
  • According to the invention, the calibration segment 4 has a length of at least twice the diameter of the calibration segment.
  • In one embodiment, the length of the friction self-piercing segment 5 is identical to the length of the calibration segment 4.
  • In one embodiment, the length of the thread-opening segment 3 is identical to the length of the calibration segment 4.
  • One embodiment comprises, adjacent and sequentially: the thread-opening segment 3, the calibration segment 4 and the friction self-piercing segment 5.
  • One embodiment comprises, adjacent and sequentially: the stop-spacer segment 2, the thread-opening segment 3, the calibration segment 4 and the friction self-piercing segment 5.

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  1. Friction drilling multioperation tool sequentially comprising a plurality of distinct axial segments: a support segment (1), a thread-opening segment (3), a calibration segment (4) of predetermined diameter and a friction self-piercing segment (5), characterized in that the calibration segment (4) has a length of at least twice the diameter of the calibration segment (4).
  2. Friction drilling multioperation tool according to the previous claim comprising a cylindrical stop-spacer segment (2) having a diameter larger than the other tool segments.
  3. Friction drilling multioperation tool according to any of the previous claims wherein the friction self-piercing segment (5) has a conical tip.
  4. Friction drilling multioperation tool according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the friction self-piercing segment (5) has a rounded crown tip.
  5. Friction drilling multioperation tool according to any of the previous claims wherein the friction self-piercing segment (5) has a tip and, adjacent to said tip, a substantially frustoconical, substantially hyperboloid or substantially trumpet-shaped subsegment.
  6. Friction drilling multioperation tool according to the previous claim wherein said subsegment is substantially hyperboloid.
  7. Friction drilling multioperation tool according to any of the previous claims wherein the length of the friction self-piercing segment (5) is identical to the length of the calibration segment (4).
  8. Friction drilling multioperation tool according to any of the previous claims wherein the length of the thread-opening segment (3) is identical to the length of the calibration segment (4).
  9. Friction drilling multioperation tool according to any of the previous claims comprising, adjacent and sequentially: the thread-opening segment (3), the calibration segment (4) and the friction self-piercing segment (5).
  10. Friction drilling multioperation tool according to the previous claim comprising, adjacent and sequentially: the stop-spacer segment (2), the thread-opening segment (3), the calibration segment (4) and the friction self-piercing segment (5).
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