JP2006297534A - Solid end mill - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid end mill especially suitable for an automatic lathe by shortening a length in the axial direction of a cutting blade including a cut-up part of a chip discharging groove without influencing the cutting performance or generating the easy clog of chips. <P>SOLUTION: The rear end of an end mill body 11 rotated around an axis O is a shank part 12, and the tip is a cutting blade 13 with a cutting blade 15 formed at the side ridge of a wall directed to the end mill rotary direction T of a spiral chip discharging groove 14 twisted around the axis O. At the rear end side cut-up part 18 of the chip discharging groove 14, a grinding wheel swing angle α relative to the axis O of a grinding wheel G to grind the inner periphery of the chip discharging groove 14 to form the cutting blade 15 is made larger than a torsion angle θ of the chip discharging groove 14 by 8° or more to the side where the chip exhausting groove 14 twists. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a solid end mill suitable for use in milling a workpiece, particularly in an automatic lathe.

In recent years, for example, machine tools called automatic lathes are used for processing automobile parts and the like. This automatic lathe, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, grips and processes a long rod-shaped workpiece supplied through the main shaft in a state of protruding from the main shaft end for a predetermined length. After cutting, the next workpiece is ejected and the machining is repeated again, so that the above-mentioned parts can be produced in large quantities. And, the machining by such an automatic lathe has been conventionally a turning (turning) process using a cutting tool as described in Patent Document 2, for example. An automatic lathe equipped with a main spindle has been introduced, and it has become possible to machine parts with complex shapes that were not possible with a rolling tool such as an end mill.
JP 2001-310201 A JP 2002-18605 A

  By the way, many rod-shaped workpieces processed by such an automatic lathe have a diameter of about several millimeters to several tens of millimeters. Therefore, the machine body is considerably smaller than a general machining center or the like. Therefore, the space inside the machine is very narrow and the stroke of the spindle for milling is short, so even if the spindle is moved to the full stroke, the long end mill can easily interfere with workpieces and other tools during installation, and handling is very troublesome. It becomes. In addition, since the automatic lathe is a small machine as described above, the rigidity of the main shaft for milling is not so high, and a cantilevered workpiece is processed, so that there is a problem that chatter is likely to occur during processing. For this reason, end mills that mill workpieces in such automatic lathes have a short length in the axial direction of the end mill main body and a short cutting edge length in the axial direction of the cutting edge portion, and are easy to handle. It is required that the length of protrusion from the main shaft can be kept small to prevent chattering.

  Here, in a general solid end mill as shown in FIG. 4, a spiral chip discharge groove 3 that twists around the axis O of the end mill body 1 is formed on the cutting edge portion 2 at the tip of the substantially cylindrical end mill body 1. A cutting edge 4 is formed on the side ridge portion of the wall face (rake face) of the chip discharge groove 3 facing the end mill rotation direction T. In particular, the cutting edge 4 on the outer periphery of the end mill main body 1 has the chip discharge groove. By grinding the inner peripheral surface 3 with the grindstone G, it is formed as an intersecting ridge line portion with the ground outer peripheral flank 5 which is also ground. The grindstone G that grinds the inner peripheral surface of the chip discharge groove 3 is a disc-shaped one in which the cross-sectional shape of the outer peripheral portion having the abrasive layer is formed corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the chip discharge groove 3, While rotating around the center line C, the grinding wheel swing angle (angle formed by the plane P perpendicular to the center line C with respect to the axis O of the end mill body 1) α is made substantially equal to the twist angle θ of the chip discharge groove 3, The outer peripheral portion is inserted into the chip discharge groove 3 so as to follow the twist of the chip discharge groove 3, and the end mill main body 1 is rotated in accordance with the twist angle θ of the chip discharge groove 3 to advance in the direction of the axis O. By doing so, the wall surface is ground to form the cutting edge 4.

  However, since the cutting edge 6 is formed when the grindstone G comes out of the chip discharge groove 3 on the rear end side of the chip discharge groove 3 of the chip discharge groove 3 to be ground in this way, the chip discharge is more than the cutting edge 4. The length of the groove 3 in the direction of the axis O is unavoidable. When the end mill main body 1 is attached to the main shaft, the shank portion 7 on the rear end side of the end mill main body 1 must be chucked to the main shaft so that the entire chip discharge groove 3 including the raised portion 6 is exposed. The protruding length of the cutting edge portion 2 from the main shaft depends on the length of the chip discharge groove 3 including the raised portion 6 in the direction of the axis O. Therefore, as described above in the end mill used for the automatic lathe. In addition, in order to keep the protruding length of the cutting edge portion 2 small, it is necessary to keep the length of the raised portion 6 in the axis O direction as short as possible.

  However, in order to keep the length of the raised portion 6 at the rear end of the chip discharge groove 3 short, the twist angle θ of the chip discharge groove 3 is increased, and the grinding wheel swing angle α is increased accordingly. By doing so, it is conceivable to shorten the portion where the grindstone G bites into the end mill body 1 at the rear end of the chip discharge groove 3 in the direction of the axis O. When the twist angle θ of the chip discharge groove 3 is increased in this way, the cutting edge is accordingly increased. 4, the rake angle in the axial direction, that is, the rake angle in the axial direction, also increases, and the entire length of the cutting edge 4 along the twist becomes too long, which may increase the influence on the cutting performance. Further, as another one, the depth of the chip discharge groove 3 is reduced, that is, the core thickness of the cutting blade portion 2 is increased, and the portion where the grindstone G bites into the rear end of the chip discharge groove 3 is shortened. Therefore, it is conceivable that the rounding-up portion 5 is also shortened. In this case, however, a sufficient capacity cannot be secured in the chip discharge groove 3, and there is a possibility that chip clogging may occur.

  The present invention has been made under such a background. As described above, the twist angle of the cutting blade is increased to affect the cutting performance, or the depth of the chip discharge groove is decreased to reduce chip clogging. Without making it easy to occur, the axial length of the cutting edge part including the raised part of the chip discharge groove can be shortened, and this is especially used for milling workpieces in the above automatic lathe The object is to provide a suitable solid end mill.

  In order to solve the above problems and achieve such an object, according to the present invention, a rear end portion of an end mill body rotated around an axis is a shank portion. A spiral chip discharge groove that is twisted around the axis is formed, and a cutting blade part is formed on the side ridge part of the wall surface facing the end mill rotation direction of the chip discharge groove, and at least behind the chip discharge groove. Grinding angle of the grinding wheel with respect to the axis of the grinding wheel that forms the cutting edge on the side ridge of the wall by grinding the inner peripheral surface of the chip discharging groove at the end-side raised portion, and the twist angle of the chip discharging groove The chip discharge groove is larger by 8 ° or more on the twisting side.

  Therefore, in the solid end mill in which the grinding wheel swing angle is larger than the twist angle of the chip discharge groove in this way, the portion of the end mill axis direction of the portion where the grinding stone bites into the end mill main body at the rear end of the chip discharge groove is increased by the increased grinding wheel swing angle. Since the length can be shortened, the length of the rounded-up portion can also be shortened. On the other hand, when grinding the wall surface of the chip discharge groove to form the cutting edge, insert the outer periphery of the grindstone into the chip discharge groove to the desired depth, and adjust the end mill body to the twist angle of the chip discharge groove. Therefore, it is not necessary to change the twist angle and groove depth of the chip discharge groove, that is, the axial rake angle of the cutting edge and the core thickness of the cutting edge. Is less affected, and the chip discharge performance is not impaired and chip clogging is not likely to occur.

  For this reason, according to the solid end mill having the above-described configuration, the protruding length of the cutting edge portion from the main shaft can be kept short, so that the occurrence of chattering and the like can be prevented particularly when used in an automatic lathe as described above. The machining accuracy can be improved, and the length of the end mill body itself can be kept short, so that it is possible to improve handling and prevent interference with other tools and workpieces during mounting. Furthermore, by increasing the wobble angle in this way, it is possible to suppress interference between the whetstone and the chuck that holds the end mill body when forming the cutting edge when manufacturing the solid end mill. There is also an advantage that the solid end mill itself can be easily manufactured.

  Note that if the difference between the grinding wheel swing angle and the twist angle of the chip discharge groove is too small, the length in the axial direction of the raised portion cannot be sufficiently shortened, and the above-described effects cannot be reliably achieved. Since there is a possibility that this may be possible, the grindstone swing angle is made 8 ° or more larger than the twist angle of the chip discharge groove. However, even if this grinding wheel swing angle becomes too large relative to the twist angle of the chip discharge groove, the circumferential groove width of the chip discharge groove may become too large. The difference from the twist angle is desirably 15 ° or less. Whether or not the grindstone swing angle is set to 8 ° or more larger than the twist angle of the chip discharge groove in this way depends on, for example, the shape of the raised portion of the chip discharge groove or the inner peripheral surface of the chip discharge groove including the wall surface. It can be determined from the marks.

  Here, more specifically, particularly as a solid end mill used in the automatic lathe, the length of the raised portion in the axial direction is 0.5 × D or less with respect to the outer diameter D of the cutting edge. In addition, the cutting edge length in the axial direction of the cutting edge is preferably not more than the outer diameter D of the cutting edge, and the length in the axial direction of the end mill body is 50 mm regardless of the outer diameter D of the cutting edge. The following is desirable. In other words, if the length of the rounded-up part is too long or the cutting edge length itself is too long, the protruding length of the cutting edge part may become long and it may not be possible to reliably prevent the occurrence of chatter, etc. If the length of the end mill body is too long, the handleability is impaired, and there is a possibility that it interferes with a workpiece or other tools when mounted on the spindle.

  1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the end mill main body 11 is integrally formed in a substantially cylindrical shape with the axis O as the center by a hard material such as cemented carbide, and the rear end side (right side in FIGS. 1 and 2) remains cylindrical. The shank portion 12 and the distal end side (left side in FIGS. 1 and 2) are the cutting edge portion 13. The cutting edge portion 13 has a constant twist angle α around the axis O so as to move toward the rear side in the rotation direction T of the end mill body 1 during cutting as it goes from the front end side to the rear end side. A plurality of twisted chip discharge grooves 14 are formed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and a cutting edge (outer peripheral blade) 15 is formed at the outer peripheral side ridge portion of these chip discharge grooves 14.

  In the present embodiment, the cutting edge length L in the direction of the axis O of the cutting edge 15 is set to be equal to or smaller than the outer diameter D of the cutting edge 15, and the end mill main body 11 including the shank portion 12 and the cutting edge portion 13 is combined. The length M in the direction of the axis O is 50 mm or less regardless of the outer diameter D. Furthermore, in this embodiment, a bottom edge 16 extending substantially along a plane perpendicular to the axis O is formed at the tip side edge of the chip discharge groove 14, that is, the solid end mill of this embodiment The bottom edge 16 and the above-mentioned cutting edge 15 are a square end mill formed so as to be substantially perpendicular to the rotation trajectory around the axis O.

  Here, the cutting edge 15 grinds the inner peripheral surface of the chip discharge groove 14 with a disk-shaped grindstone G having an abrasive layer having a shape corresponding to the cross-sectional shape of the chip discharge groove 14 on the outer peripheral portion. Thus, as described above, the ridge line portion is formed between the wall surface (rake surface) facing the end mill rotation direction T side and the outer peripheral flank surface 17 that is also ground and has a clearance angle. That is, as shown by a broken line in FIG. 1, the grindstone G is given a predetermined grindstone swing angle α with respect to the axis O by the plane P orthogonal to the center line C being swung in the twisting direction of the chip discharge groove 14. The grindstone G is rotated about the center line C by inserting the outer peripheral portion into the chip discharge groove 14, and the end mill body 11 is rotated about the axis O in accordance with the twist angle θ of the chip discharge groove 14. However, by moving forward in the direction of the axis O, the wall surface is ground and the cutting edge 15 is formed. At this time, in this embodiment, the grindstone swing angle α is larger than the twist angle θ of the chip discharge groove 14. It is larger than 8 °.

  Then, when the cutting edge 15 having a predetermined cutting edge length L is formed, the rotation and advancement of the end mill body 11 are stopped and the grindstone G is retracted to the outer peripheral side with respect to the end mill body 11, and at this time, chip discharge At the rear end side of the cutting edge 15 of the groove 14, the outer peripheral portion of the grindstone G bites into the end mill body 11 even when the outer edge of the grindstone G comes out of the rear end of the cutting edge 15, so that the depth of the chip discharge groove 14 However, in this embodiment, the grindstone swing angle α is larger than the twist angle θ of the chip discharge groove 14 by 8 ° or more. The length in the direction of the axis O in which the outer peripheral portion of the grindstone G bites on the end mill body 11 on the rear end side of the cutting blade 15 is short. Therefore, the length N in the direction of the axis O of the raised portion 18 is also, for example, 0.5 × for the outer diameter D Following to be shortened. Therefore, the length in the axis O direction of the chip discharge groove 14, that is, the length in the axis O direction of the cutting edge portion 12, which is the sum of the length N of the raised portion 18 and the cutting edge length L of the cutting edge 15, is also determined. The diameter D is shortened to 1.5 × D or less.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the solid end mill constructed in this way is attached to the rotatable spindle S of the above-described automatic lathe and rotated in the rotation direction T around the axis O, and the cutting edge 15 and the bottom The blade 16 is used to mill the workpiece. At this time, in this embodiment, the rounded portion 18 of the chip discharge groove 14 is shortened as described above, thereby changing the twist angle θ of the chip discharge groove 14, that is, the axial rake angle of the cutting edge 15. The length of the chip discharge groove 14 in the direction of the axis O can be kept short while securing the necessary cutting edge length L without reducing the depth of the chip discharge groove 14 and increasing the core thickness. Therefore, the minimum protrusion length of the cutting edge portion 12 when the rear end of the round-up portion 18 coincides with the end surface R of the main shaft S can be suppressed to be short.

  In this respect, for example, as in the conventional general solid end mill shown in FIG. 4, the grinding wheel swing angle α is made substantially equal to the twist angle θ of the chip discharge groove 3 to grind the inner peripheral surface of the chip discharge groove 3. In the solid end mill, as shown in FIG. 3, the outer diameter D of the cutting edge 4, the cutting edge length L in the direction of the axis O, the twist angle θ of the chip discharge groove 3, and the shape and dimensions of the grindstone G are the same as in the above embodiment. Even if it exists, the length N of the rounded-up portion 6 in the direction of the axis O must be longer than in the above embodiment. Accordingly, when the end mill body 1 is attached to the main shaft S so as to expose the entire chip discharge groove 3 up to the uplift portion 6 and the end mill body 1 is attached to the main shaft S, the minimum protrusion of the cutting edge portion 2 from the end surface R of the main shaft S. The length is longer than that of the above embodiment, and particularly when the cutting edge 4 or the bottom edge on the tip side of the cutting edge portion 2 is used for cutting, it is also compatible with the work being cantilevered. Thus, chattering and the like occur in the workpiece and the end mill main body 1 and the processing accuracy is impaired.

  However, in the solid end mill of the present embodiment, on the other hand, the cutting edge from the end surface R of the spindle S is shortened by shortening the length in the axis O direction of the cutting edge 13 including the raised portion 18 as described above. Since the protruding length of the portion 13 can be kept short, chattering and the like are prevented from occurring in the end mill main body 11 during cutting, and high-precision machining can be promoted. Moreover, since the twist angle θ of the chip discharge groove 14, the axial rake angle of the cutting edge 15, and the cutting edge length L are not changed, the influence on the cutting performance is small, and the core thickness is increased to increase the chip discharge groove. Since it is not necessary to reduce the depth of the groove 14, smooth chip discharge performance can be maintained.

  Moreover, the length M of the end mill body 11 in the axis O direction can be sufficiently shortened as described above by shortening the length of the cutting edge portion 13 in the axis O direction. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the end mill body 11 interferes with a workpiece or another tool when the end mill body 11 is attached to or detached from the main spindle S. In particular, an automatic lathe with a small internal space and a small stroke of the main spindle S can be prevented. Even if it exists, favorable handleability can be ensured.

  In particular, as a solid end mill used in the automatic lathe, specifically, the cutting edge length L of the cutting edge 15 in the direction of the axis O is equal to or less than the outside diameter D with respect to the outside diameter D of the cutting edge 15. It is desirable that the length N of 18 is 0.5 × D or less. If the length N exceeds these, the length in the axis O direction of the cutting edge portion 13 (the axis O direction of the chip discharge groove 14 including the raised portion 18) There is a possibility that the length (L + N) cannot be kept sufficiently short.

  Furthermore, it is desirable that the length M in the axis O direction of the end mill body 11 is 50 mm or less. If the length M exceeds this, the handleability particularly when used in an automatic lathe is impaired, causing interference with a workpiece or other tools. There is a fear. Also, if the difference between the grinding wheel swing angle α and the twist angle θ of the chip discharge groove 14 is too large, the width of the chip discharge groove 14 may become too large depending on the size of the grindstone G or the like. Therefore, it is desirable that the difference α−θ with respect to the twist angle θ is in the range of 8 ° to 15 °.

  In the present embodiment, a cutting edge (outer peripheral edge) 15 is formed on the outer peripheral side ridge of the chip discharge groove 14, and a rotation trajectory around the axis O is present on the distal end side ridge. Although the case where the present invention is applied to the square end mill in which the substantially perpendicular bottom blades 16 are formed has been described, the intersecting ridge line portion between the cutting blades (outer peripheral blades) 15 and the bottom blades 16 is formed in a substantially 1/4 arc shape. It is also possible to apply the present invention to a radius end mill or a ball end mill in which the bottom blade 16 has a hemispherical shape in the rotation locus.

It is a side view which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is a partially broken side view which shows the state which attached the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 to the main spindle S of an automatic lathe. It is a partially broken side view which shows the state which attached to the main axis | shaft S of the automatic lathe with the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 and the conventional solid end mill in which the cutting edge length L and the length of the end mill main body 1 of the axis line O direction are equal. It is a side view which shows the state which grinds the internal peripheral surface of the chip discharge groove | channel 3 of the conventional general solid end mill with the grindstone swing angle equal to torsion angle (theta).

Explanation of symbols

11 End mill body 12 Shank part 13 Cutting edge part 14 Chip discharge groove 15 Cutting edge (peripheral edge)
18 Round-up part O Axis O of end mill body 11
T Direction of rotation of the end mill body 11 during cutting D Outer diameter of the cutting edge 15 L Cutting edge length in the axis O direction of the cutting edge M M Length of the end mill body 11 in the axis O direction N Length of the raised portion 18 in the axis O direction S Spindle R End face of Spindle S G Grindstone C Centerline of grindstone G P Plane perpendicular to centerline C θ Twist angle of chip discharge groove 14 Grinding wheel swing angle

Claims (4)

  The rear end portion of the end mill body rotated around the axis is a shank portion, and the tip end portion of the end mill body is formed with a helical chip discharge groove that is twisted around the axis. It is a cutting edge part in which a cutting edge is formed on the side ridge part of the wall surface facing the end mill rotation direction, and at least the rear end side of the chip discharging groove, the inner peripheral surface of this chip discharging groove is ground. The grinding wheel swing angle with respect to the axis of the grinding wheel forming the cutting edge on the side ridge portion of the wall surface is set to be 8 ° or more larger than the twist angle of the chip discharging groove on the side where the chip discharging groove is twisted. Solid end mill characterized by   2. The solid end mill according to claim 1, wherein a length of the raised portion in the axial direction is 0.5 × D or less with respect to an outer diameter D of the cutting blade.   The solid end mill according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a cutting edge length of the cutting edge in the axial direction is equal to or less than an outer diameter D of the cutting edge. The solid end mill according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a length of the end mill body in the axial direction is 50 mm or less.

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