JP2007245297A - Boring tool - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a boring tool with an extended lifetime by suppressing the change in the inside diameter of the hole machined at the early stage of machining. <P>SOLUTION: The boring tool has a tool body 10 rotating round the axis O and is structured so that a cutting edge part 12 furnished at the periphery with a chip exhaust groove 17 is formed at the forefront of the tool body 10, a peripheral cutting edge is (+)-formed at the intersecting ridge between the wall surface 18 facing ahead of the chip exhaust groove 17 in the tool rotating direction T and the peripheral surface continuing to the back of the chip exhaust groove 17 in the tool rotating direction T, and that cutting edges continuing to the mentioned peripheral edge are formed at the intersecting ridge between the mentioned wall surface 18 and the forefront face peripheral part 20 of the cutting edge part 12, wherein the wall surface 18 serves as a rake face 23 while the peripheral surface continuing to the back of the peripheral edge about the tool rotating direction T serves as a peripheral runoff face 24, and the forefront portion of the tool body 10 of the rake face 23 is covered with a hard coating film 27, and the peripheral runoff face 24 is free of such a hard coating film 27. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a drilling tool such as a reamer that is inserted into a prepared hole formed in a work material in advance and cuts an inner wall surface of the prepared hole to form a processed hole having a predetermined inner diameter.

  As this type of drilling tool, for example, as described in Patent Document 1, it has a tool body having a substantially cylindrical shape rotated around an axis, and a cutting edge portion is provided on the tip side of the tool body. A chip discharge groove extending toward the rear end side in the axial direction is formed on the outer periphery of the cutting blade part, and an outer peripheral blade is formed on the outer side edge of the wall surface facing the front side in the tool rotation direction of the chip discharge groove. In addition, a reamer is known in which a cutting edge is formed on a side ridge portion on the outer peripheral side of the front end surface of the wall surface.

The reamer is used by being mounted on a cutting tool as disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 2, and the cutting tool is mounted on a spindle end of a machine tool or the like and rotated around an axis. The material to be cut is inserted into a prepared hole, for example, a stem guide hole or a valve hole in a cylinder head of an engine, and an inner wall surface of the prepared hole is cut to form a processed hole having a predetermined inner diameter.
JP 2000-263328 A JP 2002-59313 A

  By the way, in the above-mentioned reamer, it is known that when the first 1-2 holes are processed, the change in the processing hole inner diameter is large, and thereafter the processing hole inner diameter is stabilized. That is, in the initial stage of machining, the difference between the inner diameter of the machined hole previously machined and the machined bore diameter of the next machined machine is large, and thereafter, the difference in the machined hole bore diameter is reduced and machining with a substantially constant bore diameter is performed. A hole will be formed.

  Here, the life of a hole drilling tool such as a reamer is determined by the fact that the inner diameter of the hole has become below a certain level due to wear of the cutting edge. The life of the processing tool can be extended. In particular, when machining the valve hole etc. of the cylinder head as described above, since higher dimensional accuracy is required than normal cutting, the service life of the drilling tool tends to be shortened, and the life extension is strong. It was desired.

  Although it is conceivable to improve wear resistance by coating the cutting blade with a hard coating as a measure to prevent wear of the cutting blade, it is very difficult to adjust the film thickness with high dimensional accuracy when coating the hard coating. Therefore, the outer diameter of the cutting edge cannot be formed with high dimensional accuracy. For this reason, conventionally, no hole-coated tool used for cutting a machined hole that requires high dimensional accuracy has been provided with a hard coating.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a drilling tool capable of extending the service life by suppressing a change in the inner diameter of the drilled hole in the initial stage of machining. To do.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a hole machining tool that is inserted into a pilot hole formed in advance in a workpiece and cuts the inner wall surface of the pilot hole to form a machining hole. A cutting blade portion provided with a chip discharge groove on the outer periphery on the tip side of the tool main body, and a wall surface facing the front side in the tool rotation direction of the chip discharge groove and the chip An outer peripheral blade is formed at the intersecting ridge line portion with the outer peripheral surface continuous to the rear side in the tool rotation direction of the discharge groove, and a cutting edge continuous with the outer peripheral blade is formed at the intersecting ridge line portion between the wall surface and the distal end surface outer peripheral portion of the cutting blade portion. A blade is formed, the wall surface is a rake surface, an outer peripheral surface that is continuous to the rear side in the tool rotation direction of the outer peripheral blade is an outer peripheral flank surface, and a hard coating is formed on a tip side of the tool body on the rake surface. The outer peripheral flank is coated with the hard coating. It is characterized by the absence.

In the drilling tool having this configuration, since the rake face is coated with the hard coating, the wear resistance of the rake face is improved, and initial wear of the cutting edge can be suppressed. Thereby, the change of the inner diameter of the drilled hole in the initial stage of machining can be suppressed to be small, and the life of the drilling tool can be extended.
In addition, since the outer peripheral flank is not coated with a hard coating, the outer diameters of the cutting blade and the outer peripheral blade can be formed with high accuracy, and the dimensional accuracy of the inner diameter of the processed hole can be ensured. Therefore, this drilling tool can also be used for cutting such as a valve hole that requires high dimensional accuracy.

  Here, the outer peripheral flank is formed in a cylindrical shape with the outer peripheral flank as the center of the axis by making the hard coating coated with the rake surface a polished surface separated by cylindrical polishing with the axis as the center. It is possible to prevent the inner wall of the processed hole and the outer peripheral flank from sliding partially, and the dimensional accuracy of the inner diameter of the processed hole can be further improved.

  In addition, the outer surface of the cutting blade can be formed with higher accuracy by forming the distal end surface connected to the rear side in the tool rotation direction of the cutting blade as a distal end flank and not covering the distal end flank with the hard coating, The dimensional accuracy of the bore diameter can be reliably improved. Furthermore, the cutting edge can be re-polished by scraping off the tip flank, and the life of the drilling tool can be further extended.

  In addition, as a hard film, TiAlN, TiCN, TiN etc. are applicable, for example. The film thickness is preferably about 2 to 6 μm.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the hole processing tool which can aim at the extension of a lifetime can be provided by suppressing the change of the processing hole internal diameter in the process initial stage small.

Hereinafter, a drilling tool according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 to 4 show a reamer as a drilling tool according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 shows a cutting tool to which this reamer is attached.
The reamer has a tool body 10 that is made of a cemented carbide and has a substantially multi-stage cylindrical shape centering on the axis O, and the rear end side (upper side in FIG. 1) of the tool body 10 is connected to the shank portion 11. The tip end side (lower side in FIG. 1) of the tool main body 10 is a cutting edge portion 12.
In the tool body 10, a coolant supply hole (not shown) is formed so as to penetrate along the axis O from the front end side to the rear end side of the tool body 10.

A mounting portion 13 for mounting the reamer to the cutting tool 30 is provided on the rear end side portion of the shank portion 11, and a flat surface 14 extending in parallel to the axis O is formed on the mounting portion 13. Yes.
The front end side of the shank portion 11 has a smaller diameter than the rear end side, and a V-shaped groove 15 having a central portion recessed toward the rear end side of the shank portion 11 is formed on the front end surface thereof. A V-shaped bisector is formed on the axis O so as to be orthogonal to the axis O.

The cutting edge portion 12 has a substantially columnar shape centered on the axis O, and a rear end surface of the cutting blade portion 12 has a V-shaped convex shape that can be fitted into a V-shaped groove 15 formed on the front end surface of the shank portion 11. The portion 16 is formed so that the V-shaped ridge line is also orthogonal to the axis O and the V-shaped bisector is positioned on the axis O.
A plurality of chip discharge grooves 17 extending toward the rear end side of the tool body 10 and twisted at a predetermined angle toward the front side of the tool rotation direction T are axially arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral portion of the cutting edge portion 12. They are arranged rotationally symmetrical by a predetermined angle with respect to O. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the six chip discharge grooves 17 are arranged in rotational symmetry with respect to the axis O by 60 °.
In addition, the cutting edge portion 12 is provided with a discharge hole (not shown) that communicates with the coolant supply hole and opens toward the bottom of each chip discharge groove 17.

  The distal end surface of the cutting edge portion 12 is disposed on a flat surface portion 19 in which a portion near the axis O is a plane perpendicular to the axis O, and an outer peripheral side portion of the flat surface portion 19, and gradually approaches the outer side in the radial direction. The main body 10 is provided with a taper portion 20 that recedes toward the rear end side. And the outer peripheral blade 21 is formed in the wall surface 18 which faces the tool rotation direction T front side of the chip discharge groove | channel 17 and the cross ridgeline part of the outer peripheral surface front-end | tip part connected to the tool rotation direction T back side of this chip discharge groove | channel 17. . Further, a cutting edge 22 connected to the outer peripheral edge 21 is formed at the crossing ridge line portion of the wall surface 18 facing the front side in the tool rotation direction T of the chip discharge groove 17 and the tapered portion 20 of the cutting edge portion 12.

  By forming the outer peripheral edge 21 and the cutting edge 22 in this manner, the reamer has six cutting edges 22 and the outer peripheral edge 21. Further, the wall surface 18 facing the tool rotation direction T front side of the chip discharge groove 17 is a rake face 23, and the outer peripheral surface continuous to the tool rotation direction T rear side of the chip discharge groove 17 is an outer peripheral flank face 24. The tapered portion 20 that continues to the rear side in the tool rotation direction T of 22 is the tip flank 25.

On the rear side of the outer peripheral flank 24 in the tool rotation direction T, a second picking surface 26 that is recessed one step inward in the radial direction of the tool body 10 is formed. Further, the tip flank 25 is configured to incline toward the inner side in the radial direction of the tool body 10 as it goes rearward in the tool rotation direction T.
In addition, the rotation locus | trajectory which the outer periphery blade 21 makes around the axis line O is made into the substantially cylindrical surface shape centering on the axis line O in this embodiment.

  A hard film 27 is coated on the tip side of the rake face 23 on the tool body 10. The film thickness t of the hard coating is set to be in the range of 2 μm ≦ t ≦ 6 μm. In the present embodiment, a TiAlN film is used as the hard coating 27. Further, not only the rake face 23 but also the second picking face 26 is covered with a hard coating 28.

Here, the outer peripheral flank 24 is not covered with the hard coating 27, and the cemented carbide constituting the tool body 10 is exposed on the surface. The outer peripheral flank 24 is cylindrically polished around the axis O, and the outer diameter of the cutting edge 22 is formed with high dimensional accuracy.
Moreover, in this embodiment, the hard coating 27 is not coat | covered also at the front-end | tip flank 25, and the cemented carbide which comprises the tool main body 10 is exposed on the surface.

  Such a reamer is manufactured as follows. A material having a cutting edge portion that is one step larger than the predetermined cutting edge outer diameter is formed of cemented carbide. After covering the entire surface of the material excluding the convex portion 16 with the hard coating 27, the hard coating 27 is peeled off by subjecting the outer peripheral flank 24 to cylindrical polishing with the axis O as the center. Expose the alloy. Similarly, the tip flank 25 is also polished to peel the hard coating 27 and expose the cemented carbide, thereby forming the outer diameter of the cutting blade 22 with high dimensional accuracy.

The reamer having such a configuration is used by being mounted on the cutting tool 30 shown in FIG. The cutting tool 30 has a multi-stage cylindrical main body 31 that rotates about an axis M, and a cutting insert 32 is provided on the outer periphery of the front end of the main body 31.
A mounting hole 34 extending along the axis M is formed in the distal end surface 33 of the main body 31. The main body portion 31 is formed with a coolant hole 36 that communicates with the rear end side of the mounting hole 34 and is opened in a mounting portion 35 provided on the rear end side of the main body portion 31. A position adjusting bolt 37 is inserted.
Further, a screw hole 38 communicating with the mounting hole 34 is formed on the side surface of the main body 31, and a clamp screw 39 is screwed into the screw hole 38.

  The reamer is inserted into a mounting hole 34 formed in the front end surface 33 of the main body 31, the rear end surface of the shank portion 11 is brought into contact with the front end surface of the position adjusting bolt 37, and the flat surface 14 of the shank portion 11 is formed. The reamer axis O and the axis M of the main body 31 are arranged so as to face the direction in which the screw hole 38 of the main body 31 is formed. Then, the reamer is fixed to the main body 31 by screwing the clamp screw 39 screwed into the screw hole 38 of the main body 31 and pressing the flat surface 14.

  The cutting tool 30 to which the reamer is mounted in this manner is attached to the spindle end of the machine tool via the attachment portion 35, and after adjusting the position of the reamer in the direction of the axis M, it rotates about the axis M (axis O). At the same time, it is fed toward the tip of the axis M (axis O), and the reamer is inserted into, for example, a valve hole (a pilot hole formed in the workpiece) in the cylinder head of the engine, and the inner wall surface of this valve hole is cut. Then, a machining hole having a predetermined inner diameter is formed, and the valve seat surface in which the valve head is brought into contact with the opening of the valve hole is cut by the cutting insert 32 provided on the outer periphery of the tip end portion of the main body 31. Is.

  When cutting with a reamer, a cutting fluid is supplied from the machine tool to the coolant hole 36 of the tool body 10 through a pipe. The cutting fluid supplied to the coolant hole 36 is supplied to the cutting edge portion 12 through a coolant supply hole formed in the tool body 10 of the reamer, and is directed from the groove bottom portion of the chip discharge groove 17 to the inner wall surface of the pilot hole through the discharge hole. Is discharged.

According to the reamer of this embodiment, since the rake face 23 is coated with the hard coating 27, the wear resistance of the rake face 23 is improved, and the initial wear of the cutting edge 22 can be suppressed. Thereby, the change of the bore diameter in the initial stage of machining can be kept small, and the life of this reamer can be extended.
Further, the outer peripheral flank 24 is not covered with the hard coating 27. In particular, in this embodiment, the outer peripheral flank 24 is a polished surface subjected to cylindrical polishing around the axis O. The outer diameters of the blade 22 and the outer peripheral blade 21 can be formed with high accuracy, and the dimensional accuracy of the bore diameter can be ensured. Therefore, this reamer can be used for cutting such as a valve hole that requires high dimensional accuracy.

  Further, since the hard coating 27 is not coated on the tip flank 25, the outer diameter of the cutting blade 22 connected to the tip flank 25 can be formed with higher accuracy, and the dimensional accuracy of the bore diameter is improved. be able to. Further, since the cemented carbide is exposed at the tip flank 25, the tip flank 25 can be polished relatively easily, and the cutting blade can be re-polished and used.

As mentioned above, although the reamer which is embodiment of this invention was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this, It can change suitably in the range which does not deviate from the technical idea of the invention.
For example, the reamer has been described as being used by being mounted on the cutting tool shown in FIG. 5, but is not limited thereto, and may be used by being mounted on another cutting tool or an adapter. .

  Moreover, although the TiAlN film is used as the hard coating, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, TiN, TiCN, etc., or a multilayer film of these may be used. Further, it may be a hard coating other than titanium.

  Moreover, although it demonstrated as a reamer manufactured by grind | polishing an outer peripheral flank after coat | covering the hard film on the raw material which formed the cutting-blade part, it is not limited to this, The outer flank is hard by other methods. It may be such that the coating is not covered. For example, the outer peripheral flank and the tip flank may be formed in advance with a predetermined accuracy, and the rake face may be covered with a hard coating by masking them.

Furthermore, although it demonstrated as what provided six cutting blades and outer peripheral blades, there is no limitation in the number of cutting blades and outer peripheral blades.
In addition, although the chip discharge groove has been described as being twisted gradually toward the front side of the tool body as it goes toward the rear end side of the tool body, it may not be twisted, It may be twisted so as to gradually go to the rear side in the tool rotation direction as it goes.

It is a side view of the reamer which is an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the reamer shown in FIG. It is a cutting blade side surface enlarged view of the reamer which is embodiment of this invention. It is a front enlarged view of the cutting blade part of the reamer shown in FIG. It is a side surface fragmentary sectional view of the cutting tool which mounts | wears and uses the reamer shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Tool main body 12 Cutting edge part 17 Chip discharge groove 18 Wall surface 21 which faces the tool rotation direction front side Outer peripheral blade 22 Cutting edge 23 Rake face 24 Outer peripheral flank face 25 End flank face 27 Hard coating

Claims (3)

A hole machining tool that is inserted into a prepared hole formed in advance in a workpiece and cuts the inner wall surface of the prepared hole to form a processed hole,
A tool body rotated about an axis, and a cutting edge portion provided with a chip discharge groove on an outer periphery is formed on a distal end side of the tool body, and a wall surface facing the front side in the tool rotation direction of the chip discharge groove; An outer peripheral blade is formed at the intersecting ridge line portion with the outer peripheral surface continuous to the rear side in the tool rotation direction of the chip discharge groove, and the outer peripheral blade is formed at the intersecting ridge line portion between the wall surface and the outer peripheral portion of the tip end surface of the cutting blade portion. A series of cutting edges are formed,
The wall surface is a rake face, and the outer peripheral surface connected to the rear side in the tool rotation direction of the outer peripheral blade is an outer peripheral flank surface,
A drilling tool characterized in that a hard coating is coated on a tip side of the rake face of the tool body, and the outer peripheral flank is not coated with the hard coating.   2. The drilling tool according to claim 1, wherein the outer peripheral flank is a polished surface obtained by peeling a hard coating coated with the rake surface by cylindrical polishing with the axis as a center. The tip end surface connected to the rear side in the tool rotation direction of the cutting blade is a tip flank, and the tip flank is not covered with the hard coating. The drilling tool described.

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