Rotary tool

• US 10,967,449 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2019
• Issued: 04/06/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guehring KG
• Original Assignee: Guehring KG
• Inventors: Haenle, Peter, Bischoff, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Gates, Eric A.
• Application Number:
  US16/379,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20190314903A1
• Time in Patent Office: 728 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B23B 27/16 with exchangeable cutting bits or cutting inserts, e.g. able to be clamped
• CPC Class Codes: B23B 29/03 Boring heads
• CPC Class Codes: B23C 2226/27 Composites, e.g. fibre reinforced composites
• CPC Class Codes: B23C 5/006 Details of the milling cutter body
• CPC Class Codes: B23C 5/04 Plain cutters, i.e. having essentially a cylindrical or tapered cutting surface of substantial length B23C5/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B23D 2277/02 Cutting head and shank made from two different components which are releasably or non-releasably attached to each other
• CPC Class Codes: B23D 77/00 Reaming tools
• CPC Class Codes: B23D 77/02 Reamers with inserted cutting edges
• CPC Class Codes: B23D 77/04 with cutting edges adjustable to different diameters along the whole cutting length

Abstract

The invention relates to a rotary tool (1; 101; 201) for cutting large inside diameters at the outer circumference (2) of which at least one cutting edge (4) is arranged, comprising a support structure (10; 110; 210) which indirectly or directly supports the at least one cutting edge (4), and comprising a chucking portion (24) for coupling to a tool holder, wherein the support structure (10; 110; 210) widens in an umbrella-type manner starting from a coupling portion (11) adjacent to the chucking portion (24) and is radially stiffened by a stiffening structure (12).

Claims

1. A rotary tool for cutting large inside diameters at the outer circumference of which at least one cutting edge is arranged, comprising a support structure which indirectly or directly supports the at least one cutting edge, and comprising a chucking portion for coupling to a tool holder, wherein the support structure widens in an umbrella-type manner or jaw-type manner starting from a coupling portion adjacent to the chucking portion and is radially stiffened by a stiffening structure, wherein the stiffening structure is arranged radially inside the support structure that widens in an umbrella-type manner or jaw-type manner and wherein the stiffening structure is arranged axially offset to the coupling portion, wherein a material of the support structure comprises a fiber-reinforced plastic composite including a matrix system comprising embedded fibers and the fiber-reinforced plastic composite has a thermal expansion coefficient of less than 5 ppm/K in at least one direction transversely to an axis of rotation of the rotary tool.

2. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the support structure includes at least two support portions diametrically opposed with respect to an axis of rotation of the rotary tool, which support portions indirectly or directly support at least one respective cutting edge and which are connected to each other by the stiffening structure.

3. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the stiffening structure is in the form of a tension-compression strut frame.

4. The rotary tool according to claim 3, wherein the stiffening structure is lattice-shaped when viewed in the axial direction.

5. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the support structure is generatively manufactured.

6. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the support structure has a thermal expansion coefficient of less than 10E-6 1/K.

7. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the support structure is made from composite material comprising Invar and/or titanium.

8. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the umbrella-type support structure is configured in the form of a cup having two sides cut off in the axial direction, thus resulting in two flanks of the support structure.

9. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the fibers of the fiber-reinforced plastic composite are PBO fibers and/or CFRP fibers.

10. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the fibers of the fiber-reinforced plastic composite are randomly embedded in the matrix system in at least a two-dimensional plane so as to achieve an at least two-dimensional isotropic property of the fiber-reinforced plastic composite.

11. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the rotary tool has a modular design with separately formed and interconnectable tool components, wherein the material of those modules which connect the support portions in the radial direction is the fiber-reinforced plastic composite.

12. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the support structure includes at least two support portions arranged in circle segment shape about the axis of rotation.

13. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the support structure has a support plate aligned orthogonally to the axis of rotation and made from fiber-reinforced plastic composite comprising PBO fibers and/or carbon fibers, which support plate is fastened to the chucking portion and to the support portions.

14. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the stiffening structure is in the form of a backing plate or a backing lattice comprising the material of fiber-reinforced plastic composite.

15. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the support structure is in the form of a hollow construction or a cage construction.

16. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the support structure is formed to be point-symmetrical to an axis of rotation of the rotary tool.

17. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the rotary tool is adapted to cut an inside diameter of more than 200 mm and/or to cut an inside diameter having a length of up to 400 mm.

18. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein in an axial direction the support structure is divided at least into a first and a second cutting step each of which supports at least one cutting edge, with a cutting circle diameter of the first cutting step being different from that of the second cutting step.

19. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the stiffening structure includes at least two radially extending struts.

20. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the stiffening structure includes at least two axially offset struts.

21. The rotary tool according to claim 1, wherein the umbrella-type support structure is cup-shaped.

22. A rotary tool for cutting large inside diameters at the outer circumference of which at least one cutting edge is arranged, comprising a support structure which indirectly or directly supports the at least one cutting edge, and comprising a chucking portion for coupling to a tool holder, wherein the support structure widens in an umbrella-type manner or jaw-type manner starting from a coupling portion adjacent to the chucking portion and is radially stiffened by a stiffening structure, wherein in an axial direction the support structure is divided at least into a first and a second cutting step each of which supports at least one cutting edge, with a cutting circle diameter of the first cutting step being different from that of the second cutting step.

23. The rotary tool according to claim 22, wherein the cutting edges of the cutting steps are arranged to be offset against each other in the circumferential direction about an axis of rotation.

24. The rotary tool according to claim 22, wherein the at least first and second cutting steps are arranged to be axially partially overlapping toward the chucking portion, with the cutting circle diameter of the at least first and second cutting steps increasing toward the chucking portion.