Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Kazuyoshi Kimura

Kazuo Noguchi

Masaaki Jindai

Kazuchika Nasu

A throwaway drill capable of machining a workpiece stably in a balanced manner even under high-efficiency, high-load conditions and capable of disposing of chips efficiently and smoothly. The drill carries an outer insert and an inner insert. As shown, each insert has a plurality of cutting edges each having a curved crest, a first slope, and a second slope which is at least partially a curved line. The inner and outer inserts are arranged so that the cutting area to be cut by the outer insert alone is partially cut by a cutting edge portion of the inner insert near its corner, and the cutting area which to be cut by the inner insert alone is partially cut by the crest of one cutting edge of the outer insert.

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Itami, Japan

Kazuyoshi Kimura