End mill

US9901993B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Guehring KG · DE

Inventors

• Murat Mutlu · Chemnitz, DE
• Stefan Weimann · Hirschaid, DE
• Clemens Gall · Ebersdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2015
• Grant date: Feb 27, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T409/303752
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Described is an end mill with four straight front cutting edges arranged on a front side and a corresponding number of circumferential cutting edges that each emanate from the outer nose of the front cutting edges and are separated from each other by flutes. One of the front cutting edges passes over into a second cutting edge via a free surface intersecting line. The additional front cutting edges lying between the latter in the cutting direction are offset relative to each other by a first angular pitch of 180°, and end before the middle. So that the end mill can be used in an especially advantageous manner for incorporating dimensionally and positionally precise pilot holes or chamfering curved work piece surfaces, the first front cutting edge is offset relative to the second front cutting edge in the cutting direction by a second angular pitch ranging between 173° and 177°, preferably between 174° and 176°, wherein the first front cutting edge is offset relative to the next additional front cutting edge in the cutting direction by a third angular pitch ranging between 90° and 94°, preferably between 91° and 93°.