Drilling - VHM/HSS solid drills
The drills are made of a semi-finished product in the form of a carbide blanks or of high-speed steel. In the grinding process such elements of geometry are created as:
- Flute – responsible for removing the chip from the hole.
- core diameter – transfers the stress created during drilling.
- Margin– is responsible for stabilizing the drill in the hole.
- Gashing– grooves on the face forming the cutting edge with the flank surface.
- flank surface – is responsible for not blurring the face of the drill during drilling.
- chisel edge – is formed by joining flank surfaces
The use of carbide drills allows you to make a hole without the need for pre-drilling. In addition, the cutting parameters used for drilling is significantly higher compared to HSS drills.
HSS drill have higher impact strength than carbide drill. With inaccurate clamping and low-rigid machines, the durability of HSS drills will be longer than that of carbide drills, which would chip due to run-out.