Laboratory work Nr.

5
Design and geometry of ore drills and reamers
Aim of the work
Practical acquaintance with types of core drills and reamers and theirs geometrical elements.
Devices for the work
1. Caliper;
2. Goniometers;
3. Various core drills and reamers.
Order of the work
1. Research types of core drills and reamers. Sort out given core drills by design (solid, shell). Sort out given
reamers by design (solid shell), by shape of hole (cone-shaped, cylindrical), by flute (straight-flute,
helical-flute), by method of using (hand, machine), by possibility of expansion (expansion or not);
2. Draw draft of a core drill and reamer, which are directed by tutor. Show geometrical and design elements
of a core drill and reamer (Fig. 5.1, 5.2);

Fig. 5.1 Elements of a core drill: l1 is length of the cutting section; l2 is length of the sizing section; l3 is length of the
neck; l4 is length of the shank; l is length of the body; is the plan approach angle; is the flute helix angle;
is relief angle; is rake angle; f is width of the margin

Fig. 5.2 Elements of a reamer: l1 is length of a chamfer; l2 is length of a cutting section; l3 is length of a cylindrical part; l4
is the length of the back taper; l5 is the length of the sizing section; l6 is length of the neck; l7 is length of the shank; l8 is
length of the square; l is length of body; is plan approach angle; is relief angle; is rake angle; is wedge angle;
is cutting angle; f is width of the margin

3. Measure by caliper following elements of the core drill: length of a cutting section l1, length of a sizing
section l2, length of a body l, length of a neck l3, length of a shank l4 and width of a margin f. Present
measured dimensions on the draft;
4. Measure the plan approach angle of the core drill by goniometer. Prop up base plate 1 of goniometer to
the end of the tool (Fig 5.3). Then push the segment 2 and match probe 3 with cutting edge of the tool.
Count readings from the scale. Present results on the draft of core drill;

Fig. 5.3 Measuring of the plan approach angle by the goniometer: 1 is base plate; 2 is segment; 3 is probe

5. Calculate flute helix angle of the core drill. This angle can be calculated by formula 4.3 (see Laboratory
work Nr. 4, s. 7), but the sizing section of the core drill can be too short to measure pitch of the helix line
of the core drill. In this case we can roll the tool over the sheet of a note-book and then we can calculate
angle using the track of the helix line (Fig. 5.4) by formula:

tg

yi
xi

(5.1)
where is the flute helix angle of the core drill, deg; yi/xi is the cathetus of the right-angled triangle from any place of
the track of the helix line, mm.

yi
xi

Fig. 5.4 Track of the helix line of core drill flute

Present calculated angle on the draft of the core drill;

6. Measure by a caliper following elements of the reamer: length of a chamfer l1, length of a cutting section
l2, length of a cylindrical part l3, length of a part with back taper l4 (only for a hand reamer), length of a
neck l6, length of a shank l7, length of a square l8 (only for a hand reamer). Calculate or measure by a
calliper the length of a body l and length of a sizing section l5. Present measured dimensions on the draft
of the reamer;
7. Measure plan approach angle of the reamer by goniometer (see s. 4, fig. 5.3). Present results on the draft
of the reamer;
8. Measure by goniometer relief angle on the cutting section and on the sizing section of the reamer (sizing
section has a cylindrical margin f, where relief angle is equal to zero and we can measure only angle 1
(fig. 5.2). Put the goniometer on two adjacent cutting edges as it is shown in Fig. 5.5 (goniometer must be
perpendicular to cutting edge). Then push segment 1 and match horizontal probe 2 with flank of the tool.
Fix screw 4. Count the relief angle anticlockwise from zero to stroke, which corresponds with the real
number of flutes of straight-flute reamers and with the equivalent number of flutes of the helical-flute
reamers. Equivalent number of flutes of the helical-flute reamer ze can be calculated by following formula:
ze
(5.2)

z
cos 3

where ze is equivalent number of flutes; z is the real number of flutes; is the flute helix angle of the helical-flute
reamer (see s. 5);

Present measured relief angle of the cutting section, angle 1 of sizing section and flute helix angle
(only for helical- flute reamer) on the draft of the reamer;

Fig. 5.5 Measuring of relief angle and rake angle by goniometer: 1 is segment; 2 is horizontal probe;
3 is vertical probe; 4 is screw

9. Measure by the goniometer rake angle on the cutting section and on the sizing section of the
reamer by analogy with s.8, but in this case match vertical probe 3 (Fig. 5.5) with the face of the
tool. Count rake angle clockwise from zero to stroke, which corresponds with the real number of
flutes of straight-flute reamers and with the equivalent number of flutes ze (5.2) of helical-flute
reamers. Present rake angle on the cutting section and on the sizing section on the draft of the
reamer.
Contents of report
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Title of the work;

Aim of the work;
Devices for the work;
Draft of the core drill with measured dimensions and angles;
Draft of the reamer with measured dimensions and angles;
Conclusions.