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Spring 2000
The Future of Drilling
has Arrived!
ICS Cutting Tools Designs the Perfect Point Drill®
Casco, WI--The innovative minds at ICS Cutting Tools
have recently designed a completely new and radical drill--the
Perfect Point®. The general form of this point resembles
a modified form of a flat-bottom drill. However, this drill
includes a helical or spur-style point and a special edge chamfer.
Together, these elements create a drill point with six individual
cutting edges. This point geometry produces a unique cutting
action that allows these drills to function much like center-cutting
end mills. Rather than effecting a drill's customary action,
a Perfect Point Drill® performs much like a rigid, multi-flute
boring tool. The drill's unique point geometry gives it
a variety of advantages not found with conventional or specialty
point styles. Most notably, these benefits include an improved
cutting action that generates smooth surface finishes with excellent
drilling precision and accuracy. This design also provides
stability while substantially reducing chatter and vibration that
is common with other drill point shapes. These drills combine
the best features of metal and wood cutting drills and are well
suited for drilling holes in a wide range of different materials.
They may be used for drilling ferrous and nonferrous metals, natural
and composite wood products and a range of plastics and similar
manufactured materials. The major design element that makes
the Perfect Point Drill® unique is the overall configuration and
geometry of the drill point. Therefore, virtually any standard
twist drill body style can be furnished with the Perfect Point®.
Although the different drills are most commonly available in standard
jobbers' lengths, they are also available as stub length and taper
length drills and a selection of extended length drills,
Likewise, they are available with several different shank styles,
including standard straight shanks, 3/8" and 1/2" reduced
diameter shanks, and a complete range of Morse taper shanks.
A selection of surface treatments or coating is also available
to suit special drilling situations. The most popular surface
treatments for these drills are black oxide, bright finish and
Titanium Nitride (TiN). However, gold finish, gray finish,
Titanium Aluminium Nitride (TiAlN), Titanium Carbonitride (TiCN)
and Zirconium Nitride (ZrN) finishes are available on request.
For Further Information & Sales
Lorna Jaconi, Press & Media Relations
Phone: (920) 837-2526
FAX: (920) 837-2530
Email: lornajaconi@icscuttingtools.com
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