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At one customer’s facility, three of Allied Machine’s replaceable-tip, self-guided “Stealth” drills (so named for their quiet operation) are set up in the toolroom at the beginning of each shift. This process takes less than 10 minutes. In contrast, setting up three tools on the machining line could take as long as 30 minutes, amounting to 90 minutes of lost time over the course of three shifts. In a 24/7 production environment, that adds up to nearly 2,200 hours per year (a figure that does not account for machine downtime during tool changes). “A presetter is probably 5% of the cost of those lost hours,” Mr. DeLuca notes.

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One example is pecking. Periodically reversing the tool’s feed during the cut should not be required to ensure chips evacuate from the hole. “When you see pecking these days, it’s usually someone misapplying a tool or using the wrong tool entirely,” Mr. DeLuca says.

The challenge with using reverse profiling is ensuring that the workpiece doesn’t get pulled out of the chuck from the axial forces. Part geometry and setup play significant roles in determining if reverse profiling makes sense.

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Lead angle plays an important role in chip development. For applications using a V-style insert with a conventional profiling lead angle is 107.5 degrees, that lead angle suddenly becomes 35 degrees with reverse profiling.

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“Machine tool capabilities are important to understand,” said Garud. “On the hardware side, a rigid setup is important. You don’t want long overhangs. The rest of it can be managed through depth of cut, corner radii, and basic process parameters. A CAM program also will likely be necessary. If it is a simple undercut, this can most often be done manually. But typically with profiles, the complexity requires a good CAM system.”

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While both types of profiling are equal in cutting parameters, the biggest drivers for choosing reverse profiling are chip evacuation and finished part geometry. THINBIT

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“Reverse profiling is very good for avoiding chip packing in blind bores,” said King. “It also makes chip evacuation easier as it naturally directs chips out of the bore.”

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Barring some form of X-ray vision, chip formation is the only way to judge a drill’s performance during the cut, while there is still time to act. Curlicue shapes (that is, “sixes” and “nines”) are ideal, while longer, stringier chips carry heat away from the cutting zone less efficiently. Color matters, too. As the cutting zone over heats, chips become progressively gray, black and blue. Discolored chips can indicate the need to reduce heat by slowing spindle rpm, while stringy chips might indicate the need to increase the feed rate to a point in which machined material breaks rather than peels.

The experts agree that reverse profiling is often associated with ID work. Part of the reason for this is because chip evacuation can be challenging in a bore. Birdnesting that occurs on the OD is manageable. However, with birdnesting that occurs with ID work, chips don’t easily come out and you risk damaging the insert because it will recut the chips.

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Another outdated practice is the use of a 90-degree spot drill with a smaller diameter for the pilot hole. This makes sense intuitively, and, as is the case with pecking, can still be a useful rule of thumb for toolroom applications. After all, a smaller-diameter hole drilled slightly off-center is easier to correct than a larger one, while a sharp point angle helps the drill quickly and easily penetrate the part and settle into position. However, most CNC machine tools position precisely enough that the pilot drill can be the same diameter as the main drill. They are also powerful enough to drive duller points into virgin workpiece material.

Standards for surface finishes and profiles are not static; they change as technology changes or new processes come along that need to be considered.

Water-soluble coolants are most common for general-purpose applications because they remove heat well. That said, semi-synthetic or fully oil-based formulations can be a better choice to improve lubricity and ensure short, segmented chips in certain cases. Although tools may wear more quickly and parameters may need to be less aggressive than with a water-based coolant, an insert coating that improves heat resistance might help compensate. It all depends on the application.

“If coolant is used, it should always be applied to direct chips away from the cutting area,” said King. “Cutting geometry is on the trailing side of the cutting edge, which also is the side of the toolholder body. Cutting depth and chip clearance all need to be verified.”

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“There is tooling designed to both profile and reverse profile,” he said. “This is known as multidirectional profiling. If this method is employed, cutting cycle times can be reduced.”

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One non-negotiable factor is the use of through-coolant drills. Machine tools must also deliver sufficient coolant pressure. Small drills require significantly more pressure for chip evacuation to keep up with material removal because they must run at higher rpm to achieve the same surface speed as larger tools. “The greater the pressure, the faster the chips come out of the hole, and the faster you can spin the drill,” Mr. DeLuca says.

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If your workpiece has a complicated profile with varying features, like a chamfer, undercut, taper, or curves, you will need multiple axes of motion. Walter Tools

“When profiling, you are using the 35-degree angle going towards the spindle, using one cutting edge,” said Garud. “When reverse profiling and moving away from the spindle, you are using the other cutting edge. That’s a significant tool life advantage. Secondly, it can save a lot of time because you are not rapiding out then coming back in.”

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In traditional turning operations, the cuttings tool moves towards the chuck and spindle rather than away from it. This is because, typically, the cut should always travel in the strongest direction. A typical setup will feature a chuck, which is where the workpiece is held tightly, which is the strongest part of the machine tool. All of the cutting forces are absorbed in the axial direction into the chuck and spindle of the machine.

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The deeper the hole, the longer the drill. The longer the drill (the greater the distance between the tool tip and the spindle nose), the greater the extent to which runout can impact results. In some deep-hole applications, the slightest wobble can wear tools prematurely and compromise both straightness and surface finish.

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For example, many components requiring complex profiling, including contours, chamfers, and undercuts, tend to be produced at high volumes where there is a high demand for reduced cutting time.

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“Turning (OD) and boring (ID) are terms used to change the diameter of a plain cylinder (OD) or hole (ID),” said Ken King, chief operating officer, THINBIT, Fort Wayne, Ind. “In profiling operations, the cutting tool is used to create shapes and complex grooves in a workpiece. Profiling and turning/boring operations are similar operations. Generally, we define reverse profiling as moving the cutting tool away from the chuck or collet while cutting.”

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“Approaching a pre-existing hole cautiously helps avoid scarring or damage,” Mr. DeLuca says about these recommendations. “It allows the drill margins to engage with the material before you bring it up to speed. The hole begins to act like a bushing that keeps the drill centered and keeps parts and people safe.”

However, there is more to precise, efficient drilling than the tools themselves, particularly in holes with depth-to-diameter ratios of 9:1 or more. In a recent conversation, Mr. DeLuca outlined five recommendations for drilling deep with the company’s T-A system, a broad line of general-purpose, replaceable-tip drills designed to penetrate most steels, cast irons, high-temperature alloys and aluminum alloys.

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Pecking might be the only option if there is no time for new tools or other process adjustments. However, the result is always slower drilling. In addition, retracting the tool mid-cut can leave partially formed, undetached chips inside the hole. Carbide is wear-resistant but relatively brittle, a characteristic that can make inserts prone to premature or even catastrophic failure upon repeated contact with such a jagged, inconsistent surface. Even if inserts are not compromised, the workpiece could be. As mentioned above, most drills cut slightly oversized. “Maybe it’s only by a few thou (1 “thou” = 0.001 inch), but on some jobs, there might still be a risk of scarring the inside of the hole or cutting an oversized hole,” he explains.

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In deep hole drilling, ramping immediately up to full speeds and feeds can create safety concerns and risk compromising the work. As such, many of Allied’s standard recommendations for general-purpose T-A insert drills can be summed up in one phrase: Approach the pilot hole with caution. For more specifics, see the images in the picture gallery above.

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Other problems can be easier to overlook. “One of the most underestimated inputs in any machining process, even beyond drilling, is the coolant,” Mr. DeLuca says. Given the significant impact of coolant on how chips form, adjusting coolant concentration and flow can also help address problems with discolored “birds’ nests.”

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However, the need for careful setup is no excuse to spend inordinate amounts of time identifying and correcting for runout with every tool or insert change. More specifically, there is no room in a modern production environment for climbing into workzones to mount indicators, nor for holding pieces of paper in place for tool touch-offs. Chances are, assembling tools offline with a presetter will save significant amounts of time in any deep-hole drilling operation.

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This is why setup is one of the biggest factors determining success for reverse profiling. Without a strong and proper setup, both the tool and workpiece face forces that can make this operation impossible to complete.

“It’s really an opposite thought process for programmers and operators,” said King. “Pull from chuck versus push toward the chuck changes axial forces, and chips flow differently. Reverse profiling pulls on the part and pulls on tools, which could result in pulling the cutting tool out of its holder or pulling the stock out of the chuck.”

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“As much as our customers want it to be a finisher, a drill is still a roughing tool,” says Salvatore DeLuca, product manager at Allied Machine and Engineering. “It’s always going to cut slightly oversized.”

There are many advantages of reverse profiling. For example, in many cases, a V-style insert is used for profiling. These diamond-shaped inserts are very sharp and have a very narrow 35-degree included angle.

Nonetheless, he says it is easy to understand high expectations for replaceable-tip drills like those manufactured by Allied, a specialist in holemaking tools. In the right application, the latest offerings can leave holes straight and smooth enough to make dedicated finishing tools unnecessary.

“If it's a complicated profile with varying features, like a chamfer, undercut, taper, or curves, all of these features on a workpiece typically suggested that you will need multiple axes of motions,” said Sarang Garud, product manager, turning/drilling/boring, Walter Tools, Waukesha, Wis. “This is where reverse profiling makes sense. It’s also very common for ID boring to have internal profiles, so we see reverse profiling in those applications too.”

In many cases, the part itself will determine if reverse profiling makes sense. If it’s a simple cylindrical workpiece that requires the removal of 0.05 in. of material, then it doesn’t make sense to profile.

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The depth of cut with any type of profiling tends to be much smaller than roughing, medium, or finishing depth of cuts. However, the depth of cut should be more than the corner radius of the insert.

King added that while both types of profiling have equal cutting parameters, the biggest drivers for choosing reverse profiling are chip evacuation and finished part geometry.

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In addition to saving time, making drill margins easier to find and measure prevents costly mistakes. “In my opinion, the ease of setup alone is worth the investment,” Mr. DeLuca says. “When you look at the reduction in setup cost and machine downtime due to incorrect setup measurements, it’s hard to imagine not having a presetter.”

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“This tilts the cutting edge quite a bit, which means that chips become very thin using that same feed rate,” said Garud. “To make up for that chip thinning, the feed rate needs to be increased, almost sometimes 50 to 60 per cent higher than traditional profiling. This can be an advantage because you are taking out material that much faster and potentially expanding the tool life using both sides of the insert.”

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“There are a few things to watch out for,” said Garud. “It’s important to be careful when going up to a shoulder when moving away from the spindle. You also have to manage the exit of the tool so that you are not crimping chips between the shoulder and the insert. Depending on the condition, you can back off from the cut in a 45-degree angle when you are rapiding out. Then you can come back and do a finishing pass later, especially if you have multiple passes going toward the shoulder.”

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When it comes to utilizing the spindle’s power, there is a lot of headroom at the upper limits, provided it’s in short bursts. Be mindful of your time at these loads so you don’t stall out.

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In this case, the Stealth Drill itself adds to the time-savings provided by offline presetting. This drill features an adjustable pin that moves the insert radially to mitigate the tolerance stack-up common to all replaceable-tip drills. As a result, dialing out runout no longer requires dismantling and cleaning the tool assembly, adjusting offsets, adding shims to tool turrets, or relying on experienced machinists to attempt an unorthodox solution.

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There is no room in a modern production environment for climbing into workzones to mount indicators, nor for holding pieces of paper in place for tool touch-offs.

In fact, most replaceable-tip drilling inserts feature self-centering tips with point angles shallower than 90 degrees. As a result, the insert can impact the hole’s major diameter before the self-centering point. “If you were to follow a standard spot drill with one of our tools, our drill will want to walk slightly, causing premature wear and potentially causing the tool to lead off,” Mr. DeLuca explains. “Using the same insert diameter and point angle ensures that the longer drill picks up perfectly where the spot drill left off.”

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