Botek Lite-Cut gun drill from Mollart needs 30% less power

Lite-Cut gun drills from Botek incorporate a conical chipbreaker and a special nose-grind that draws 30% less power. Available in the UK from Mollart Engineering, the geometry is also said to enable higher penetration rates and easier swarf evacuation.

Lite-Cut gun drills are available in a single-flute brazed tool Type 110 and solid carbide Type 113. Type 110’s brazed carbide tip is available in diameters between 1.85 and 51.2 mm, while Type 113 incorporates a kidney-shaped coolant channel with a diameter range of 1.5 to 12 mm.

Type 110 drill sizes between 1.85 and 7.059 mm have a single coolant feed hole, while tool sizes 7.06 to 51.2 mm have twin coolant feed holes. Holes up to 40:1 depth-to-diameter ratio can be drilled in a single pass. Type 113 drills are available for holes up to 100:1 single pass, depth-to-diameter ratios.