摘要 |
<p>A cutting tool for machining printed circuit boards and the like includes a cutting part having an longitudinal axis of rotation, an outer surface, and a plurality of staggered teeth formed on the outer surface. The cutting part has a first predetermined number of main cutting grooves formed in the outer surface and which extend along the cutting part at a first lead angle, as well as a second predetermined number of divider grooves intersecting the main cutting grooves. The divider grooves extend along the cutting part at a second lead angle. The main cutting grooves and the divider grooves define teeth. The first predetermined number is a prime number and the second predetermined number is greater than the first predetermined number by two, such that the teeth are staggered as viewed in a radial direction which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and such that each of the teeth partially overlaps in the radial direction at least another one of the teeth.</p> |