What are PCD Drilling Tools?

Basically, a PCD drilling tool is a tool for making circular holes or driving fasteners. Moreover, it is fitted with a bit according to the size and finishing required.

Additionally, PCD Drilling Tools can drill aluminum and magnesium, wood, plastics, CFRP, and GRP materials.

Hence, they have fantastic wear-safe properties while machining profoundly abrasive materials with an incredibly long tool life compared the standard Carbide drilling tools.

What are the different types of drill bits?

Twist Drill Bit

A twist bit is the most common type of drill bit in the PCD drilling tool category for home use. It works for general-purpose drilling in wood, plastic, and light metal.

Auger Drill Bit

An auger bit is another type of wood-boring bit with a screw tip that starts the hole and pulls the bit through the workpiece to quickly create a clean hole.

Typically, these bits can be as long as 18 inches. An auger bit with a hollow center provides even more chip removal, allowing for deeper boring; a solid center is stronger and more rigid.

PCD Step Drilling Tool

Primarily, a PCD step drill is intended to drill thin metal, up to 1/4 inches. But, that only works with wood.

The custom step drill drawing and design especially allows using a single bit to drill holes of different diameters. Also, the diameter of each step is usually etched into the custom step drill bits which you can deburr holes to clear waste materials.

PCD Hole Saw

Basically, a hole saw drills large holes for installing door hardware or creating a pass-through for wiring. It also creates a plug of waste material; a cut-out in the side of the saw cylinder allows you to push it out.

Typically, a hole saw is attached to an arbor or mandrel, which includes a shank. The arbor also holds a pilot bit for centering and steadying the cutting blade.

However, some smaller hole saws have a built-in shank and don’t use a pilot bit. A bi-metal hole saw cuts through wood and metal. Moreover, a hole saw with a diamond edge also works on tile and masonry but cuts faster than carbide models.

Masonry Drill Bit

In essence, metalworking drill bits drill into tough materials such as concrete, brick, and other masonry. If you did not know, some work with standard corded or cordless rotary drills.

However, those designed with a rotary hammer or hammer drill helps the concrete drill bit bore more effectively.

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What are the other uses of drill bits?

Brad-point Drill Bit PCD Drilling Tool

Basically, a brad-point bit is designed for boring into wood. The brad at the center of the bit tip helps position the bit precisely for accurate drilling and produces a clean exit point in the workpiece.

Also, the flutes — grooves that wrap around the bit and channel away chips and dust — are extra-wide to remove more material.

Self-feed Drill Bit

Mainly, a self-feed bit drills through the wood. Like the auger bit, a screw at the tip helps position the bit and draws it through the workpiece.

However, this bit is more compact because it doesn’t have the standard flutes of a twist bit. So, you need to pull the bit back periodically to clear away chips and dust.

Installer Drill Bit PCD Drilling Tool

An installer bit is a specialized twist bit designed for installing wiring, for example, entertainment or security systems.

In brief, the bit can be up to 18 inches long and drills through wood, plaster, and some masonry. Once you drill through the wall, floor, or other surfaces, you insert a wire into the small hole in the bit and use the bit to draw it back through the hole you bored.

Then, you can attach this wire to an additional wire or cable to pull it through the hole.

PCD Spade Drilling Tool

A spade bit, also known as a paddle bit, bores large-diameter holes — up to 1-1/2 inches in diameter — in wood.

Additionally, it has a flattened blade with a sharp point that helps position and steady the bit. Nonetheless, some spade bits have points at the two edges that help create a neater hole and exit point.

PCD Forstner Drill Bit

In general, a Forstner bit bores smooth, clean holes in wood create flat-bottomed holes for receiving dowels. If you need to bore through the workpiece, it creates a neat exit hole.

Also, the design allows you to overlap holes. The point helps you to position the bit precisely on the workpiece. So, pull the bit out regularly to clear away chips and dust as you work.

Because a handheld drill may not always give you the force or control you need to use a Forstner bit, a drill press is a better option for some applications.

Countersink Drill Bit

A countersink bit, also known as a screw pilot bit, is a forte bit for wood drilling. Via a single action, the bit can drill pilot, countersink and counter drill holes, permitting to countersink a fastener and install a plug over the fastener head.

Plug Cutter PCD Drilling Tool

Briefly put, a plug cutter drills holes in the wood creating wood plugs to conceal recessed fasteners.

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Custom Drill Tool Supplier in Malaysia

Study your materials well enough to know which PCD drill bits suit your high precision manufacturing process.

A little change in the design of a PCD drill bit creates a different effect on its drilling finish.

You can also find out how PCD Form Tools work in the metalworking industry. 

Hence, we suggest you consult ASIME, the ISO Certified Precision Tools manufacturer, who has been in the industry for more than 20 years. 

So, look no further as we are always following DOE and ISO standards in our manufacturing process. Plus, we ensure that our tools and services are nothing short of precision.