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Abstract

A twist drill includes a shank; a body adjacent the shank extending along a rotational, longitudinal axis of the twist drill, the body made of a carbide material; a plurality of helically extending chip flutes formed into the body with a web formed between the chip flutes, the chip flutes oriented at a helix angle relative to the longitudinal axis, each chip flute flanked by a major cutting edge with a corresponding flank or land and a minor cutting edge with a corresponding flank or land; and a ceramic insert attached to a notch formed in the body of the drill, wherein the ceramic insert forms only a portion of each of the major and minor cutting edges of the twist drill.

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