"This updated volume covers tool materials, tolerances, an inspection of drilling tools, requirements of tool drawings, and methodologies and procedures of failure analysis. It introduces a new line of HP drilling tools called VPA designs and signifies its importance in drilling operations. This practical book is for all industrial engineers, those working in production and manufacturing, process designers, tool material designers, cutting tool designers, and quality specialists. Researchers, senior undergraduate students, and graduate students will find this book full of very helpful reference information and a source of new ideas and notions in drilling tool development"--