摘要：During the process of drilling metals there are used cutting tools that can be acquisitioned directly from the producers, from distributors or from supermarkets. Because the offer is varied and there are different producers, the acquisition must be made after an economical analysis that includes experimental tests. The paper presents an innovative methodology of drills acquisition based on electrical current at cutting process. The researches were developed using HS 6-5-2 steel drills of 8 mm diameter, in two batches, acquisitioned from two different suppliers, at different prices. The drills were tested on 1C45 material using the same values for cutting parameters and because the electrical current at cutting is sensible to any imperfection of the tools, the batches were analysed from qualitative and economical point of view.
