Drilling & Boring

Articles • August 1, 2011

Drilling without catastrophe

END USER: Three Sigma Manufacturing Inc., (253) 395-1125, www.threesigma.net. CHALLENGE: Improve cycle times and prevent catastrophic failure when drilling a hole in a complex aerospace part. SOLUTION: A replaceable-tip drill that reduced cycle times and provided progressive failure indicators. SOLUTION PROVIDER: Allied Machine & Engineering Corp., (800) 321-5537, www.alliedmachine.com

Articles • August 1, 2011 • Kip Hanson

Boring Big

Horizontal boring mills are behemoth in size and flexibility.

Articles • August 1, 2011

Tapping Top Productivity

Machine tool builders discuss the development and evolution of drill and tap machines.

Videos • July 11, 2011

Deep Hole Machining

Sandvik Coromant's Global Center for Deep Hole Machining offers a tip for machining the central bore in the main shaft.

Articles • July 1, 2011

Improved Holemaking Boosts Profits

END USER: U.S. Alloy Die Corp., (216) 749-9700, www.usalloydie.com. CHALLENGE: Improve productivity when drilling H-13 tool steel extrusion dies. SOLUTION: Carbide drills that eliminated pecking and more than doubled throughput. SOLUTION PROVIDERS: OSG Tap & Die Inc., (630) 790-1400, www.osgtool.com; Shop Supply & Tool Co. Inc., (440) 951-4700, www.shopsupply.net.

Articles • July 1, 2011

A qualified approach to machining complex, deep holes

Very deep, complex holes are becoming increasingly challenging to machine as hole tolerances become tighter and surface finish requirements get finer.

Articles • July 1, 2011

Powertrain: The Hole Story

Improved holemaking efficiency drives powertrain machining throughput.

Articles • May 1, 2011

Head start

Adjustable finish boring heads allow for a range of diameters to be machined with one tool. Finish boring can take some time but achieves tight hole tolerance and fine surface finish requirements. And if a fine finish and tight tolerance are not required, rough boring might suffice.

Products • May 1, 2011

Pinzbohr Modular Boring Tools

Pinzbohr High Precision Modular Boring Tools from Techniks are unsurpassed for accuracy, rigidity, and repeatability.

Products • May 1, 2011

319 SW Series

BIG Kaiser's 319 SW series is a rigid, new style, twin cutter rough boring system.

Articles • March 1, 2011

Small But Mighty

New technology opens up new applications for small HMCs.

Articles • March 1, 2011

The Hole Edge

Machining a clean, straight and in-tolerance hole through a part is not the only requirement for many holemaking applications. In many cases, hole entrances and exits are also critical to part functionality.