Drilling & Boring Machines

News • February 20, 2025

Sunnen highlights its all-electric precision honing machine

Sunnen Products Company highlights its HTE-1600W Tube Hone, an all-electric precision honing machine designed for optimal bore geometry and surface finish in small-diameter, long-bore applications.

Products • February 20, 2025

HTE-1600W All-Electric Precision Tube Hone

Sunnen Products Company highlights its HTE-1600W Tube Hone, an all-electric precision honing machine designed for optimal bore geometry and surface finish in small-diameter, long-bore applications.

Products • September 3, 2024

ROBODRILL α-D28LiB5ADV Plus Y500

The enhanced performance of the new ROBODRILL α-D28LiB5ADV Plus Y500 is designed to help machine shops drive down cycle times with faster speeds and improved productivity. Additionally, with easy robotic integration tools with FANUC robots, automating machine tending is a breeze with FANUC ROBODRILL Plus.

Articles • August 21, 2024 • William Leventon

Double Duty Device

Engis Corp. unveils a hybrid bore-honing system integrating multi-stroke honing and single-pass finishing, enhancing precision for hydraulic spool valves.n

Articles • March 4, 2024 • Alan Richter

Crossing the Finish Line

Honing and superfinishing are two strategies for mass finishing parts.

Articles • February 5, 2024

Counter rotation maximizes deep hole concentricity

Drill and workpiece rotation has a major influence on a hole's concentricity – a key measure of drilling accuracy

Products • August 31, 2023

TechniDrill 2.00-30-48

The TechniDrill 2.00-30-48 has a gundrilling diameter capacity of 2.0 inches (50.8 mm) and a maximum gundrilling depth of 48 inches (1219 mm). It features a 30 horsepower AC spindle motor and two-speed gearbox to provide versatile gundrilling performance. The workpiece is counter-rotated during gundrilling via pneumatically operated 3-jaw chucks, which increases the accuracy of the drilled hole.

Videos • July 3, 2023

CTE Booth Visit with UNISIG @ Eastec

Tom Bruders, regional sales manager for UNISIG deep hole drilling systems, discussed the company's UNE6 2i gundrilling machines that feature automation options and two independent spindles, and are aimed at the medical manufacturing market. n

Videos • June 29, 2023

CTE Booth Visit with SW North America @ Eastec

SW North America Inc. showcased its BA 322i that features 300 mm between two spindles as well as two worktables, with one being loaded and unloaded while the other resides in the work envelope.n

Products • June 27, 2023

TechniDrill 2.00-30-48

The TechniDrill 2.00-30-48 has a gundrilling diameter capacity of 2 inches (50.8 mm) and a maximum gundrilling depth of 48 inches (1219 mm). It features a 30 horsepower AC spindle motor and two-speed gearbox to provide versatile gundrilling performance. The workpiece is counter-rotated via pneumatically operated 3-jaw chucks to increase the accuracy of the gundrilled hole.

Products • March 3, 2023

Star Cutter Express

There are two stocked and standard product offerings where gundrills are delivered within 24 hours of the order. The SFGD Express program is for Single Flute Gundrills in diameters from 0.1250" - 0.7500" (3.175mm - 19.050mm) and lengths up to 48" (1219mm). The SCGD Express program is for Single Flute Solid Carbide Gundrills with standard ½" steel shanks in diameters from 0.0355"- 0.1969" (0.902mm - 5.000mm) in lengths from 4"- 12" (102mm - 305mm), depending on the tool diameter.

Articles • January 1, 2023 • Connor Benedict

Speed drill

Palmgren adds precision, power and versatility to its 25" Power Feed Gear Head Drill Press.