Drilling & Boring Machines

Mazak will showcase advanced machine tool, automation and digital solutions designed to help manufacturers increase throughput and do more with fewer resources at IMTS 2026, Sept. 14-19 at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois in booth #338300. As production demands accelerate across key industries, manufacturers are under increasing pressure to boost output while managing labor and cost constraints.

Sunnen Products Company, a global supplier of precision honing and bore finishing technologies, and TIBO Tiefbohrtechnik GmbH, a specialist in deep hole drilling machines and systems, have entered into a strategic alliance to expand their global capabilities in deep hole machining solutions.

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.

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.

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

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.

Honing and superfinishing are two strategies for mass finishing parts.

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

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.

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

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