BORING MACHINE

Introduction

• One of the most versatile machine tools; used to bore holes

in large and heavy parts as engine frames, machine
housings etc which are practically impossible to hold and
rotate in an engine lathe or in a drilling machine.
• Also drilling, milling and facing can be preformed with
equal facility.
• Along with attachments screw cutting, turning, grinding or
gear cutting can also be performed.
 CLASSIFICATION OF BORING MACHINE

• The boring machine is one of the vertalile machine tool used

to enlarge
• already drilled hole.
• Boring operation can be performed on lathe as that of
turning where tool is stationary and work piece is rotating.
• But in case of boring is rotating and work piece is stationary
which is
• similar to
• Drilling ,reaming , milling etc.
• Boring machines can be classified based on position of
boring tools,
• accuracy of work required etc.
 Types of boring machine:

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machines
1. Horizontal Boring Machine (HBM)
2. Vertical Boring Machine (VBM)
3. Precision (Jig) Boring Machine (PBM)
 Horizontal boring machine:

• The work is supported on a table which is

stationary and tool revolves in a horizontal axis.
• Can perform boring, reaming, turning, threading,
facing, milling , grooving and many other
operations with suitable tools.
• Work piece which are heavier and asymmetrical
can be easily held and machined.
Horizontal boring machine
Horizontal Line Boring Machine
Block diagram of horizontal boring machine
Parts of the horizontal boring machines
•Important parts of the horizontal boring machines are as
following.

(1)Head Stock
(2)Column
(3)Runway
(4)End Support
(5)Table
(6)Saddle
 Head Stock

• It is the most important part of a boring

machine.
• It contains spindles.
• It supports, drives and feeds the boring tool.
• The spindle rotation is reversible for backing
out tools.
• Boring tool is held in boring head which will
be held in head stock.
 Column
• Column supports head stock and tail stock.
• It guides up and down movement by means of
ways.
• It is hollow and heavily constructed.
• To balance head stock and make it easy to
move.
• Columns are keyed, dowelled and bolted to the
base of the machine.
 Runways
• Definition:
• When ever the column is traversing the base
used is known as runway.
• Main function of runways are to carry the
main column, end support
• column and rotary table if any.
 End Support Column
• Definition:
•An out-board bearing is required to
support the other end of the bar is known as
end END SUPPORT COLUMN.
• End support column is necessary in case of
long boring and heavy tools are used.
• There is an opened and closed type of end
support.
 Table

• Main function of the table is to support for

holding the workpiece rigidly during the
operation.
• Table is equipped with suitable ranges of
feeds as well as quick reverse mechanism.
• Table moves perpendicular to the axis of the
spindle.
 Saddle

• The main function of saddle is to provide a

compound movement of the
• table.
• This helps the table to move axially as well as
transversly to the spindle.
 Applications Of HBM

1. Horizontal boring machine can be used to

drill, bore ream holes.
2. These are widely used in batch production
where work piece is less.
3. These machine can also be used for
machining type parts like gear boxes and
engine blocks.
 Vertical Boring Machine:

• The work rotates on a horizontal table about a

vertical axis and the tool is stationary except for feed.
• Machine may look like a vertical lathe.
• Larger diameter and heavy work pieces, can be set up
more quickly than in lathe.
• Multiple tooling may be adapted with its turret type
tool post, increasing the rate of production.
Vertical boring machine
Vertical Boring Operations
Vertical Boring Operations
 Jig Boring Machine
• It uses a single point cutting tools to machine surfaces rapidly
and accurately.
• Cemented carbide and diamond tipped tools are operated at a very high
• cutting speed to produce accurately sized holes with fine surface.

• Jig boring machine is a precision boring machine, resembles to

vertical milling machine in construction.
• Accurate positioning of holes is achieved by Lead screw method or
Mechanical / Electrical Gauging method or Optical measuring method.
 Jig Boring Machine
• Jig-Boring Machine a metal-cutting machine for finishing holes, planes, and
slots with a highly precise location of centers or surfaces without the use of
special attachments for tool alignment.
• Jig-boring machines are used for boring, drilling, counter-sinking, reaming,
milling, and other types of finishing in individual and small-scale production
during the manufacture of cutting and measuring tools, jigs, dies, and key
components of machines and instruments. Devices with stable and
adjustable end gauges and indicator sensing units are used on jig-boring
machines for precise measurements; also used are lead screws with dials and a
vernier, which are equipped with error-elimination compensators, and
graduated shafts with optical measuring instruments.
 Jig Boring Machine
• There are two types of these machine tools: double-sided (gantry) machines with a
one-movement table and open-sided (single-sided, overhanging) machines with a
two-movement table. In open-sided machines the spindle head moves only vertically;
in the double-sided machines it moves horizon-tally along the crosspiece, which can
travel in a vertical direction.
• The manufactured article and the cutting tool on the jig-boring machine are
moved relative to one another along orthogonal coordinates (with linear
displacement accuracy to 2 microns) and polar coordinates (with angular
displacement accuracy to 5 seconds of arc). Sturdy construction is a feature of jig-
boring machines, which have smooth drive motions and accurate balancing of fast-
rotating parts (to reduce vibration).
• The machines are installed in insulated areas in which a constant temperature of
20°C is maintained. Jig-boring machines are operated by highly skilled workers.
Jig-Boring Machine