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Unit IV: LATHE & DRILLING MACHINE Specifications of Drilling Machines The general specifications of various drilling machines

s are as follows: (i) The maximum diameter of drill that can be used. (ii) The maximum size of work piece that can be worked. (iii) Size of working table (iv) Power (motor) capacity of the machine (v) For Radial drilling machines, diameter of column and the length of the arm have to be specified. (vi) For gang drilling machines and multi drill head drilling machines number of spindles with sizes have to be specified OPERATIONS ON DRILLING MACHINE The common operations that can be performed using a drilling machine are as follows (i) Reaming (ii) Boring (iii) Tapping (iv) Counter sinking (v) Counter boring (vi) Spot facing. (i) Reaming: It is the process of smoothening the surface of the predrilled hole using a tool called 'reamer' A reamer is similar to the drill bit but has multi-longitudinal straight flutes as shown in the Figure. To obtain a smoothly finished accurate size hole, a slightly undersize hole will be drilled first using twist drill. Then twist drill is replaced by reamer and the speed is reduced to half of that used in drilling The amount of material to be removed by reamer should not exceed 0.125mm. Note: Reaming removes only a small amount of material & produces a smooth finish on the drilled surface. (ii) Boring It is an enlarging operation of a predrilled hole, using an adjustable 'boring tool' which has a single cutting point. When a desired size drill is not available or a non-standard size hole has to be drilled then the nearest size hole is drilled first using the standard drill. Then twist drill is replaced by a boring tool. While the tool is rotating, it is lowered there by the size of the hole is increased to its entire depth as shown in figure. (iii) Tapping

It is an internal thread generating operation in a predrilled hole, using a set of 3 taps used one after the other in succession. To generate a specific size thread, the nearest drill size is calculated and drilled first. Then using standard size taps, slowly and gradually the threads are generated as shown in the Figure

(iv) Counter Sinking It is an operation to produce a conical surface at the end of a predrilled hole, using a counter sink- a conical shaped cutting tool as shown in the Figure. The angle size of the hole depends on the angle size of the screw head or rivet head, whichever is to be seated in it. Generally the included angles of countersink tool are 60, 82 or 90. Cutting speed must be half of that used for similar size drill. Countersink head fastener in a countersink hole avoids unwanted projection over the top surface of the work piece E.g. Furniture, joints in doors, windows etc. (v) Counter Boring it is an operation to enlarge one end of the pre drilled hole concentrically to the required depth, using a counter bore' tool, to form a square shoulder as shown in the Figure. The counter bore is used to drive in the socket head, screws, bolts, pins etc.

The cutting tool will have a small cylindrical projection called pilot to guide the tool to maintain concentricity with the original hole. The diameter of the pilot should be equal to the diameter of predrilled hole. (vi) Spot Facing It is an operation to produce a smooth flat surface around a drilled hole to give a good bearing surface for proper seating of a bolt heads, washers, nuts etc. It may be done using counter bores or special spot facing tools.

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