Sunday, November 17, 2013
Line Boring Cutting Tools
Line boring is the process of enlarging the bore, or inside diameter, of a piece of pipe or other type of substance that has an inside and outside diameter and that is hollow. Line boring is often used with engines, for boring out cylinders to increase the diameter during an engine rebuild or in the manufacture of all kinds of pipes and other cylindrical items. There are a number of different line boring and cutting tools available, and each one has a specific purpose as well as a best use.
Large Boring Machines
Large line boring machines are often used in stationary applications, such as in factories where equipment is produced or rebuilt. These machines are very large and are not portable, but they are very precise, able to bore and hone the interior of a metal surface to within thousandths of an inch of tolerance in order to make sure that machined parts can fit together. These machines often cost tens of thousands of dollars or more and are rarely seen by anyone outside of the machine tool industry.
Carbide Cutting and Boring Tools
Carbide cutting and boring tools are used on large and small boring machines in order to actually do the material removal required for the application in question. Carbide tools are generally harder than steel and may have removable carbide tips that can be replaced when they get dull from repeated use. Carbide cutting and boring tools come in a variety of styles, including bit-type styles that are designed to be used with a drill or drilling machines.
Honing Tools
Honing tools are another component of the line boring and cutting industry. After a hole has been bored out or enlarged using a carbide cutting tool, the surface that has been cut must be honed, or polished, in order to ensure that no burrs or other metal problems remain. Honing tools are made of stones with very fine grit that can be inserted into the hole and spun at high velocity to create a non-directional surface that is smooth as glass and free of scratches or high spots that might damage the machinery.
I didn't really know how line boring worked, but it sounds really cool now that I understand more about it. I think that it would be awesome to watch one as it worked. I like watching industrial machinery as it works because it is so fascinating.
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I didn't realize that there are so many different types of boring tools. It would make sense based on what you are working on. I think it would be pretty cool to see how each of these tools work for boring. http://www.dawlineboring.com.au
ReplyDeleteAre honing tools necessary for the boring procedure? I understand they are used to smooth out the final product. Is there anything else you can use? Would very fine sand paper work just as well?
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Thank you for this information. I'm having my engine rebuilt and to be honest, I'm a little nervous. The mechanic mentioned something about line boring and I didn't know what that was. I decided I should learn more about it and I found this article to be very helpful.
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The fact in this post that rarely anyone outside of the machine tool industry makes my kind of curious to know how this equipment looks. All I know now is that it's quite large and stationary. It would be pretty helpful if there were pictures of each type of boring equipment. http://www.quantummachine.ca/capabilities.html
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