Drilling is a metal cutting process carried out by
a rotating cutting tool to make circular holes in
solid materials.
Tool which makes hole is called as drill bit or
twist drill.
A power operated machine tool which holds
the drill in its spindle rotating at high
speeds and when actuated move linearly
against the work piece produces a hole.
Portable drilling machine
Bench drilling machine
Radial drilling machine
Pillar drilling machine
Gang drilling machine
Multiple drilling machine
Bench drilling machine
These are light duty machines used in
small workshops.
Also called Sensitive drilling machines
because of its accurate and well
balanced spindle.
Holes of diameter 1 mm to 15 mm.
Bench drilling machine
parts
Vertical main
column
Base
Moving drill head
Work table
Electric motor
Variable speed gear
box and spindle
feed mechanism.
Work piece with the exact location
marked on it with the centre punch is
clamped rigidly on the work table.
spindle axis and center punch
indentation are in same line.
Machine is started and drill bit is lowered
by rotating feed handle.
Drill bit touches the work and starts
removing material.
Radial drilling machine
These are heavy duty and versatile drilling machine
used to perform drilling operate on large and heavy
work piece.
Holes up to 7.5 cm.
Heavy
base
Vertical column
Horizontal arm
Drilling head
parts
Work piece is marked for exact
location and mounted on the work
table.
Drill bit is then located by moving the
radial arm and drill to the marked
location.
By starting drill spindle motor holes
are drilled.
Reaming
Boring
Counter
boring
Counter sinking
Spot facing
Tapping
Drilling machine operation
Reaming
It
is a process of smoothing the
surface of drilled holes with a
tool.
Tool is called as reamer.
Initially a hole is drilled slightly
smaller in size.
Drill is replaced by reamer.
Speed is reduced to half that of
the drilling.
It is process carried
on a drilling
machine to increase
the size of an
already drilled hole.
Initially a hole is
drilled to the
nearest size and
using a boring tool
the size of the hole
is increased.
This process
involves increasing
the size of a hole at
only one end.
Cutting tool will
have a small
cylindrical portion
called pilot.
Cutting speed =
two-thirds of the
drilling speed for the
same hole.
This is an operation of
making the end of a
hole into a conical
shape.
Cutting speed = half
of the cutting speed of
drilling for same hole.
It is a finishing
operation to produce
flat round surface
usually around a
drilled hole, for
proper seating of
bolt head or nut.
It is done using a
special spot facing
tool.
Process of cutting
internal threads
with a thread tool
called as tap.
Tap is a fluted
threaded tool used
for cutting internal
thread
Cutting speed is
very slow.
Specification of a radial drilling machine
Power capacity eg: 1.5 hp
for drilling motor and 0.5
hp for elevating motor.
The range of speed of
spindle eg: 50 to 2800
rpm.
Length of arm on
which drill head
can traverse. eg:
600 mm.
Vertical movement
of the arm eg: 500
mm.
Angular swing of
arm eg: 360
Range
to which drill
bit can reach eg:
350 mm to 900
mm.
Drill depth eg: 32
mm for steel.
The two most common types are
1. HSS drill
- Low cost
2. Carbide- tipped drills
- high production and in CNC machines
Other types are
Solid Carbide drill, TiN coated drills, carbide coated
masonry drills, parabolic drills, split point drill
Drilling And Drills
Types of drills
Twist drill: most
common drill
Step drill:
produces holes
of two or more
different
diameters
Core drill: used
to make an
existing hole
bigger
Tool Nomenclature