TOS boring mills are available either as vertical or horizontal boring mills which are often compared with turning lathes. While a lathe process the outer diameter or a workpiece, a boring mill works out the inside part. This is why boring milling machines are mostly used to make the existing hole bigger or complete the drilled hole. In doing so, it amazingly performs three crucial functions namely, concentration, straightness, and proper sizing. Except when the inside part of the workpiece comes in a standard size, the drilling and reaming are usually followed by boring to ensure that proper sizing is created for the hole.
TOS boring mills are very flexible in that they can be used to form any size of a diameter within the mill’s work envelope. Typically, the size of the working envelope is a lot bigger than it can be machined on other machines. Longer machine tools tend to either deflect or wander while boring mills are more capable of making sure that the original hole is correct and straight. This is so since the cutting tool of a boring milling machine can be moved straight along the ways. Also, the spindle is also highly able to go as far as it can into the cavity.
Finally, TOS boring mills are also capable of ensuring that the cylinder has the same thickness as that with its length. This ensures that there is a concentration between the outside and inside of the part being machined. When it comes to machine type, there are two major ones according to their spindle’s orientation: vertical and horizontal. Between them, the horizontal boring machines seem to be more popular. They are specially designed to work with relatively large pieces of parts that are irregular, can’t be rotated easily, and are required to be machined on many surfaces. Thanks to the machine’s setup which allows the worktable to traverse across and along the bed.
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