Tc 9-524 fundamentals of machine tools

TYPES OF DRILLING MACHINES
There are two types of drilling machines used by
TC 9-524
Reaming, counterboring, and counter-sinking may require
slower speeds than drilling and may not be able to be
performed for all materials on these machines.
maintenance personnel for repairing and fabricating needed
parts: hand-feed or power-feed. Other types of drilling
machines, such as the radial drill press. numerically
controlled drilling machine. multiple spindle drilling
machine, gang drilling machine, and turret drill press, are all
variations of the basic hand and power-feed drilling
machines. They are designed for high-speed production and
industrial shops.
Drilling depth is controlled by a depth-stop mechanism
located on the side of the spindle. The operator of the
machine must use a sense of feel while feeding the cutting
tool into the work. The operator must pay attention and be
alert. to when the drill breaks through the work, because of
the tendency of the drill to grab or snag the workpiece,
Hand-Feed
The hand-feed drilling machines (Figure 4-5) are the
simplest and most common type of drilling machines in use
today. These are light duty machines that are hand-fed by the
operator, using a feed handle. so that the operator is able to
“feel” the action of the cutting tool as it cuts through the
workpiece. These drilling machines can be bench or floor-
mounted. They are driven by an electric motor that turns a
drive belt on a motor pulley that connects to the spindle
pulley. Hand-feed machines are essentially high-speed
machines and are used on small workplaces that require
holes 1/2 inch or smaller. Normally, the head can be moved
up and down on the column by loosening the locking bolts.
wrenching it free of its holding device. Due to the high speed
which allows the drilling machine to drill different heights of
of these machines, operations that require drilling speeds less
work.
than 450 revolutions per minute cannot be performed.