FINE BORING & JIG

BORING

Boring
Boringis a process in which we enlarge
the already drilled holes. By using boring
process, we can corrects alignment,
location, hole size and give hole a good
finish surface.
The job on which boring process is
commonly used is the large cylinders of
pumps, compressors and engines. In this
machine, the tool is placed on large boring
bar.

Types of boring machines

There are three types of boring
machines which are:
Horizontal boring machine
Vertical boring machine

Horizontal boring machine

In this machine, cutting tool is mounted on the
spindle and can carry easily some cutting tools
like reamer, tap, drill and milling cutter. Spindle is
powered by motor and gear mechanism. In this
machine, table can move in horizontal direction
both in axial and radial direction.

Vertical boring machine

In terms of construction, vertical boring machine
is very similar to lathe machine. But this machine
has vertical workpiece axis rotation.

Jig boring machine

Developed primarily to overcome problem of
accurately locating and producing holes in
precise locations
Very important tool before age of computercontrolled machining centers
Repeatedly position holes to within 20 millionths of
an inch
Has reduced use of jig borers to point, no longer
manufactured

Jig boring machine is the modified form of vertical

boring machine. In this type of machine, there are
high precision bearings which are used to do
precision works and to make jigs and fixtures .

Jig boring is used to accurately enlarge existing holes and make their
diameters highly accurate. Jig boring is used for holes that need to have
diameter and total runout controlled to a high degree.
Typically, a part has holes machined on regular equipment and then the
part is transferred to a dedicated jig boring machine for final operations
on the especially accurate holes.
Jig boring can also maintain high accuracy between multiple holes or
holes and surfaces. Tolerances can be held readily within .005 mm
(0.0002 inches).
Dedicated jig boring machines are designed to machine holes with the
tightest tolerances possible with a machine tool.
When designing a part with holes, it is important to determine what holes
must be jig bored. The reason for this is that jig boring requires extra
time and attention, and the jig boring machine at the machine shop
may have a back log of jobs.
Jig boring can therefore have a big impact on the lead time of a part.

A cross section of a hole being jig

bored is shown below.

 The jig borer was invented to expedite the making of drill jigs,
but it helped to eliminate the need for drill jigs entirely by
making quick precision directly available for the parts that the
jigs would have been created for.
The jig borer was a logical extension of manual machine tool
technology that began to incorporate some then-novel concepts
that would become routine with NC and CNC control, such as:
1. coordinate dimensioning (dimensioning of all locations on the part
from a single reference point);
2. working routinely in "tenths" (ten-thousandths of an inch, 0.0001 inch)
as a fast, everyday machine capability (whereas it formerly was the
exclusive domain of special, time-consuming, craftsman-dependent
manual skills); and
3. circumventing jigs altogether.

Jig boring machine

Precision or Jig boring machine is used in high accuracy

tool-room application.
Different machine components include jigs, fixtures, gauges
etc.
Because of their high precision category they can also be
used in precision co-ordinate measuring machines.
Here the spindle bearing and spindle are constructed with
very high accuracy.
The table is mounted on cross-slide and saddle for
compound movement of the workpiece.
The table can be moved precisely in two mutually
perpendicular directions in a plan perpendicular to the
spindle axis.
Here tolerance upto 0.002mm can me maintained.
These machines are costlier. Hence used only in big
machine shops, where accuracy is required.
These machines are also available with numerical control
system.