| Process | Drilling |
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Drilling is widely used for making holes.
In drilling the cutting tool is rotated (the speed) and moved (the feed) along its rotating axis. A drilling tool normally has two cutting edges placed at an angle at the end of the drill. A normal point angle for steel drilling is 112 degrees. |
Danish Name
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Boring |
Category
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Reducing processes, Cutting |
Materials
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Metals Plastics |
Competing processes
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Punching (in sheet metal) Laser beam cutting (in sheet metal) Milling (for flat bottom holes) |
Additional info
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Typical drilling operations are drilling, tapping (making threads), counter boring, counter sinking (making a chamfer), reaming (hole finishing) and spot facing. A boring operation is an enlargement of a hole often using a single point cutting tool. |
Keywords
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Hole Cylinder Chamfer |
Photo
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Thomas Nissen (Computer graphics) |
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