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Cylinder Reboring Machine and Surface Grinder

Cylinder reboring machines enlarge the diameter of engine cylinders and gun barrels. Different types are used for various applications, such as line boring for construction equipment, tunnel boring for tunnels, and cylinder boring for automobile engines. The machinist will measure an engine cylinder block to check for taper and uneven wear before deciding whether to bore and hone the cylinders or just hone them, which may require new oversized pistons.

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Cylinder Reboring Machine and Surface Grinder

Cylinder reboring machines enlarge the diameter of engine cylinders and gun barrels. Different types are used for various applications, such as line boring for construction equipment, tunnel boring for tunnels, and cylinder boring for automobile engines. The machinist will measure an engine cylinder block to check for taper and uneven wear before deciding whether to bore and hone the cylinders or just hone them, which may require new oversized pistons.

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Cylinder Reboring Machine

By boring, it means a process of increasing the diameter of a hole with the help of a boring head or a single
point cutting tool, like enlarging the diameter of a gun barrel or an engine cylinder. The machinery used for
this purpose are the re-boring machines which are able to make a bore faster with the best possible
surfacing finish.
Different Types of Re-boring Machines and their applications - The various types of re-boring machines,
based on their area of application are as below:
Line boring – This is used to bore holes in large construction projects like cranes and end loaders
Tunnel boring – It is one of the strongest and can bore in the hardest rock as well, it helps to produce a
smooth finish tunnel wall easily
Horizontal boring – These are used in rigid construction purposes
Directional boring – This includes a frame and works on drive mechanism by which the it can be mounted
on the frame
Cylinder boring – These are generally used for re-boring of cylinders in automobile engines
Jig boring – These are used in drilling, boring, and counter-sinking holes in metal work to enlarge the
existing diameter of the holes and thus provide a smooth finish

As the piston goes up and down in the bore, it will wear the cylinder unevenly. This is a result of the load
that is placed on the side of the piston and cylinder wall as the crankshaft swings in its arc of rotation and the
connecting rod changes direction. This is called thrust-side bore wear.

The machinist will first measure the bore and check for taper and concentricity. Based upon his findings, the
decision will be made either to bore and hone the block or just hone the cylinders.
Whenever a block is bored, new over-size pistons will be required. The common over-bores are 0.030, 0.040,
0.060 inch.
Surface Grinder

A Surface Grinder grinds down metal surfaces to be perfectly flat and level. It’s an abrasive machining
process, which uses a grinding wheel which is spinning at high speed to grind away differences in height.
Grinding wheels are usually made of a composite material. This composite is usually some rough or
course aggregate bonded together with a cementing matrix.

The two basic components of a surface grinder, is the grinding wheel and a reciprocating or rotary table.
The table has a work bed which you can clamp down your work piece.

Most surface grinders have a precision to ±0.002mm. However, as you can imagine, this is a highly time
intensive process. The movement of the table can be powered hydraulically or electrically. Most surface
grinders also have some hand adjust dials as well, however, it’s often the case that these are just used for
the initial setup. Most modern Surface grinders are semi-autonomous and can be programmed to grind, to
a certain depth, with a certain number of passes. Once the grinder is setup, it us ually requires very little
operator intervention.

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