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Railroad Industry Uses Kays Engineering Boring Technology

Custom DeHoff 3060 boring machine features Beckhoff CNC controls and 40-horsepower spindle motor with 4-speed gearbox to meet rigorous material-removal requirements. Workpiece loading and fixturing can also be customized.

Posted: June 9, 2020

Kays Engineering designed and manufactured the DeHoff 3060 boring machine to bore the bottom housing of a rail car hopper bin. The Missouri-based machine builder also customized a workpiece loading and fixturing system.

Designed and manufactured by Kays Engineering Inc. (Marshall, MO), DeHoff deep hole drilling and boring machines feature steel box ways and hand-scraped mating components instead of less-expensive linear guide ways and milled surfaces to provide superior vibration damping, extended tool life, and improved surface finish.

Designed for boring the bottom housing of a rail car hopper bin, the single-axis DeHoff 3060 boring machine is used in the railroad manufacturing supply chain. Kays also designed a custom workpiece loading and fixturing system specifically for the customer’s unique part.

The machine provides a maximum boring capacity of 3 inches (76.2 mm) and maximum boring depth of 60 inches (1,524 mm). To meet the rigorous material- removal requirements, the cutting tool is powered by a 40-horsepower spindle motor with a 4-speed gearbox. The machine features Beckhoff CNC controls with G-code programming capability.

www.kays-dehoff.com

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