Broaching is a process that has been around for about 100 years, and it is so useful and so valuable, that it appears poised to be in use for another century or so. It makes use of a tool called a broach which consists of a cutting tool that has many different rows of teeth,…
A broach is a tool that is equipped with teeth that are used to remove specific materials from a larger object. The broaching process calls for a machine that manipulates the broach, using a single pass to take away unwanted material. Broaching was originally conceived of as a method to machine internal keyways, but its…
Broaching tools are used for the purpose of creating custom parts, and these parts must generally be engineered to a high degree of precision and quality in order to be useful in the industries which demand them. In addition, it is generally necessary to produce a large volume of these parts, so any broaching process…
External broaching comes into play when a customer in an industry such as aerospace, medical, or automotive, requires precision components for some production need, and these components must be produced in great numbers by a manufacturer. In many cases, these precision components are gears or irregularly shaped objects which require broaching services that can apply…
To accomplish internal broaching, it is necessary to create a pre-existing hole in the material being worked on. The internal broach being used would then alter the shape and size of that starter hole into a hole that has a keyway, a spline, and some type of custom design profile, which might be square or…
If someone were to ask you, “What is broaching?” would you be able to answer intelligently? Many people have not heard the term before, or at best are a little foggy about what’s involved, and for everyone else who isn’t quite sure, the following article will describe what broaching is all about, and where it…
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United States PAT. No. 8,061,936 B2 – Broach Shaving Apparatus – Application Serial No: 12/362,864 – Filed: January 30, 2009 – Awarded: November 22, 2011 – Inventor: Boyd K. Allen – Patent Expiration: April 18, 2031
