- Boring machine
Boring machine may refer to:
# Machine forboring (mechanical) holes. In1775 , John Wilkinson invented a new kind of boring machine.
#Tunnel boring machine
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boring machine — Metalworking. a machine for boring holes in which the cutter is rotated, usually about a horizontal axis. * * * Machine tool for producing smooth and accurate holes in a workpiece by enlarging existing holes with a cutting tool, which may bear a… … Universalium
boring machine — noun : a machine essentially like a drill press but designed primarily for boring holes in wood with an auger bit * * * Metalworking. a machine for boring holes in which the cutter is rotated, usually about a horizontal axis … Useful english dictionary
Tunnel boring machine — A tunnel boring machine that was used at Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository A tunnel boring machine (TBM) also known as a mole , is a machine used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross section through a variety of soil and rock strata.… … Wikipedia
Microtunnel boring machine — Microtunnel Boring Machines (MTBM) are used for microtunneling.They are very similar to tunnel boring machines but on a smaller scale. These machines generally vary from 24” to 60” but smaller and larger machines have existed. The main… … Wikipedia
machine tool — machine tooled, adj. a power operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances. [1860 65] * * * Stationary, power driven machine used to cut, shape, or form materials such as metal and wood. Machine… … Universalium
Boring (disambiguation) — Boring is an adjective describing something that causes boredom.Boring may also refer to: *Boring (mechanical), a mechanical engineering term referring to the formation of a cylindrical hole in a solid material **Tunnel boring machine (TBM) and… … Wikipedia
Boring (mechanical) — In machining, boring is the process of enlarging a hole that has already been drilled (or cast), by means of a single point cutting tool (or of a boring head containing several such tools), for example as in boring a cannon barrel. Boring is used … Wikipedia
machine — machineless, adj. /meuh sheen /, n., v., machined, machining. n. 1. an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work: a sewing machine. 2. a mechanical apparatus or contrivance;… … Universalium
boring mill — noun Etymology: boring (I) : a large machine tool essentially a lathe but commonly with rotating work table, fixed cutting tools, and a vertical axis * * * Metalworking. a machine for boring large holes in heavy work, having a table on which the… … Useful english dictionary
Machine Man — Superherobox| caption=The two identities of Machine Man Aaron Stack (foreground) and Machine Man (background). Art by Brandon Peterson. comic color=background:#ff8080 character name=Machine Man real name=X 51 publisher=Marvel Comics debut= 2001:… … Wikipedia
