Drill presses are one the most basic tools found in workshops. They can be of several types, depending on the purpose they are to be used for. For example,they can be lightweight, in order to ensure easy movement; in terms of shifting from one place to another. Likewise, they may also be heavy; and therefore suitable to be permanently installed in factories or workshops.
Thus, although these machines are generally used for making holes in various components, they can be put to several other uses to if additional ‘parts’ are put on them. Similarly, it must also be noted that different varieties of such presses are available in terms of the intensity of the work that they are put to For example, light-weight ‘micro drill presses‘ are used for tasks involving precision, whereas others may be more powerful, where precision may not necessarily be required. There are also other such presses where more than one drill is installed. These are generally called ‘gang drilling machines’. These are used where successive use of the drill is required.
The drills may be adjusted at different levels, or they may have different capacities in terms of force applied on the component which is worked on Therefore, this particular kind is quite effective in terms of utility, as well as economical, considering the aspect of time The ‘multiple spindle’ type could be a variant of this, and can be used specifically when the areas to be worked on by the drills, are located too close to one another. Another type is the ‘radial arm drill press’. As the name suggests, it almost functions like the human ‘arm’.
As such it is able to span a large area, without the need for repositioning the component again and again. Therefore the use of this kind of drill saves both time and energy of the workers. Then there is the ‘upright drill press’, which is used for piercing with a high level of force. Thus it is capable of performing heavy-duty jobs, and are thus frequently required in workshops. However another variant of this type, which is also called the ‘sensitive upright press‘ can be used if the worker using it gets to have a direct feel of how much force is being applied. If no such requirement is there, then the former type will easily suffice. The ‘micro drill press’ is capable of handling small parts. It therefore offers a great deal of accuracy, and can be therefore used on machine parts of relatively small size like chips or processors.
Nowadays even computer-driven presses have come up, which ensure a high degree of precision and hence make the task almost ‘error free’.
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