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    DRILLS AND REAMERS - SPECIFICATION FOR DIMENSIONS OF REAMERS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1983

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Committees responsible
    Specification
    1. Scope
    2. Nomenclature
    3. Terms and definitions
    4. General dimensions
    5. Cutting dimensions
    6. Hand reamers
    7. Long-flute machine reamers
    8. Machine chucking reamers with Morse taper shanks
    9. Machine chucking reamers with parallel shanks
    10. Shell reamers and their arbors
    11. Parallel shank hand socket reamers for Morse and
         5% metric tapers
    12. Taper shank machine socket reamers for Morse and
         5% metric tapers
    13. Hand taper pin reamers (taper 1 in 50)
    14. Machine taper pin reamers (taper 1 in 50)
    15. Machine bridge reamers with Morse taper shanks
    Appendices
    A. Tolerances for special reamers
    B. Related tolerances extracted from BS4500: Part 1
    C. Reamers with fractional (inch) cutting diameters
    D. Tables of dimensions set out as functions of
         reamer diameter
    Tables
    1. Tolerances on lengths
    2. Hand reamers. Preferred diameters and related
         dimensions
    3. Long-flute machine reamers. Preferred diameters
         and related dimensions
    4. Machine chucking reamers with Morse taper shanks.
         Preferred diameters and related dimensions
    5. Machine chucking reamers with parallel shanks.
         Preferred diameters and related dimensions
    6. Shell reamers with taper bore. Preferred diameters
         and related dimensions
    7. Arbors for shell reamers with taper bore. Dimensions
    8. Parallel shank hand socket reamers for Morse and
         5% metric tapers
    9. Taper shank machine socket reamers for Morse and
         5% metric tapers
    10. Hand taper pin reamers. Dimensions
    11. Machine taper pin reamers with parallel shanks.
         Dimensions
    12. Machine taper pin reamers with Morse taper shanks.
         Dimensions
    13. Machine bridge reamers. Preferred diameters and
         related dimensions
    14. Limits of tolerance f8
    15. Limits of tolerance h9
    16. Limits of tolerance h11
    17. Limits of tolerance h12
    18. Limits of tolerance k11
    19. Limits of tolerance m6
    20. Limits of tolerance H13
    21. Hand reamers (inch series). Preferred diameters
         and related dimensions
    22. Long-flute machine reamers with Morse taper shanks
         (inch series). Preferred diameters and related
         dimensions
    23. Machine chucking reamers with Morse taper shanks
         (inch series). Preferred diameters and related
         dimensions
    24. Machine chucking reamers with parallel shanks
         (inch series). Preferred diameters and related
         dimensions
    25. Shell reamers with taper bore (inch series).
         Preferred diameters and related dimensions
    26. Arbors for shell reamers with taper bore
         (inch series). Dimensions
    27. Hand taper pin reamers (inch series, taper 1 in 48).
         Dimensions
    28. Machine taper pin reamers with Morse taper shanks
         (inch series, taper 1 in 48). Dimensions
    29. Hand reamers. General table
    30. Long-flute machine reamers. General table
    31. Machine chucking reamers with Morse taper shanks.
         General table
    32. Machine chucking reamers with parallel shanks.
         General table
    33. Machine bridge reamers. General table
    Figures
    1. Principle elements of reamers
    2. Entering end of reamers
    3. Transverse section of reamer
    4. Bevel lead and taper lead
    5. Undercut and overcut faces
    6. Lead normal clearances
    7. Taper reamer
    8. Morse taper shank machine bridge reamer
    9. Shell reamer with taper bore
    10. Hand reamer
    11. Hand reamer with long taper lead
    12. Long-flute machine reamer
    13. Machine chucking reamer with Morse taper shank
    14. Machine chucking reamers with parallel shanks
    15. Shell reamer with taper bore
    16. Arbor for shell reamer with taper bore
    17. Parallel shank hand socket finishing reamer
         with straight flutes
    18. Parallel shank hand socket finishing reamer with
         spiral flutes
    19. Taper shank machine socket roughing reamer with
         spiral flutes
    20. Taper shank machine socket finishing reamer with
         straight flutes
    21. Taper shank machine socket finishing reamer with
         spiral flutes
    22. Hand taper pin reamer (taper 1:50)
    23. Machine taper pin reamer with parallel shank
    24. Machine taper pin reamer with Morse taper shank
    25. Machine bridge reamer with Morse taper shank and
         straight flutes
    26. Machine bridge reamer with Morse taper shank and
         helical flutes
    27. Graphical representation of the calculation of
         tolerances for special reamers
    28. Hand reamer
    29. Long-flute machine reamer
    30. Machine chucking reamer with Morse taper shank
    31. Machine chucking reamers with parallel shanks
    32. Shell reamer with taper bore (inch series)
    33. Arbor for shell reamer with taper bore (inch
         series)
    34. Hand taper pin reamer (inch series, taper 1 in 48)
    35. Machine taper pin reamer with Morse taper shank
         (inch series, taper 1 in 48)
    36. Hand reamer
    37. Long-flute machine reamer
    38. Machine chucking reamer with Morse taper shank
    39. Machine chucking reamers with parallel shanks
    40. Machine bridge reamer with Morse taper shank and
         helical flutes

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    Describes the dimensions of commonly used reamers. Covers hand, long-flute machine, machine chucking, shell, socket, hand taper pin, machine taper pin and bridger reamers. A method of calculating tolerances for special reamers is given.

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    Committee MTE/5
    Development Note Supersedes BS 328(1950) and BS 122-2(1964) (07/2004) Supersedes 78/75479 DC (07/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2011. (12/2010)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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