Rigibore’s digital adjustment system, Smartbore allows the precise setting of fine-boring tools without the need to unclamp/clamp, thereby eliminating the negative impact of conventional tool adjustment.

“On many high-value components, the difference between perfect and scrap is often a matter of microns; scrap parts are expensive in terms of material and the loss of valuable machining time, impacting heavily on a company’s bottom line,” says Roger Bassett, chairman of Rigibore. “Until now, the conventional method of fine adjustment meant unclamping the boring tool, making the adjustment, re-clamping and taking a test cut. This process requires skilled operators, is time consuming and is never guaranteed to give you a true size adjustment, meaning further test cuts or, worse, scrap parts.”
Rigibore’s design sees Smartbore tools positively pre-loaded in the opposite direction to the cutting force. The result is that accurate adjustment, by as small a movement as 0.001 mm on diameter, is achieved with no measurable backlash. This rigid design allows operators to ‘plug and play’ by inserting the handheld Smartbore adjuster, delivering incremental diameter changes and then removing the adjuster to guarantee right-first-time precision.
The Smartbore adjuster displays the adjustment reading on the LCD, allowing fine tolerances to be set by operators of all skill and experience levels. Tools can therefore be quickly and accurately adjusted in the machine spindle with minimum downtime and in the knowledge that the adjustment requested is the adjustment made.
Smartbore can be applied to a range of designs, including finishing cartridges and a boring head known as Smartbore Nano.
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