The need to drill straight and precisely shaped holes has been with manufacturers since the very beginnings of industry. Ever since the introduction of hand guns and rifles, the precision benchmark has been set high for deep hole drilling. Even todaywww.cechina.cn, these drilling systems are often referred to as “gun drills” because gun and rifle manufacturing was one of the first applications to require ultra high drill precision.
        Gun drill technology has moved into many other industries, such as the automotive控制工程网版权所有, aerospacewww.cechina.cn, and medical industries – basically any application that requires precision holes. Kays Engineering, located in Marshall, MO, is a major provider of high precision deep hole drilling systems and leads by providing the best new technology solutions for the modernized version of an age-old manufacturing challenge. With end users located in North America and around the worldwww.cechina.cn, Kays Engineering must remain at the forefront of automation technology to meet the extremely high precision requirements and diverse drilling needs of its increasingly international customer base.

        The DeHoff gun drill from Kays Engineering now features a Beckhoff Control system with the CX1010 embedded PC. The controls cost well over 50% less than the machine's previous PLC-based system. Source: Beckhoff Engineering

        Kays Engineering has two well-established deep hole drilling systems in its Eldorado and DeHoff machine families. The main difference between the DeHoff and Eldorado lines is drill size. The Eldorado line is the smaller of the two with drill diameters up to ¾-inch. The DeHoff drill sizes have a much larger range. In contrast to the Eldorado line of machines, the DeHoff line tightly incorporates control of the coolant system控制工程网版权所有, fixturing system控制工程网版权所有, automation system and many other optiona