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Deep Hole Drilling – Industries and Typical Applications

Explore how Precihole’s deep hole drilling and hole finishing solutions serve 150+ applications across 20+ industries—from defense and medical to oil & gas, aerospace, automotive, and more.

Deep Hole Drilling – Industries and Typical Applications

Precihole Machine Tools is India’s leading manufacturer of deep hole drilling and hole finishing solutions, with over 30 years of focused expertise in this niche. What sets Precihole apart is its ability to engineer custom solutions tailored to highly specific applications—across more than 150 unique use cases spanning 20+ industries.

Our solutions are trusted globally for delivering precision, reliability, and performance in the most demanding manufacturing environments. Here’s a look at the major industries where deep hole drilling is critical—and the typical applications we support.

Defense & Firearm Industry

  • Gun Barrels
  • Artillery Gun Barrels
  • Breech Blocks
  • Shells
  • Track Shoes

Deep hole drilling is essential for weapon-grade barrel manufacturing, ensuring straightness, surface finish, and durability under high stress.

Medical Implants and Devices

  • Orthopedic Implants
  • Bone Screws

Precision drilling ensures high surface finish and accuracy—critical for implants that must integrate with the human body.

Automotive

  • Fuel Rails
  • Pump Barrels
  • Fuel Nozzles
  • Shocker Tubes
  • Crankshafts
  • Piston Pins / Gudgeon Pins

Used extensively to produce accurate bores for fluid flow and motion transmission components.

Tool Making

  • Boring Bars
  • Honing Mandrels
  • Slitting Blades (Rectangular)

Deep holes are needed for tool cooling or component balance and rigidity.

Aerospace

  • Landing Gear Shafts
  • Cylinders from Solid Shafts
  • Structural Aluminum Components

High-precision holes are required for structural integrity and fluid control.

Generator Manufacturing

  • Engine Housings (Oil Gallery Holes)
  • Connecting Rods
  • Camshafts
  • Rocker Arm Shafts

Critical for lubricating system efficiency and performance in power systems.

Die & Mold

  • Cooling Holes in Mold Bases & Plates
  • Ejector Pins and Sleeves

Deep hole drilling enhances mold cooling performance and tool longevity.

Nuclear

  • Nuclear Fuel Rods
  • Tube Sheets

Highly precise drilling is needed for safety-critical, high-pressure components.

Oil & Gas

  • Shafts
  • Collars
  • Downhole Tools

Used for drilling and exploration tools where durability and depth accuracy are crucial.

Injection Molding

  • Single and Twin Bore Screw Barrels
  • Screw Central Holes

Used in plasticizing components that demand high-pressure flow control.

Glass Molds

  • Cooling Channels in Mold Blocks

Improves thermal management in mold tooling for better product quality.

Graphite Heat Exchangers

  • Graphite Blocks and Cylinders

Deep holes aid in heat transfer channeling for chemical processing equipment.

Automotive (Tractors)

  • Transmission Shafts
  • Intermediate & OPT Shafts
  • Crankcases

Heavy-duty vehicle parts demand high mechanical accuracy and repeatability.

Aluminum Smelting Plants

  • Electrode Drilling

Precision bores for conductivity and current flow.

Printing Machines

  • Printing Rolls

Drilled for cooling channels and rotational balance.

Steel Plants

  • Drive Rolls
  • Idler Rolls
  • Conveyor Rolls
  • High Tension Bolts

Used in rolling and conveyance systems requiring load endurance.

Power Transmission

  • Copper Electrodes
  • Stainless Steel Pins & Hooks

Specialized parts for electricity and mechanical transmission.

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