MACHINING & MANUFACTURING

TECHNOLOGY
(MEC2006)

VIT AP UNIVERSITY
Planing machine
Differences between planing
machines from shaping machines
PLANING MACHINE PARTS

➢ Bed
➢ Table
➢ Column
➢ Cross rail
➢ Tool head
Tool and Applications
 Types of Planning Machine
Planers are generally divided into 5 types:

 Double Housing Planer

 Open Side Planer
 Divide Table Planer
 Pit Type Planer
Divide table type Planer
 Pit Type Planer
 A pit type planer differs from other planer in
the sense that, the table and the work piece
resting on it remain stationary and the tool
reciprocates across the work surface.
 This type of machine is preferred for very large
work, where the weight of the work piece and
the tool required table would make
reciprocating movement difficult. The job is
either mounted on a stationary table, or on the
floor inside a pit, and hence the name pit type
planer.
 One or two tool heads can be mounted on the
cross rail and two side tool posts the housings,
if required.
 The entire unit travels along the horizontal ways and fro and, thus the tool moves
past the work surface during operation.
Operations

Planning flat horizontal surfaces.

Planning vertical surfaces.

Planning at an angle and machining dovetails.

Planning slots and grooves.

 Planning vertical surface:-
• The vertical surface of a work is planed by
adjusting the saddle horizontally along the
cross rail until the tool is in a position to
give the required depth of cut.
• The vertical slide is adjusted perpendicular
to the planer table and the apron is
swiveled in a direction so that the tool will
swing clear out of the machined surface
during the return stroke.
 Planning angular surface:-
 For dovetail work , cutting v –
grooves etc. the tool head is
swiveled to the required angle and
the apron is then further swiveled
away from the work to give relief
to the tool cutting edges during the
return stroke.
Machining of a machine bed in planning machine
Machining of a machine bed in planning machine