Automatic Indexing and Drilling Machine

The ultimatum of this project is to achieve feeding, indexing and drilling from a single input while overcoming the drawbacks of the previously defined machine. This is achieved by using a single input shaft regulating the motion of the drilling machine as well as the indexing mechanism. The foundations of the machine lay in the cam and follower linkage and double ratchet mechanism, which monitor the major operation of drilling and indexing respectively. The machine has a provision to deploy as many numbers of spindles demanded by the operation in a required sequential manner to obtain the most efficient dimensioning at the end of the cycle delivering and abiding to the quality aspect at the same time. With the change in the requirements the respective spindle can be replaced and the feed and indexing can also be altered accordingly, hence giving a fully interchangeable machine. With the introduction of this project, the manual intervention is limited only to the loading and unloading of the work piece.