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Operations that create or widen/improve round holes
Hole processing methods are, for example:
- Twist drilling
- Coarse and fine boring
- Reaming
- Honing
- Threading
Boring
Honing
Abrasive machining where a tool consisting of a number of abrasive stones is scrubbed along the inner wall of a hole
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Reaming
Twist drilling