Purpose of Honing

Purpose of Honing

Purpose of Honing -

(i) To remove metal. Upto 0'5 mm for primary honing and upto 0'01 mm for secondary or mirror honing.

(ii) To generate size. Limit of accuracy on holes upto 50 mm diameter is 0'005 mm and that on holes between 50 mm and 150 mm diameter is 0'01 mm.

(iii) To generate roundness and straightness.

(iv) To produce any required surface finish. Surface finishes of 0.075 μm CLA can be achieved.