What types of workpieces are vertical honing machines primarily suitable for processing?

Honing machines are mostly semi-automatic, often equipped with automatic measuring devices, and can also be integrated into automated production lines. Besides honing machines for machining holes, there are also honing machines for machining other surfaces, such as external cylindrical honing machines, bearing raceway honing machines, surface honing machines, and curved surface honing machines. Newer honing machines often use hydraulically expanding and contracting honing heads.

Vertical honing machines have a shorter spindle stroke, making them suitable for honing cylinder bodies and housing bores. The honing head, inlaid with honing stones, is driven to rotate by the vertically mounted spindle and simultaneously performs a vertical reciprocating feed motion under the drive of a hydraulic device. Horizontal honing machines have a longer working stroke, suitable for honing deep holes, up to 3000 mm deep. Horizontally mounted honing machines do not rotate, only perform axial reciprocating motion. The workpiece is rotated by the spindle, and the machine bed has a central support for the workpiece and a guide frame for supporting the honing rod. During processing, the honing stones in the honing head are radially fed under the action of an expansion and contraction mechanism, gradually machining the workpiece to the required dimensions.