This section provides an overview for reamers as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 31 reamer manufacturers and their company rankings. Here are the top-ranked reamer companies as of November, 2024: 1.Grizzly Industrial(R), Inc., 2.Guhring, Inc., 3.Reed Manufacturing Co..
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Reamers are tools used for finishing in hole drilling.
In hole drilling, a pre-hole with a smaller diameter than the target hole is first drilled with a cutting tool such as a drill. Reamers are used to finish the hole to the hole size and surface accuracy specified in the design.
Reamers are tools used for drilling holes, but they cannot drill holes by themselves. It is only a tool for finishing the pre-drilled hole.
Reamers are widely used in holemaking, where high machining accuracy is required. Machining accuracy here refers to hole diameter, roundness, cylindricity, and surface roughness of the machined hole surface. Examples include the machining of sliding parts of machine parts and holes into which guide pins and positioning pins of dies are inserted.
Manufacturing parts that require such high machining accuracy holes include automobile and aircraft parts, molds, electronic parts and nozzles.
Reamers generally consist of a cylindrical or conical shaft with six to eight cutting blades around its periphery. The blades on the periphery are rotated by machine or manually to prepare the size and surface of the hole by shaving the sides of the hole to be drilled.
A drill has a cutting edge at the tip, which is pressed against the work surface while rotating the drill. Reamers have cutting edges only on the sides of the cylinder, not on the tip.
The amount of shavings that the reamer processes from the bottom hole is very small, less than 0.5 mm in diameter, even for a hole of about 50 mm in diameter. Depending on the diameter of the hole and the material to be finished, it is necessary to drill a pre-hole with an appropriate diameter to achieve an appropriate margin.
There are several types of reamers, depending on their purpose and usage.
Typical types are as follows:
Hand reamers are reamers used to finish holes by hand rather than with a drilling machine or other power-driven machine. The shank, or the part that grips the tool, is straight and the tip is square. This rectangular part is gripped by a tool with a handle, and the hand reamer is rotated by hand.
Chucking Reamers are used on lathes, drilling machines, and screw machines. There are two types of chucking reamers depending on the shape of the shank: straight shank chucking reamers and tapered shank chucking reamers.
Reamers also have a chamfer-like shape at the tip that serves as a guide when starting machining. This part is called the bite area, and the angle of inclination is called the bite angle. The bite angle of a hand reamer is about 1°, which is very small, while the bite angle of a chucking reamer is about 45°.
Machine reamers, like chucking reamers, are attached to machines. The same is true for machine reamers, which are available with straight or tapered shanks. The difference from chucking reamer is that the length of the blade is longer.
Taper reamers are used to finish tapered holes. Tapered holes include holes for taper pins used to join two or more parts, and tapered holes for attaching cutting tools and other tools to the rotating shafts of drills, milling machines, and other processing machinery.
A spiral reamer is a reamer that facilitates the discharge of chips produced by machining. Specifically, the blade is not straight but twisted into a spiral shape.
In addition, spiral reamers can finish the surface roughness of the hole sides to a low level. They are used in automotive and aircraft parts, especially in areas where hole positioning accuracy is important.
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Guhring, Inc. is an American manufacturer of round shank cutting tools established in 1978 as a subsidiary of German company Guhring KG, which was originally founded in 1898. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wisconsin, the company produces various taps, end mills, drills, and reamers, as well as tool holders and countersinks. These are utilized in the manufacturing and engineering processes of clients in the industrial sector, including tool and mold making, power generation, and construction. Guhring, Inc. owns over 1,000 patents, and produces more than 40,000 different cutting tools that it distributes via other subsidiaries in the Guhring KG network.
Grizzly Industrial Inc. was established in 1983 and has its headquarters in Bellingham, Washington, United States. The company is a major supplier of everything metal and woodworking machinery and accessories. Grizzly Industrial provides machinery and accessories direct to customers at great prices, and thus eliminate the system of middleman markups. The company has a vast distribution network across the United States and a 38,000 square feet showroom in Springfield Missouri.
Star Cutter Company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The company is an ISO 9001:2015 certified manufacturer of tool grinders, and precision cutting tools, and a provider of tool services. The company’s tool grinding machines include the small-footprint NXT Tool Grinder and the scalable UTG Series Broach Grinder. The company’s precision cutting tools include bits, blanks, and preforms. The company also offers tool services including round tool reconditioning, gear tool resharpening, and tool engineering services. Tool engineering includes the design and manufacture of all aspects of tools from materials to size to coating.
Star SU, LLC was established in 1927 and is based in Chicago as a manufacturer of cutting tools and supplier of tool services. The company offers gear-cutting machine tools that have patent designs exclusive to them. Their selection of machines for this purpose includes Vertical Hobbing, Chamfer/Deburring, and Scudding Machines. The cutting tool category includes Gundrills, Carbide drills and Reamers, and PCD tools and the tool management services provided by the company cover all procedures required for tool resharpening and reconditioning. The industries served by Star SU LLC. include automotive, mining, oil & gas, aerospace, and many.
Bruwiler Precise Sales Co., Inc, founded in 1962, is a distributor of carbide cutting tools such as boring tools, rill & end mills, countersinks, reamers, and burrs. Miscellaneous items such as drill bushings, specialty lightbulbs, edge finders, instant thumb screws, and rotating & no-rotating drill corks are supplied to the construction, mechanical, industrial, manufacturing, and electronics industries. The company in Van Nuys, CA, receives the tools from vendors such as Anilam Digital Readout Systems, All American Bushing Company, Diatest Small Bore Gages, Gerstner Tool Chests, and Tesa Measuring Instruments.
Reed Manufacturing was founded in 1896 in Erie, Pennsylvania. Reed Manufacturing is a distributor of pipe tools and vises for professional trades. Product lines include cutters & cutter wheels, pipe cutters, large diameter pipe tools, plastic pipe tools, water services tools, threaders & dies, test pumps & groovers, vises, wrenches, and general pipe working tools. New product lines include cordless pipe bevelers, pipe beveler adapter heads, cordless power drives, cordless water transfer pumps, oiler systems, rachet wrenches, utility clutches, pipe end prep tools, and squeeze tools.
Husqvarna AB is a Swedish manufacturer of outdoor power products, including chainsaws, lawnmowers, and garden tools. The company, which operates in more than 100 countries, was founded in 1689 and is headquartered in Huskvarna, Sweden. Its main activity is the design, development, and manufacturing of outdoor power products. The company also offers a wide range of services, such as repairs, parts, and training. Husqvarna's products are used by a wide range of customers, including homeowners, professionals, and commercial businesses.
Paul Horn GmbH - HORN has been a manufacturer of grooving tools and precision grooving technology since 1969, headquartered in Luxembourg, Europe. The company deals in cutting tools for milling processes, turning operations, broaching, gear cutting, and more, and also offers tooling systems, modular and quick-change tool holders, and custom solutions for applications that require precision cutting. For example, one of the products known as Supermini is designed for machining complex contours with small diameters and for various other applications in the automotive, chemicals, aerospace, medical, and tool and mold-making industries.
SECO, founded in Fagersta, Sweden is a supplier of metal cutting solutions for milling, stationary tools, holemaking and tooling systems. The company's product portfolio includes cutting tools, including drills, end mills, reamers, and inserts, CNC machining centers, Laser Cutting Systems, Waterjet Cutting Machines and Abrasive Cutting Tools. The company serves industries such as Oil and Gas, Aerospace and Defense, Automotive and Transportation, Construction, and Power Generation. The company provides services such as Product Selection Guidance, Engineering Support, and Custom Manufacturing.
Tregaskiss, an ITW company, established in 1929 and located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, is a manufacturer of automated welding solutions. The company is a subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW), a diversified multinational company, manufacturing engineered components, assemblies and systems. Its range of products includes semi-automatic and robotic MIG guns designed for automated welding, fixed automatic torches, and welding consumables tailored for industrial welding applications. Its brand names include TOUGH GUN Robotic MIG Guns and Peripherals, and TOUGH GARD Anti-Spatter Products.
NIKKEN KOSAKUSHO WORKS, LTD.- was founded in 1958 and is a manufacturer of machine tool attachments and industrial tools based in Daito, Osaka, Japan. The company manufactures various products such as NC tooling system, CNC rotary table, carbide PF radical mill reamer, conventional milling chuck, and tool ID management system. The products are distributed to various countries such as United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, and Sweden. The company has participated in various exhibitions, including Mechatronics Technology Japan (MECT) 2023.
Eikosha Co. Ltd., founded in 1950 and headquartered in Ota-ku, Tokyo, is a manufacturer of precision cutting tools. The company specializes in producing reamers, cutters, and end mills with a portfolio of over 40,000 standard tools. It provides customized tool services, creating cutting tools from CAD prints or sketches to meet specific client needs. Its capabilities also include crafting tools from carbide and HSS, ensuring precision and repeatability for every design. Its product lines, such as the Eikosha series, cater to various industrial machining applications. The company exports globally, reaching markets across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Urma AG, established in 1962 and headquartered in Rupperswil, Switzerland, is a precision tool, CNC center, and tool accessory developer, manufacturer, and B2B distributor. The company's primary products include a precision quick-change system for milling tools, performance drilling tools, and modular system-independent fine boring tools. It also produces modular boring tools, vibration damper tools, and performance reamers. The company also supplies the design and manufacturing of application-optimized special tools for machining bores.
LMT Tools has been a manufacturer of precision tools since 1908 and is headquartered in Germany. The company specializes in the development and production of precision tools for various industries such as milling and threading tools for different materials, rolling systems, gear cutting tools such as hobs, shaper cutters, shaving cutters, and skiving tools. It also offers high-precision reaming tools with shrink-fit systems, tool holders, and more to serve the automotive, aerospace, medical, and general engineering sectors.
HTT - Centro Affilatura S.r.l., established in 1982 and headquartered in Italy, is a manufacturer of solid-carbide cutting tools. The company specializes in patented solutions for one-shot and one-up applications on composites + metal stacks for Boeing and Airbus programs. Its products include tools for hole making, milling, and other cutting applications tailored for materials like Titanium, Aluminum, and Inconel. The company offers customizable solutions, including tool coating, grinding, and tool-room management, ensuring optimized machining processes for its clients in the aerospace and automotive sectors.
Cogsdill Tool Products, Inc., established in 1914 and headquartered in Camden, South Carolina, United States, is a manufacturer specializing in precision tools. The company's precision tools are designed for various production processes, including burnishing, deburring, and recessing tools. Other offerings include precision reamers, boring tools, and setting fixtures for accurate and fast tool adjustments. It further developed the ZX tooling system for automated precision machining on horizontal boring mills. With support from its United Kingdom subsidiary, the company serves various sectors, including the automotive, construction, and oil and gas industries.
Allied Machine & Engineering Corp., is a manufacturer of hole-making and finishing cutting tool systems. The company is founded in 1941, based in in Dover, Ohio. The company product portfolio include drills, porting tools, boring systems, threads, and other accessories. The company caters to automotive, agriculture, aerospace sectors, and more. The company tooling solutions deliver the lowest cost per hole in a wide range of drilling, reaming, burnishing, threading, and boring applications.
Mikron Tool, established in 1998 and headquartered in Agno, Switzerland, is a manufacturer of tungsten carbide cutting tools. The company's products include pilot drilling, chamfering, and reaming, offering solutions for small cutting tool sizes ranging from 0.1 to 8 mm (.004" to .315"). Its tools are used in the automotive, watchmaking, and electronics industries. It distributes micro milling tools from NS Tool Co., Ltd. in the USA, complementing its product lines and specializing in small and minor diameters, starting from 0.01 mm (.0004"). The company has been honored with the Prodex Award for developments in manufacturing and production.
Iscar Ltd. is based in Tefen, Israel, and is a manufacturer of carbide metalworking tools established in 1952 as part of the IMC Group. The company offers its Chamdrill and Multimaster brand drilling and milling products with interchangeable heads for operational efficiency, carbide inserts for increasing precision in metal cutting operations, and conventional end mills for standard applications. The company is QS-9000, ISO 9001:2000, and OHSAS 18001-certified, and mainly serves clients in the industrial manufacturing sector.
GWS Tool Group is a North American-based company that is a vertically integrated manufacturer of highly engineered custom, standard, and modified standard cutting tools primarily servicing the aerospace and defense, automotive, power generation, and medical sectors. The portfolio of the company includes milling, hole making, threading, turning, specialty, and many more products. The company is accredited with the RoHS Statement, Responsible Sourcing Statement, REACH Statement, many ISO certificates from different places, etc. The company provides service in nine states of the USA and Canada.
Proto-cutter Inc. was established in 1991 and is based in Freeport, Illinois, as a manufacturer and supplier of precision cutting tools. Their product portfolio includes reamers, end mills, indexable drills, floating holders, port contour cutters, and custom precision tools. The company also provides reconditioning services to restore original sharpened design features for long-lasting efficiency of the cutting tools. The company provides cutting tool devices manufactured with the latest advanced technology for solving industrial problems.
ISCAR Ltd. is based in Tefen, Israel, and is a manufacturer of metalworking tools and accessories established in 1952 before being acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in 2007. The company’s product lineup includes its Multi-Master branded modular system with interchangeable carbide heads, its Helido branded high feed milling system, and its Chamdrill branded drilling system with interchangeable heads. It also offers its Logiq branded smart cutting tools, and its Nano-mill line of miniature solid carbide end mills. The company’s products are mainly used in the industrial manufacturing sector.
Virax, established in 1920 and headquartered in France, is a manufacturer and supplier of plumbing and pipe tools. The company's product categories include pipe cutters, threading tools, wrenches, among other plumbing and pipe-related equipment such as copper pipe cutters, manual threaders, gas tightness controllers, press-fitting machines, and more. It serves professionals in the plumbing and construction industries with products for precise and efficient pipe cutting, threading, and plumbing tasks, ensuring effective installations and repairs.
Klein Tools is a fifth-generation family-run producer of hand tools founded in 187 and headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Klein Tools sells worldwide directly and through distributors. Klein Tools has a family of companies under its brand including Alco, Civitella, Mumme Tools, Tulmex, and Wattmaster. Klein Tools serves several industries including construction, HVAC/R, plumbing, telecom, municipal, and industrial. Some of the tools Klein Tools produces include non-contact voltage tester bens, multi-bit screwdrivers, digital circuit breaker finders, advanced circuit tracer kits, and multi-bit electronics screwdrivers.
Carmon, established in 1969 and based in Brescia, Italy, is a manfuacturer of precision metalworking tools, inverter welding and plasma cutting machines. The company operates through two independent production plants: one in Castenedolo, focusing on tools, and another in Genoa, devoted to welding machines and plasma cutting machines, which are marketed under the brand Ergus. Its product line includes tools such as endmills, drills, and threaded gauges. Its R&D team is provides tailor-made solutions for customers, including OEM manufacturing and mechanized welding systems.
Hunan Real Tech Superabrasives & Tool, a company located in Hunan, China, is known as the supplier and exporter of CBN inserts, CBN milling cutters, PDC tools & cutters, CBN abrasives, and Diamond materials. The company serves milling industries mainly with hardware products such as solid and coated CBN inserts, PDC Laser cutting, diamond cutting wheels, synthetic diamond grits, CBN micron powders, and various others including carbide tool that are used in super alloy machining, hadneded workpiece turning and milling applications.
Ranking as of November 2024
Derivation MethodRank | Company | Click Share |
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1 | Grizzly Industrial(R), Inc. |
11.6%
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2 | Guhring, Inc. |
8.1%
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3 | Reed Manufacturing Co. |
7.6%
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4 | Star Cutter Company |
7.6%
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5 | Star SU LLC |
6.1%
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6 | Bruwiler Precise Sales Co., Inc |
6.1%
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7 | Proto-Cutter, Inc. |
5.1%
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8 | GWS Tool Group |
4.5%
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9 | Mikron Tool |
3.5%
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10 | LMT TOOLS |
3.5%
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Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the reamer page as of November 2024. Click share is defined as the total number of clicks for all companies during the period divided by the number of clicks for each company.Number of Employees
Newly Established Company
Company with a History
*Including some distributors, etc.
*Including some distributors, etc.
Country | Number of Companies | Share (%) |
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United States of America | 7 | 50.0% |
Sweden | 2 | 14.3% |
Germany | 1 | 7.1% |
Canada | 1 | 7.1% |
Japan | 1 | 7.1% |
Italy | 1 | 7.1% |
China | 1 | 7.1% |
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