Industries are large hub or a backbone for many since ideas are transformed into a reality only here. Industrial machine is one of the primary resources of any industry so that they can produce products and deliver to its customers.

In every industry shaping, slotting and planning tasks are performed. Work item is processed on different types of machines to get a desirable product. Work item may range in small, medium, big, light and heavy category; kind of machine required does not only depend upon the kind of of but also the movability of a work item. Cutting, shedding and shaping and finishing are the major tasks.

Cutting of metal machine can be categorized into three types Shaper, Planer and Slotter.

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A Slotting machine is also eligible to introduce as shapper machine. The slotting machine is very much similar to a shaping machine in many ways, except that the ram which moves up and down in the vertical direction. Hence we can also call it vertical shaper. This machine is quite useful for making square shaped holes, keyways for fitting, cutting additional materials etc. Here cutting actions are performed in a vertical direction.

Basically, a slotting machine is used for performing below tasks on huge and difficult to handle work items.

1. Punching holes
2. Cutting groves
3. Making slots
4. Cutting internal and external gears.
5. Cutting keyways

How different kinds of Slotting machines works

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