The invention relates to a
machining method of a group of holes in a large-sized
metal tube plate. The
machining method is used to manufacture
metal tube plates for large-sized reaction vessels and heat exchangers in the
petroleum and chemical industries. The
machining method includes: 1, making a drilling procedure according to a design drawing, clamping the tube plate on a CNC (computer
numerical control) boring and milling
machine (or a CNC drilling
machine, similarly hereafter), starting the CNC boring and milling
machine, entering the drilling procedure, machining guide holes for all tube holes in the tube plate; 2, placing the tube plate flat on a support, with the guide holes facing up, adjusting the support to keep the surface of the tube plate horizontal, and firmly clamping the tube plate; placing three radial
drilling machines outside the periphery of the tube plate, using each radial drilling
machine to machine each 120-degree range of the tube holes in the tube plate, and using the three radial
drilling machines to
drill and ream the tube holes in the tube plate until a group of holes is obtained. The machining method has the advantages that machining of the group of holes in the large-sized
metal tube plate is achieved with the CNC boring and milling machine (or the CNC drilling machine) and the radial
drilling machines, equipment cost is low, work efficiency is high, and machining cost is low.