Lathe Machine Operation

INTRODUCTION A lathe is a machine tool which turns cylindrical material, touches a cutting tool to it, and cuts the material. The lathe is one of the machine tools most well used by machining .

Lathe machine simple Fig

CNC Lathe Machine

Parts of Lathe Machine

Headstock Spindle with chuck Tool Rest Lock Knob Tailstock Bed Spindle Speed Selector Carriage Dead Center Clutch Longitudinal & Transverse Feed Control Cross Slide

 As shown in Figure 2, a material is firmly fixed to the chuck of a lathe. The lathe is switched on and the chuck is rotated. And since the table which fixed the byte can be moved in the vertical direction, and the right-and-left direction by operating some handles shown in Fig. 3. It touches a byte's tip into the material by the operation, and make a mechanical part.

Fig.2, Chucking of Material Fig.3, Handles of a Lathe

Three Important Elements

Rotating Speed Cutting Depth Sending Speed (Feed) A beginner of a lathe must operate with low rotating speed, small cutting depth and low sending speed.

Fig.4, Three Important Elements

Cutting Tools for Lathe

Lathe Machining Operations

DRILLING DRILL PRESS FACING HONING BROACHING THREADING

TAPPING TURNING KNURLING BORING

Drilling
Drilling allows a person to make holes through boards, metals, and other materials.

Boring
Boring is an operation to enlarge and finish holes accurately. This may be done on a lathe or a milling machine.

Tapping
Tapping is the process of cutting a thread inside a hole so that a cap screw or bolt can be threaded into the hole. Also, it is used to make threads on nuts.

Turning
Turning is a lathe operation in which the cutting tool removes metal from the outside diameter of a workpiece.

Threading
Single point threading is a lathe operation used for creating internal / external precision machined threads with a single point tool.

Knurling
Griping the piece of any metal is calleed knurling

Facing
Facing is a lathe operation in which the cutting tool removes metal from the end of the workpiece or a shoulder.

Drill Press
A machine designed to hold drill bits which will produce cylindrical holes.

Broaching
Broaching is an operation that completes the cutting in one stroke or cut.

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