ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
PRODUCTION ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Fourth Year

Static Acceptance Test

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Ahmed Ramadan Ahmed Saad

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ID: 7
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 3

1.1 Types of Lathe Machine ....................................................................................................... 3

2. Center Lathe ................................................................................................................................ 4

3. Problem Definition...................................................................................................................... 4

3.1 Straightness ........................................................................................................................... 4

3.2 Parallelism............................................................................................................................. 5

4. Selection of Measuring Instruments ........................................................................................... 6

5. Measuring Setup ......................................................................................................................... 6

List of Figures

Figure 1: Working Principle of Lathe Machine .............................................................................. 3

Figure 2: Principle Components of Center Lathe ........................................................................... 4
Figure 3: Straightness Tolerance .................................................................................................... 5
Figure 4: Parallelism Tolerance ...................................................................................................... 5

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 Static Acceptance Test
1. Introduction
Lathe is one of the most versatile and widely used machine tools all over the world. It is commonly
known as the mother of all other machine tool. The main function of a lathe is to remove metal
from a job to give it the required shape and size. The job is secure1y and rigid1y held in the chuck
or in between centers on the lathe machine and then turn it against a single point cutting tool which
wi1l remove meta1 from the job in the form of chips. Fig.1 shows the working principle of lathe.
An engine lathe is the most basic and simplest form of the lathe. It derives its name from the early
lathes, which obtained their power from engines. Besides the simple turning operation as described
above, lathe can be used to carry out other operations also, such as drilling, reaming, boring, taper
turning, knurling, screw thread cutting, grinding etc.

Figure 1: Working Principle of Lathe Machine

1.1 Types of Lathe Machine

 Speed lathe
 Centre or engine lathe
 Bench lathe
 Tool room Lathe
 Capstan and Turret 1athe
 Special purpose lathe

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2. Center Lathe
This lathe is the important member of the lathe family and is the most widely used. Similar to the
speed lathe, the engine lathe has all the basic parts, e.g., bed, headstock, and tailstock. But its
headstock is much more robust in construction and contains additional mechanism for driving the
lathe spindle at multiple speeds. An engine lathe is shown in Fig.2. Unlike the speed lathe, the
engine lathe can feed the cutting tool both in cross and longitudinal direction with reference to the
lathe axis with the help of a carriage, feed rod and lead screw. Centre lathes or engine lathes are
classified according to methods of transmitting power to the machine. The power may be
transmitted by means of belt, electric motor or through gears.

Figure 2: Principle Components of Center Lathe

3. Problem Definition
3.1 Straightness
Straightness is a condition in which the element of a surface or centerline is a straight line. A
straightness tolerance specifies a tolerance zone within which' the considered element of the
surface or centerline must lie. A straightness tolerance is applied to the view where the elements
to be controlled are represented by a straight line.

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 Figure 3: Straightness Tolerance

3.2 Parallelism
Parallelism is the condition of a surface equidistant at all points from a datum plane. A parallelism
tolerance for a flat I surface specifies a tolerance zone defined by two planes or lines parallel to a
datum plane or axis. The line elements of the surface must lie within this.

Figure 4: Parallelism Tolerance

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4. Selection of Measuring Instruments

Scale Value Range Range Limits

Instrument
(Unit) (Unit) (Unit)

5. Measuring Setup