National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST)

Balochistan Campus (NBC), Department of Civil

Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENDINEERING

ASSIGNMENT # 01
“LATHE MACHINE”

 SUBMITTED TO
SIR NAZARABBAS
 SUBMITTED BY
MUHAMMAD AASHAN WASEEM
 CMS ID
 333713

 Date:26– November-2020

LATHE MACHINE:-
DEFINTION: - lathe is a machine, which removes the metal from a piece of
work to the required shape and size.

Lathe is one of the most important machine tools in the metal working
industry. A lathe operates on the principle of a rotating work piece and a
fixed cutting tool.

The cutting tool is feed into the work piece, which rotates about its own axis

Lathe machine is also known as “The mother of the entire tool family”.

Function of lathe machine:-

Lathe is to remove excess material in the form of chips by rotating the work
piece against a stationary cutting tool.

MAIN PARTS AND COMPONENTS OF LATHE

MACHINE
Lathe machine is also known as “Centre lathe” because it has two centers
between which the job can be held and rotated.

The main parts of center lathe are:

●Bed:
The main parts of the lathe, all parts are bolted to the bed. It includes
the headstock, tailstock, carriage rails and other parts.

●Head stock:

The headstock is usually located on the left side of the lathe and is equipped
with gears, spindles, chucks, gear speed control levers, and feed
controllers.

●Tail stock:

Usually located on the right side of the lathe, the work piece is
supported at the end.

●Carriage:

The carriage is located between the headstock and the tailstock and
contains apron, saddle, compound rest, cross slide and tool post.

●Lead screw:

The lead screw is used to move the carriage automatically during threading.

●Chip pan:

It is present at the bottom of the lathe. Chip pan is used to collect the chips
that are produced during the lathe operation.

●Hand Wheel:

It is the wheel that is operated by hand to move a cross slide, carriage,

tailstock and other parts that have hand wheel.
●Apron:

An apron is a house of the feed mechanism. It is fastened to the saddle and

hangover in front of the bed.

●Chuck:

Chuck is used to holding the workpiece securely.

 LATHE OPERATIONS
1) Facing: To produce a flat surface at the end of the work piece or for
making face grooves. Cutting tool is moved perpendicular to the axis of
rotation of chuck.
2) Turning: To remove material from the outside diameter of a work piece
to obtain a finished surface. Cutting tool is moved along the axis of rotation
of chuck.

3)Boring: To enlarge a hole or cylindrical cavity made by a previous process

or to produce circular internal grooves.

4) Drilling: To produce a hole on the work piece.

5)Reaming: To finishing the drilled hole.

6) Threading: To produce external or internal Threads on the work piece.

7)Knurling: To produce a regularly shaped roughness on the work piece.

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