If you recentlyhad the opportunity to visit a factory that manufactures table legs, you musthave come across sliding head lathes.
Lathes are essentially machines or tools with the help of which metal, wood or
other some other types of materials are shaped with the help of a rotating
drive that turns the piece being worked against cutting tools. Lathes are of
different kinds and though CNC (Computer Numerical Controlled) lathes have
gained immense popularity lately, other kinds of lathes are also widely used.
Metal lathes are
those machines which are used to shape metals. The above mentioned CNC lathes
are being used widely to shape metals. These lathes are advantageous because of
their simple method of operation and setting. These lathes are intended to make
use of modern carbide tool and the modern processes are completely used.
Another kind of
metal lathe is the centre lathe which is also known as the engine lathe. A lot
of entrepreneurs consider the centre lathe as the basis for metal lathe and
they are used by most machinists.
There is also
the capstan lathe which is popularly referred to as the ram-style turret lathe.
This kind of lathe can be essentially described as a manufacturing machine
which consists of the basic features of a lathe machine and also the capstan
style tailstock.
The turret lathe
is a manufacturing tool which is similar to the capstan lathe in appearance.
However, the turret slides on the bed and is not fixed.
Combination lathes
introduce milling and drilling operations in the lathe plan.
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