Lathe, Lathe Machine
Know About Lathe Machine and Its Tools
The lathe is an ancient machine tool that was originally developed by the Egyptians around 1300 BC. It was initially used for metal cutting and metal shaping purposes but later on its applications spread to wood turning and glass working too. Today lathe machine stands to be the prime means of various metal shaping, metal turning and wood turning applications in industries. Lathe machines of the modern day are available in automated specifications for fast and smart work and are manufactured according to various standards to meet different work requirements in varied industries. The major applications of lathe machines are confined to power plants, steel rolling mills, tool rooms, ship building, repairing shops, paper mills, workshops, textile, oil and mining industries. Heavy duty lathe machines, extra heavy duty lathe machines, roll turning lathes, heavy duty roll turning lathe machines, light duty lathe machines, all geared lathe machines are some of the commonly used models of lathe machines used for metal and wood working applications in industries.
The lathe machines generally operate by turning the work piece on its axis against a cutting tool that cuts, shapes, drills or deforms the work piece to create an object that is symmetrical about an axis of rotation. Headstock, tailstock, bed and spindle are the most important tools of every kind of lathe machine that enable it perform its material shaping and cutting tasks with efficiency. Bed is the base of lathe machine on which every other part is topped up. At one end of the bed, usually left, is a headstock contains high-precision spinning bearings with horizontal axle called spindle. Spindle is generally a hollow part having interior or exterior threads to which work holding accessories may be mounted to the spindle and motion is provided to the work piece. The work piece is secured between the headstock and tailstock or loose head that can be positioned at any point of bed with the help of locking nut and therefore facilitates for holding different length parts easily. Tailstock contains hollow barrel that is in-line or exactly parallel to the spindle containing a taper to facilitate the gripping of various types of tooling. Its most common uses are to hold a hardened steel centre used to support long thin shafts while turning, or to hold drill bits for drilling axial holes in the work piece. Many of the metal working lathes have carriage to facilitate holding and controlling of cutting tools. All the lathe machines of every kind are commonly facilitated with all these kinds of tools for their functioning but with little modifications and additions for performing different kind of working requirements.
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