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The lathe is a machine that removes material by rotating the work against a cutter. Parts to be machined can be held between centers, attached to a face plate, supported in a jaw chuck, or held in a draw-in chuck or collet.
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Unit 1Engine Lathe Unit 2The Non-Traditional Machining Hand-book Unit 3Primary Processes
Unit 1Engine Lathe
Reading Target 1.Illustrate principal parts of an engine lathe and introduce their function. 2.Make you know several methods to hold and move workpieces on the lathe.
The tailstock spindle is a hollow shaft that is mounted in the tailstock body. The left end of the hole is tapered to hold the tailstock or dead center to hold twist drills, etc. , for doing work as mentioned above.
Headstock
The headstock of a lathe is a subassembly that is mounted on the inner ways at the left end of the bed. On a geared-head lathe, the headstock casting supports and encloses a train of gearsspindle at rpm[2] which are suited to the operating conditions of the different jobs routed to the machine.