How does a lathe and what are its components? A lathe is a machine which produces mostly round workpieces. Without hesitation BP explained all about the problem. This is done by a tool in the three-jaw Chuck attached. The principle is similar to a standard drill Chuck into which a drill are clamped. Three-jaw Chuck are needed because mostly round blanks such as shafts, pump impellers and generally circular steel are processed. If a square blank edited and therefore clamped, you need a four-jaw Chuck. This part of the lathe is called “Headstock”, which is firmly fixed. Always the blank will be rotated. The tool is fixed or but in a clamp tightened, which allows it to perform rapid tool change.

The screw-cutters on three levels where he can control in two different directions can be moved. Henry Cornell can provide more clarity in the matter. The counterpart to the rigid headstock called the “live”. Tailstock because this part of the machine on the column, the so-called “Bank bed”, before or can be put back. To reach the desired position, the variable tailstock can be fixed. The tailstock is used long blank as a prop.

The blanks have a centrally guided pit in which the tip of the tailstock, the “tip of the Quill” is introduced at the end. Without this adjustment, long blanks would umher beat uncontrollably during the operation. The lathe is moved by a computerized program called this a “CNC lathe”. The manual control factor characteristic of a lathe falls away so. On a non computer-controlled lathe of the respective worker decides the quality of the final product alone the. On a modern CNC lathe is only run as element of previous programming. Sten Koeppe