STUDY OF LATHE

Aim To study about the lathe Introduction Lathe is called the father of machine tools. The main function of lathe is to remove metals from work piece to give a required shape and size. In the lathe the work piece is held in a chuck. The tool is moved at an angle 90 to the axis. Various operations such as straight turning, taper turning, and chamfering, facing, knurling, grooving, thread cutting, taper turning are carried out. When the operations above set are done automatically, then the lathe is called automatic lathe. Working principle of lathe In a lathe, the work piece is held in chuck and rotates about its axis by means of power. A single point cutting tool is mounted in tool post. When the chuck rotated the work piece also rotated. The tool moves parallel to the axis of rotation of work piece to produce a cylindrical surface, where as the tool moves perpendicular to the work piece to produce a flat surface. The tool moves at an angle to the axis of work piece to produce a turn surface. The material is removed in the form of chip from the work piece by giving proper feed and depth of cut. So, the required size and shape of the work is obtained. Main parts of lathe The lathe consists of various parts. Their parts and function are discussed below. Bed Bed is the base of the lathe. The headstock is mounted on the left end; the carriage is in the middle and the tailstock at the right end of bed. The bed is made up of cast iron, alloyed with nickel, chromium. The bed is made up of cast iron to observe shock and vibration created during machining. The guide ways of the bed may be flatter inverted V shape. Headstock It is mounted on the left end of the bed. It carries a hollow spindle. The live center can be attached in the spindle. The spindle nose is threaded. In chuck faceplates can be attached to the spindle. The headstock may be back threaded type. The headstock has two types of driving mechanism Tailstock It is located on the bed at the right end. It is used for supports right end of work and also for holding drills, reamer tools for drilling, reaming and such other operations. The tailstock can be moved along the bed and clamped at any position, to support the different length work. Back geared mechanism Belt driven mechanism

Carriage Carriage is used for giving various feed to the tool by hand or by power. The carriage is attached with the saddle. Saddle It is a H shaped casting fitted on the bed and moves along the guide ways. It carries the cross slide, compound rest and a tool post. i) Cross slide It is attached to the upper side of saddle and carries compound slide and tool post. The cross slide can be moved cross wise by hand or power. The micrometer dial is mounted on the cross slide hand wheel, with an accuracy of 0.05mm. ii) Compound Rest It is attached over the cross slide. It is used during the taper turning opening operations to set the tool for angular cuts. Here the micrometer dial is mounted to show the depth of cut. iii) Tool post The tool is clamped over the tool post. It is fixed over the compound rest. There are four types of tool post a. b. c. d. Apron Apron is attached to the saddle and hangs in front of the bed. It has gears, levers, clutches for moving the carriage automatically. A split nut is attached for engaging and disengaging the carriage from the lead screw. It is used in thread cutting work. Lead Screw It is a longer screw with standard ACME square threads and used for transmitting power for automatic feed for thread cutting operation. Feed rod The feed rod is the long shaft used for the movement of carriage along the axis of bed. It is used for operations like facing, turning and boring. RESULT Thus the lathe was studied. Single screw tool post Open side tool post Four bolt tool post Four way tool post

A MILLING MACHINE A milling machine is a machine tool used to machine solid materials. Milling machines are often classed in two basic forms, horizontal and vertical, which refers to the orientation of the main spindle. Both types range in size from small, bench-mounted devices to room-sized machines. Unlike a drill press, which holds the work piece stationary as the drill moves axially to penetrate the material, milling machines also move the work piece radially against the rotating milling cutter, which cuts on its sides as well as its tip. Work piece and cutter movement are precisely controlled usually by means of precision ground slides and lead screws or analogous technology. Milling machines may be manually operated, mechanically automated, or digitally automated via computer numerical control (CNC). Milling machines can perform a vast number of operations, from simple (e.g., slot and keyway cutting, planing, drilling) to complex (e.g., contouring, die sinking). Cutting fluid is often pumped to the cutting site to cool and lubricate the cut and to wash away the resulting swarf. Types and nomenclature Mill orientation is the primary classification for milling machines. The two basic configurations are vertical and horizontal. However, there are alternate classifications according to method of control, size, purpose and power source. Mill orientation Vertical mill

Vertical milling machine. 1: milling cutter 2: spindle 3: top slide or overarm 4: column 5: table 6: Y-axis slide 7: knee 8: base

In the vertical mill the spindle axis is vertically oriented. Milling cutters are held in the spindle and rotate on its axis. The spindle can generally be extended (or the table can be raised/lowered, giving the same effect), allowing plunge cuts and drilling. There are two subcategories of vertical mills: the bed mill and the turret mill.

A turret mill has a stationary spindle and the table is moved both perpendicular and parallel to the spindle axis to accomplish cutting. The most common example of this type is the Bridgeport, described below. Turret mills often have a quill which allows the milling cutter to be raised and lowered in a manner similar to a drill press. This type of machine provides two methods of cutting in the vertical (Z) direction: by raising or lowering the quill, and by moving the knee.

In the bed mill, however, the table moves only perpendicular to the spindle's axis, while the spindle itself moves parallel to its own axis.

Turret mills are generally considered by some to be more versatile of the two designs. However, turret mills are only practical as long as the machine remains relatively small. As machine size increases, moving the knee up and down requires considerable effort and it also becomes difficult to reach the quill feed handle (if equipped). Therefore, larger milling machines are usually of the bed type. Also of note is a lighter machine, called a mill-drill. It is quite popular with hobbyists, due to its small size and lower price. A mill-drill is similar to a small drill press but equipped with an X-Y table. These are frequently of lower quality than other types of machines. Horizontal mill

Horizontal milling machine. 1: base 2: column 3: knee 4 & 5: table (x-axis slide is integral) 6: overarm 7: arbor (attached to spindle)

A horizontal mill has the same sort of xy table, but the cutters are mounted on a horizontal arbor (see Arbor milling) across the table. Many horizontal mills also feature a built-in rotary table that allows milling at various angles; this feature is called a universal table. While endmills and the other types of tools available to a vertical mill may be used in a horizontal mill, their real advantage lies in arbor-mounted cutters, called side and face mills, which have a cross section rather like a circular saw, but are generally wider and smaller in diameter. Because the cutters have good support from the arbor and have a larger cross-sectional area than an end mill, quite heavy cuts can be taken enabling rapid material removal rates. These are used to mill grooves and slots. Plain mills are used to shape flat surfaces. Several cutters may be ganged together on the arbor to mill a complex shape of slots and planes. Special cutters can also cut grooves, bevels, radii, or indeed any section desired. These specialty cutters tend to be expensive. Simplex mills have one spindle, and duplex mills have two. It is also easier to cut gears on a horizontal mill. Some horizontal milling machines are equipped with a power-take-off provision on the table. This allows the table feed to be synchronized to a rotary fixture, enabling the milling of spiral features such as hypoid gears.

A GRINDING MACHINE A grinding machine, often shortened to grinder, is a machine tool used for grinding, which is a type of machining using an abrasive wheel as the cutting tool. Each grain of abrasive on the wheel's surface cuts a small chip from the workpiece via shear deformation. Grinding is used to finish workpieces which must show high surface quality (e.g., low surface roughness) and high accuracy of shape and dimension. As the accuracy in dimensions in grinding is on the order of 0.000025mm, in most applications it tends to be a finishing operation and removes comparatively little metal, about 0.25 to 0.50mm depth. However, there are some roughing applications in which grinding removals high volumes of metal quite rapidly. Thus grinding is a diverse field. Introduction The grinding machine consists of a power driven grinding wheel spinning at the required speed (which is determined by the wheel s diameter and manufacturers rating, usually by a formula) and a bed with a fixture to guide and hold the work-piece. The grinding head can be controlled to travel across a fixed work piece or the workpiece can be moved whilst the grind head stays in a fixed position. Very fine control of the grinding head or tables position is possible using a vernier calibrated hand wheel, or using the features of numerical controls. Grinding machines remove material from the workpiece by abrasion, which can generate substantial amounts of heat; they therefore incorporate a coolant to cool the workpiece so that it does not overheat and go outside its tolerance. The coolant also benefits the machinist as the heat generated may cause burns in some cases. In very high-precision grinding machines (most cylindrical and surface grinders) the final grinding stages are usually set up so that they remove about 200 nm (less than 1/100000 in) per pass - this generates so little heat that even with no coolant, the temperature rise is negligible. Kinds of Grinding Surfaces of almost all conceivable shapes and materials of all kinds are suitable for grinding. This operation can classify broadly into two groups:

1. Rough or non-precision grinding. 2. Precision grinding. Principal grinding operations Principal operations which may be done on grinding machines includes the grinding of external and internal cylindrical grinding, tapered and formed surfaces, gear teeth, threads and others using appropriate wheels and fixtures of each job. External and internal cylinder grindings have been explained in connection with external and internal cylinder grinders. Types

Surface Grinder These machines include the:

Belt grinder, which is usually used as a machining method to process metals and other materials, with the aid of coated abrasives. Sanding is the machining of wood; grinding is the common name for machining metals. Belt grinding is a versatile process suitable for all kind of applications like finishing, deburring, and stock removal.

Bench grinder, which usually has two wheels of different grain sizes for roughing and finishing operations and is secured to a workbench or floor stand. Its uses include shaping tool bits or various tools that need to be made or repaired. Bench grinders are manually operated.

Cylindrical grinder which includes the centerless grinder. A cylindrical grinder may have multiple grinding wheels. The work piece is rotated and fed past the wheel(s) to form a cylinder. It is used to make precision rods.

Surface grinder which includes the wash grinder. A surface grinder has a "head" which is lowered, and the work piece is moved back and forth past the grinding wheel on a table that has a permanent magnet for use with magnetic stock. Surface grinders can be manually operated or have CNC controls.

Tool and cutter grinder and the D-bit grinder. These usually can perform the minor function of the drill bit grinder, or other specialist tool room grinding operations.

Jig grinder, which as the name implies, has a variety of uses when finishing jigs, dies, and fixtures. Its primary function is in the realm of grinding holes and pins. It can also be used for complex surface grinding to finish work started on a mill.

Gear grinder, which is usually employed as the final machining process when manufacturing a high precision gear. The primary function of these machines is to remove the remaining few thousandths of an inch of material left by other manufacturing methods (such as gashing or hobbing).

Dr. M.G.R
EDUCATIONAL & RESEARCH INSTITUTE

UNIVERSITY
ADAYALAMPATTU, CHENNAI

COURSE NOTES

ENGINEERING GRAPHICS

PREPARED BY

S.A.WILFRED RAJKUMAR LECTURER DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING