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HistoryofLathefromBeginningofMachineToolInvention

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HistoryofLathefromBeginningofMachineToolInvenon
LATHELongitudinalAxisToolHoldingEquipment
LatheIntroducon
Latheisamachinewidelyusedforwoodworksandmachiningofmetalparts.Latheisamachinewhichturnstheworkpiece
againstamachinetool.TheLatheisusedforfacing,turning,knurling,tapercung,threading,gearcungandmanyother
metalandwoodworks.

HistoryofLathe
Latheisaveryancienttoolanditsrstusedatesbackto1300BCinEgypt.LathewasalsoknownandusedinAssyriaandGreece.AncientRomanscametoknowaboutthis
machineandtheyfurtherdevelopedthismachine.Duringthemedievalperiod,theuseofthismachinehadspreadtomostpartsofEuropeanditwasduringtheIndustrial
revoluonwhenthismachinegainedpopularitywithitsuseinalltheindustries.Aerthedevelopmentofelectronics,automatedlatheshavebeendeveloped.

EvoluonofLathe
Therstlathewasasimplelathewhichwasisnowreferredtoastwopersonlathe.Onepersonwouldturnthewoodworkpieceusingropeandtheotherpersonwouldshapethe
workpieceusingasharptool.ThisdesignwasimprovedbyAncientRomanswhoaddedaturningbowwhicheasedthewoodwork.Laterapedal(asinmanualsewingmachines)
wasusedforrotangtheworkpiece.Thistypeoflatheiscalledspringpolelathewhichwasusedlltheearlydecadesofthe20thcentury.In1772,ahorsepoweredboring
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machinewasinstalledwhichwasusedformakingcanons.DuringtheIndustrialrevoluon,steamenginesandwaterwheelswereaachedtothelathetoturntheworkpieceat
higherspeedwhichmadetheworkfasterandeasier.Aer1950,manynewdesignsweremadewhichimprovedtheprecisionofwork.
Lathesareclassieddependingupontheirapplicaonandfunconalityas
LightdutylatheThesemachinesndtheirapplicaoninautomobile,electronic,electricalindustriesandaremanufacturedfromqualitytestedrawmaterials.
MediumdutylatheThesemachinesarepowerfulthanthelightdutylathesandcanworkonbiggerworkpiecesandhavemorestrengththanthelightdutylathes.ClickHere
getmoreinformaononmediumdutylathemachine.
HeavydutylateThesemachinesaremanufacturedfromhighestgradesofmaterialslikeironandsteel.Theyaredesignedforhighprecisionheavydutyoperaons.
AllgearedlatheInallgearedlathe,alltherotangcomponentsofthemachinearedrivenbythesamesourceatdierentspeedsbyusinggearstoperformvariousoperaons.
ImportedlatheImportedlathesarehighqualitylathesusedforhighprecisionoperaons.
Dependinguponthemodesofoperaon,thelathescanbeclassiedas
ManuallatheIntheselathes,thetoolhandlingisdonemanuallyandsotheprecisionofworkalsodependsupontheskillofthepersonhandlingthemachine.
CNCLatheCNClathesarecompletelyautomatedlathes.Wejusthavetofeedtheinstruconsintothecomputerandthelathewillperformtheoperaonsaccordingtothedata
fedtothecomputer.
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BenetsofAdvancedLathe
Withthedevelopmentofelectronicsandautomaonengineering,advancedcomputercontrolledlatheshavebeendeveloped.Theadvancedlatheshavemanybenetsoverthe
convenonallathes.Inconvenonallathes,thelatheoperatorchecksthedimensionsregularlytogetperfectprecisionandthemetakentocompletetheworkismoreforhigh
precisionworks.Thisisveryimportantbecauseifheremovesexcessmetalfromtheworkpiece,thewholeworkpiecewillbeawastewhichwillresultinlossofmoneyandme.In
automatedCNClathes,thefeedbacksystemconnuouslymonitorsthedimensionsandsotheycompletetheoperaoninashortmewithhighaccuracy.Thelossisminimalin
automatedlathes;theyaremuchfasterandmoreecientintermsofaccuracy.

Summary

Latheisaveryimportantmachineinengineeringwhichisusedinmostoftheelds.TheyareusedforDiamondturning,ornamentalturning,metalspinning,glassworking,thermal
sprayingandmanyotheroperaons.Latheworkisfoundinmostoftheproductswhichweuseinourdaytodaylife.Lathewillremainasanimportantmachineatallmes

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