The main parts of a Lathe Machine are :
– Headstock
– Tailstock
– Carriage
– Cross-slide
– Compound slide
– Bed
– Quick change gearbox
– Legs
– Feed shaft
– Lead screw
The following figure shows the parts of lathe in details ;
Specifications of Lathe Machine :
- The maximum diameter of a work that can be held.
- The swing over bed. This is the perpendicular distance from the lathe axis to the top of the bed.
- The length of the bed. The length of the bed-ways.
- The maximum length of work that can be turned between centres.
- The range of threads that can be cut.
- The capacity of the lathe.
- The swing over carriage.
- The value of each division on the graduated collars of the cross-slide and compound slide.
- Range of spindle speeds.
- Range of feeds.
- Size of the spindle bore.
- Type of spindle nose.
- The specifications help in communication between the seller and the buyer of the lathe.
- It helps the operator of the lathe to decide whether the
work in hand can be accommodated for performing the
operations.
