What is the lathe?

The lathe is a milling machine used to create the same parts over and over again. Cutting bits are mounted on the rotary towers known as Capstan, which allows the user to quickly change the orientation of bits for cutting without having to remove the first bit and then mount the second. A piece of raw material, sometimes known as empty, is mounted in the capstan lathe and then spins at high speed. Cutting tools, sometimes known as knives, are then used to cut into empty and create a new shape or design.

When a new shape or design needs to be cut in the same empty space, the tool turns can be rotated and another knife can make contact with a rotating blank. This makes Capstan's fast and easy -to -use lathe, which is important when the user creates the same part again and again from different semi -finished products. All tools are already mounted on the Capstan lathe and the user can make the necessary cuts using a simple tower. Older devices require the user to turn inHand.

Newer machines can use computer numeric controls (CNC). The computer can be programmed to turn the blank at a specific speed, adjust the depth and contact with the tool, and turn the capstan or turret if necessary to form the correct cuts. The advantages of the CNC Capstan lathe compared to manual turning are time saving, efficiency and tight tolerance of cuts. The computer ensures that all gaps are cut into a certain tolerance, creating uniformity between the parts that most consumers or clients will require. The CNC Capstan lathe operator will have to monitor the machine as soon as it is programmed, and he or she will have to add or remove the semi -finished products from the headstock, but otherwise the machine will make a large part of cutting without any human interaction.

Manual machines on the Capstan lathe can also index tools to a particular positionSolve parts repeatedly, but mechanical blocks will have to be placed manually before starting operation. The user places strategic rods or blocks for each consecutive tool that will cut, and these blocks will have to be removed and then replaced if another part is to be made. This adds a little time through the CNC machine, but saves time through other styles of lathes that do not have kapstans.