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Machine Tools
Chapter Objectives
In this chapter, you will learn about:
- Mechanism of metal cutting
- Machine tools and cutting tools
- Lathe machine, its construction, driving mechanism, and operations
- Shaper, its construction, driving mechanism, and operations
- Slotter and its applications
- Planer, its construction, driving mechanism, and operations
- Drilling machine, its construction, driving mechanism, and operations
- Milling machine, its construction, operations, and milling cutters
19.1 INTRODUCTION
Machine tools that give a shape to parts/products by removing metal chips from a workpiece include lathes, shapers and planers, drilling machines, boring machines, milling machines, grinders, etc. Before the Industrial Revolution of the 18th ...