19

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 ...

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