Module 1
Module 1
MODULE-1
MACHINE TOOLS
LESSON CONTENTS:
OBJECTIVES:
To study the constructional details of various machine tools and their specifications.
1.0 Introduction
Machining Process: Machining is an essential process of finishing by which work pieces are
produced to the desired dimensions and surface finish by gradually removing the excess
material from the preformed blank in the form of chips with the help of cutting tool(s) moved
past the work surface(s).
Machine Tool: A machine tool is a non-portable power operated and reasonably valued device
or system of devices in which energy is expended to produce jobs of desired size, shape and
surface finish by removing excess material from the preformed blanks in the form of chips with
the help of cutting tools moved past the work surface(s).
Based on the principle of operation, the type of relative motion exists between the tool and the
work surface etc., the machine tools are classified as,
The lathe is a machine tool which holds the work piece between two rigid and strong supports
called centers or in a chuck or face plate which revolves. The cutting tool is rigidly held and
supported in a tool post which is fed against the revolving work. The normal cutting operations
are performed with the cutting tool fed either parallel or at right angles to the axis of the work.
The cutting tool may also be fed at an angle relative to the axis of work for machining tapers
and angles.
1.2.1 Construction of Centre Lathe: The main parts of the lathe are the bed, headstock, quick
changing gear box, carriage and tailstock.
Bed: Usually made of cast iron. Provides a heavy rigid frame on which all the main
components are mounted. It is the foundation part of a lathe and supports the remaining
parts. The top of the bed is formed by precision-machined guide ways.
Guide Ways: Inner and outer guide rails that are precision machined parallel to assure
accuracy of movement.
Headstock: mounted in a fixed position on the inner ways, usually at the left end. Using
a chuck, it rotates the work. The housing comprising of the feed gearbox and the cone
pulley called headstock of the lathe. The main spindle projects out from the headstock.
The motor drives the cone pulley drives the main spindle through belting. Spindle
speeds can be further varied using beck gear mechanism.
Gearbox: inside the headstock, providing multiple speeds with a geometric ratio by
moving levers.
Spindle: Hole through the headstock to which bar stock can be fed, which allows shafts
that are up to 2 times the length between lathe centers to be worked on one end at a
time.
Chuck: allows the mounting of difficult work pieces that are not round, square or
triangular. 3-jaw (self centering) or 4-jaw (independent) to clamp part being machined.
Tailstock: Fits on the inner ways of the bed and can slide towards any position the
headstock to fit the length of the work piece. Tail stock is the movable part of the lathe
that carries the dead centre in it. The main function of the tailstock is to support the free
end of the long work pieces. It is mounted loosely on the bed ways and can be moved
in desired direction an optional taper turning attachment would be mounted to it.
Carriage Assembly: Moves on the outer ways. Used for mounting and moving most the cutting
tools. The carriage assembly consists of.
Saddle: is a H-shaped casting slides over the outer set of guide ways and serves as the
base for the cross slide.
Cross slide: is mounted on the saddle and enables the movement of the cutting tool
laterally across the lathe bed by means of cross-feed hand wheel.
Compound Rest: is mounted on the top of the cross slide and is swiveled to any angle
in the horizontal plane to facilitate taper turning and thread cutting operations.
Apron: is mounted in front of the saddle beneath it and houses the carriage and cross
slide mechanisms.
Tool Post: is mounted in the T-Slot of the compound rest and properly clamps the
cutting
tool.
Feed Rod: Has a keyway, with two reversing pinion gears, either of which can be
meshed with the mating bevel gear to forward or reverse the carriage using a clutch. is
a stationary rod mounted in front of lathe bed and facilitates longitudinal movement of
the carriage.
Lead Screw: is the screw rod that runs longitudinally in front of the lathe bed. The gyration of
the lead screw moves the carriage to and fro longitudinally during thread cutting operations.
1. Distance between Centers: The maximum length of the work pieces that can be held
between the centers.
2. Overall length of bed: It is the total length of the lathe.
3. Swing over lathe bed: The Maximum diameter of the work piece that can be revolved
over the lathe bed.
4. Swing over the gap in bed: The maximum diameter and width of the work piece that can
be revolved over the lathe when the lathe has gap bed.
A power operated machine tool, which holds the drill in its spindle rotating at high speeds and
when manually actuated to move linearly simultaneously against the work piece produces a
hole is called drilling machine. In a drilling machine the holes can be produced to the sizes as
small as thousandth of a centimetre and up to 7.5 cm diameter.
The upright drilling machine is designed for handling medium sized workpieces. Though it
looks like a sensitive drilling machine, it is larger and heavier than a sensitive drilling machine.
Holes of diameter upto 50mm can be made with this type of machine. Besides, it is supplied
with power feed arrangement. For drilling different types of work, the machine is provided
with a number of spindle speeds and feed.
Base: The base is made of cast iron and so can withstand vibrations. It may be mounted on a
bench or on the floor. It supports all the other parts of the machine on it.
Column: The column stands vertically on the base at one end. It supports the work table and
the drill head. The drill head has drill spindle and the driving motor on either side of the column.
Table: The table is mounted on the vertical column and can be adjusted up and down on it.
The table has ‘T’-slots on it for holding the workpieces or to hold any other work holding
device. The table can be adjusted vertically to accommodate workpieces of different heights
and can be clamped at the required position.
Drill head: Drill head is mounted on the top side of the column. The drill spindle and the
driving motor are connected by means of a V-belt and cone pulleys. The motion is transmitted
to the spindle from the motor by the belt. The pinion attached to the handle meshes with the
rack on the sleeve of the spindle for providing the drill the required down feed. There is no
power feed arrangement in this machine. The spindle rotates at a speed ranging from 50 to
2000 r.p.m.
1.3.2: Radial Drilling Machine:
The radial drilling machine is intended for drilling on medium to large and heavy workpieces.
It has a heavy round column mounted on a large base. The column supports a radial arm, which
can be raised or lowered to enable the table to accommodate workpieces of different heights.
The arm, which has the drill head on it, can be swung around to any position. The drill head
can be made toslide on the radial arm. The machine is named so because of this reason. It
consists of parts like base, column, radial arm, drill head and driving mechanism.
The main part of machine is base, Column, Knee, Saddle, Table, Overarm, Arbor Support and
Elevating Screw.
1. Base: It gives support and rigidity to the machine and also acts as a reservoir for the cutting
fluids.
2. Column: The column is the main supporting frame mounted vertically on the base. The
column is box shaped, heavily ribbed inside and houses all the driving mechanisms for the
spindle and table feed.
3. Knee: The knee is a rigid casting mounted on the front face of the column. The knee moves
vertically along the guide ways and this movement enables to adjust the distance between the
cutter and the job mounted on the table. The adjustment is obtained manually or automatically
by operating the elevating screw provided below the knee.
4. Saddle: The saddle rests on the knee and constitutes the intermediate part between the knee
and the table. The saddle moves transversely, i.e., crosswise (in or out) on guide ways provided
on the knee.
5. Table: The table rests on guide ways in the saddle and provides support to the work. The
table is made of cast iron, its top surface is accurately machined and carriers T-slots which
accommodate the clamping bolt for fixing the work. The worktable and hence the job fitted on
it is given motions in three directions:
a). Vertical (up and down) movement provided by raising or lowering the knee.
b). Cross (in or out) or transverse motion provided by moving the saddle in relation to knee.
c). Longitudinal (back and forth) motion provided by hand wheel fitted on the side of feed
screw.
In addition to the above motions, the table of a universal milling machine can be swivelled 45°
to either side of the centre line and thus fed at an angle to the spindle.
6. Overarm: The Overarm is mounted at the top of the column and is guided in perfect
alignment by the machined surfaces. The Overarm is the support for the arbor.
7. Arbor support: The arbor support is fitted to the Overarm and can be clamped at any
location on the Overarm. Its function is to align and support various arbors. The arbor is a
machined shaft that holds and drives the cutters.
8. Elevating screw: The upward and downward movement to the knee and the table is given
by the elevating screw that is operated by hand or an automatic feed.
a) Milling machines are usualy specified by the size of the table (lxb)
b) Along with the size of the table, milling machine is also specified by
Motor power required,
Feed
Floor space required
Spindle speed
Drives used
1.5 Boring Machine:
Boring is a process of producing circular internal profiles on a hole made by drilling or another
process. It uses single point cutting tool called a boring bar. In boring, the boring bar can be
rotated, or the work part can be rotated. Machine tools which rotate the boring bar against a
stationary workpiece are called boring machines (also boring mills). Boring can be
accomplished on a turning machine with a stationary boring bar positioned in the tool post and
rotating workpiece held in the lathe chuck as illustrated in the figure. In this section, we will
consider only boring on boring machines.
A vertical boring mill is used for large, heavy workparts with diameters up to 12 m. The typical
boring mill can position and feed several cutting tools simultaneously. The workpart is
mounted on a rotating worktable.
Fig: Horizontal boring machine (Left) and vertical boring mill (Right).
Broaching is a machining process for removal of a layer of material of desired width and depth
usually in one stroke by a slender rod or bar type cutter having a series of cutting edges with
gradually increased protrusion as indicated in Figure. In shaping, attaining full depth requires
a number of strokes to remove the material in thin layers step – by – step by gradually infeeding
the single point tool. Whereas, broaching enables remove the whole material in one stroke only
by the gradually rising teeth of the cutter called broach. The amount of tooth rise between the
successive teeth of the broach is equivalent to the infeed given in shaping.
a) Horizontal broaching machines are applicable for machining of both internal and
external surfaces. Figure shows the principle operation of broaching for internal and
external machining.
b) In operation either workpiece is kept stationary and broach is fed past on the
workpiece or broach is kept stationary and workpiece is fed past on the broach.
c) Horizontal broaching machines have a bed similar to the lathe machine and the broach
is moves like a tailstock on the bed ways.
d) Horizontal internal broaching machines range from 2 to 60 tons and stroke upto 3m,
whereas horizontal externa broaching machine are available upto 100 tons and stroke
upto 9m.
e) Horizontal internal broaching is generally used for producing internal splines in the
boss od a gear.
The shaper is a reciprocating type of machine tool intended primarily to produce flat surfaces.
These surfaces may be horizontal, vertical, or inclined. In general, the shaper can produce any
surface composed of straight line elements. Modern shapers can generate contoured surface.
The shaper is a machine tool used primarily for:
1. Producing a flat or plane surface which may be in a horizontal, a vertical or an angular plane.
The job is rigidly fixed on the machine table. The single point cutting tool held properly in the
tool post is mounted on a reciprocating ram. The reciprocating motion of the ram is obtained
by a quick return motion mechanism. As the ram reciprocates, the tool cuts the material during
its forward stroke. During return, there is no cutting action and this stroke is called the idle
stroke. The forward and return strokes constitute one operating cycle of the shaper.
Construction: The main parts of the Shaper machine is Base, Body (Pillar, Frame, Column),
Cross rail, Ram and tool head (Tool Post, Tool Slide, Clamper Box Block).
Base: The base is a heavy cast iron casting which is fixed to the shop floor. It supports the body
frame and the entire load of the machine. The base absorbs and withstands vibrations and other
forces which are likely to be induced during the shaping operations.
Body (Pillar, Frame, Column): It is mounted on the base and houses the drive mechanism
compressing the main drives, the gear box and the quick return mechanism for the ram
movement. The top of the body provides guide ways for the ram and its front provides the
guide ways for the cross rail.
Cross rail: The cross rail is mounted on the front of the body frame and can be moved up and
down. The vertical movement of the cross rail permits jobs of different heights to be
accommodated below the tool. Sliding along the cross rail is a saddle which carries the work
table.
Ram and tool head: The ram is driven back and forth in its slides by the slotted link
mechanism. The back and forth movement of ram is called stroke and it can be adjusted
according to the length of the workpiece to be-machined.
a) The size of the shaper is specified by the strike length or maximum length of cut
b) Shapers are made with wide variety of sizes depending upon their stroke length. It is
uasually from 175mm to 900mm.
c) Along with the length the stroke number other details are required specify shaper
Type of drive
Type of speed reduction
Power in-put
Maximum momnet of tool, table
Cutting to return stroke ratio
Type of feed (manual or Automatic)
Total floor space required
The planer is available in different types for doing different types and sizes of job; the most
common being the standard and double housing planer.
Construction: The main parts of the double Housing Planer machine is Bed and table,
Housings, Cross rail, Tool heads, Driving and feed mechanism.
Bed and table: The bed is a long heavy base and table made of cast iron. Its top surface is flat
and machined accurately. The flat top surface has slots in which the workpiece can be securely
clamped. The workpiece needs rigid fixing so that it does not shift out of its position. The
standard clamping devices used on planer machine are: Heavy duty vice, T-holders and clamps,
angle plate, planer jack, step blocks and stop. The table movement may be actuated by a
variable speed drive through a rack and pinion arrangement, or a hydraulic system.
Housings: The housings are the rigid and upright column like castings. These are located near
the centre on each side of the base.
Cross rail: The cross rail is a horizontal member supported on the machined ways of the
upright columns. Guide ways are provided on vertical face of each column and that enables up
and vertical movement of the cross rail. The vertical movement of the cross rail allows to
accommodate workpiece of different heights. Since the cross rail is supported at both the ends,
this type of planer machine is rigid in construction.
Tool heads: Generally, two tool heads are mounted in the horizontal cross rail and one on each
of the vertical housing. Tool heads may be swivelled so that angular cuts can be made.
Driving and feed mechanism: The tool heads may be fed either by hand or by power in
crosswise or vertical direction. The motor drive is usually at one side of the planer near the
centre and drive mechanism is located under the table.
The size of the planer is specified by the maximum length of the stroke, and also by the size of
the largest rectangular solid that can be machined on it.
Horizontal distance between two vertical housings. Net weight of machine and Floor
area required.
Grinding, also called abrasive machining, is a process in which the material is removed in form
of fine chips, almost as dust particles by the abrasive action using some kind of abrasive
materials. Generally, grinding is employed when a thick layer of material is to be removed in
general classes of work, where the surface finish is not that important, and for finishing and
polishing works on the parts already machined by some other machining processes.
In the surface grinding process, the grinding wheel revolves on a spindle and the work-piece
mounted on a reciprocating table as shown in Figure, is brought into contact with the grinding
wheel. Flat, angular and irregular surfaces may be produced by surface grinding.
The Surface Grinding Machine is used to grind flat surfaces. Here, the job is mounted on a
rectangular table which moves longitudinally as well as in the transverse direction below the
rotating grinding wheel. The longitudinal and transverse feed movements can be accomplished
either by manual feed or through power feed arrangement. The work-piece can be clamped in
two ways; one is by clamping it to the work table by means of clamping elements; the other
way is by using a magnetic chuck, which holds the work-piece through its strong magnetic
field. There is an internal pump and a piping arrangement to take care of automatic application
and recirculation of the coolant. There is a protective safety guard at the end of the table to
prevent the wheel from hitting any person or object.
When both canters are dead, precision sizes and good finish can be obtained, because there is
no possibility of run out from the headstock spindle. As the work-piece revolves, the grinding
wheel rotating much faster in the opposite direction is brought into contact with the work-piece.
The work-piece and the table reciprocate while the grinding wheel in contact with the work-
piece removes the material.
Centre less grinding method also employed for grinding the curved surfaces of long slender
rods which cannot be ground by cylindrical grinding due to the lateral thrust of the wheel on
the work-piece. In the centre less grinding, shown in Figure the work-piece rests on a work-
rest blade and is backed up by a second wheel, called the regulating wheel. The rotation of the
grinding wheel pushes the work-piece down on the work-rest blade and against the regulating
wheel. The regulating wheel, usually made up of a rubber bonded abrasive, rotates in the same
direction as the grinding wheel and controls the longitudinal feed of the work-piece. A typical
centre less grinding machine is shown in Figure.
Figure: (a) centreless Grinding machine (b) Principle of centreless grinding operations
OUTCOMES:
Students will bale to explain the construction & specification of various machine
tools.
QUESTIONS:
1. Explain the principle of working of a lathe with the help of a neat sketch
2. What factors govern the specification of lathe?
3. What is meant by machine tool? Give the classification of machine tools.
4. What are the basic elements of drilling machine? Explain the construction of upright
drilling machine.
5. Explain the principle of broaching.
6. With the help of a neat sketch explain column and knee type milling machine.
7. Give a constructional details of surface grinding machine.
8. Define centre less grinding. Briefly explain the construction of it.
Further Reading
1. “Metal cutting principles”, Milton C. Shaw, Oxford University Press, Second
Edition,2005.
2. “Manufacturing Technology”, Vol 2, P N Rao, McGraw Hill Education, 3rd Edition
3. “Workshop Technology, Vol-II”, by Hazara Chowdary