Metal Lathes  Manufacturers, Traders, Suppliers

Metal lathe for machining aluminium and steel A Metal lathe or also metal lathe, is a metal cutting machine, which is intended to mill metal workpieces into a certain, mostly round, shape. Specially hardened blades, often set with diamonds, are used here, which chip for chip are removed from the blank. The Metal lathe should not be confused with the metal lathe, as all operations are performed manually. The lathe performs the actual rotation while the workpiece is being machined by hand. Metal lathes or metal lathes are mainly used in the production of round bodies and components that cannot be cast. Mainly the threads are made of self-tightening screws with special modifications of such devices. Thus it is already obvious that these machines are used for the production of turned parts, in most cases in large companies and industrial plants. But also small private companies, such as locksmiths, use corresponding modifications. Here they are used especially for custom-made work based on customer requirements. A concrete example for the use of such machine tools in general is the production of metal feet for tables or other milled, round support objects. In most cases, these are made of a rectangular piece of metal. The process is the same as for the processing of wood. However, as already mentioned, the blades are hardened accordingly. image source: Company NILES-SIMMONS Industrieanlagen GmbH