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These days lathe machines are highly used industrial machines it’s the upper level machines also they are really getting advance these days according to our needs and they are improvising day by day also these machines have a very long history the parts of these machines have been used since Ancient times and still we are using it so in this article we are going to learn about the history of lathe machine and modern lath machines it’s use and types and it’s definition.

What are lath machines / definition of lathe machines?

Lathe machines are a tool machines mostly used for the purpose like cutting anything sanding or to drill in something. The lathe machine comes with a axis rotation structure to execute the task the machine is made for. Almost every mechanical engineer knows about Lathe machines.

History of Lathe Machines:

about history of Lathe machines it has been invented back in 1300 BC but according to history few parts were made before it but not the Lathe as you know the machines was in parts few parts were used in different task and other used in different but if we talk about industrial use of Lathe machine these machine started getting used by French people for cutting woods and making different wooden items

Types of Lathe Machines:

The machines needs to have multiple types every type has its own advantage and disadvantage and every type have expertise of its own

Mainly there are 8 types of Lathe Machines Available and those types are written here -  

  • Center or engine lathe machines.
  • Speed lathe machines.
  • Toolroom lathe machines.
  • Bench lathe machines.
  • Capstan lathe machines.
  • Automatic lathe machines.
  • Computer Numerical Control (CNC) lathe machines.

Most common use of lathe machines:

  • Woodworking: Woodworking is the oldest use of lathe machines it is used to create wood items like making bowls and plates and many other wooden items.
  • Duplicating: lathe machines have been used to create duplicate of a pattern or a shape we can use lathe machines to create same Pattern or same exact shape of anything
  • Metalworking: one of the best and oldest use of lathe machines are Metalworking mostly in Metalworking the lathe machines are used to cut metals reshaping it making them small and to create a slope on metals and metalworking lathe machine are highly advanced these days they are full controlled by ai and works on the instruction we give
  • Cue lathes: lathe machines are also used for cutting and modifying Cue.
  • Glass-working: lathe machines are also used in modifying glass /diamond there lathe machines are used to shape them to look Good and premium for that there are Glass-working lathes for particular jobs of glass
  • Metal-spinning: for every particular task lathe machines has different machines and for like making a metal sheet bowl we can use metal spinning lathe machines to for shaping metals
  • Watchmaking: the lathe machines are obviously widely used in making watches.

These days lathe machines are widely used in every industries but and the use of lathe machines are going to make more ways in upcoming day

Today the latch machines are manually controlled and CNC lathes coexist in the manufacturing industries. lathe machines was not made by a single person there were parts of this machines and day by day we have improvised it and now we have CNC lathe machines manually controlled.

If you are an industrialist or someone who wants to buy old or new machines for your company you should must read Guideline we have prepared to purchase new or used machines