General-Purpose Metal-Cutting Machine Tools

In this chapter, the general-purpose machine tools are characterized and dealt with in brief. This group of machine tools comprises lathes, drilling machines, milling machines, shapers, planers, slotters, boring machines, jig boring machines, broaching machines, and microfinishing machines.

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Machining Technology, History of Machine Tools

Figure 1.8 shows general-purpose machine tools used for traditional machining in chip removal and abrasion techniques. Typical examples of general-purpose machine tools include turning, drilling, shaping, milling, grinding, broaching, jigboring, and lapping machines intended for …

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Machine tool

A metal lathe is an example of a machine tool. A machine tool is a machine for handling or machining metal or other rigid materials, usually by cutting, boring, grinding, shearing, or other forms of deformations. Machine tools employ some sort of tool that does the cutting or shaping.

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Machinist Tools

General-purpose machinist tools can be used for many types of operations, on various size workpieces; special-purpose machinist tools are designed for specific operations on workpieces of certain sizes and shapes. Machinist tools are designed to be either fully automated, semi-automatic, or manual.

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