Information on popular workshop machinery for metal working including lathe machine, drill machine, milling machine, grinding machine, press brake, hydraulic press, sheet bending machine and power press machine from Bhavya Machine Tools, Ahmedabad, India
2. Machine Tools
Working with metals requires use of machine tools depending on type of operation
performed on it.
3. Types of Machine Tools
Some of the popular workshop machines from Bhavya Machine Tools for metal working
arLathe Machine
•Lathe Machine
•Drill Machine
•Milling Machine
•Grinding Machine
Press Brake
Hydraulic Press
Sheet Bending Machine
Power Press
4. Lathe Machine
Lathe machine is a device used in work
shop to shape metal objects with
symmetrical physical properties about
the axis of rotation.
Popular forms of lathe machine include
CNC lathe machine, V-belt driven lathe
machine, roll turning lathe and all
geared lathe machine.
5. Drill Machine
Machines used for drilling holes
into hard metal surfaces are
known as drilling machines.
Drilling machines offer much
accuracy, speed and quality of
drilling operations on metals .
6. Milling Machine
•Milling machines are used to cut and
shape solid materials like metal, wood,
brass etc.
•Some popular forms of milling machines
are vertical milling machine, geared drive
milling machine, vertical turret milling
machine etc.
7. Grinding Machine
•A grinding machine is used to grind metals
and various other materials in order to
finish their surfaces for higher accuracy,
less roughness and better quality.
•Popular varieties of grinding machine tools
are surface grinders, cylindrical grinding
machine and centerless grinding machine.
8. Press Brake
A press brake is a machine tool used for bending of metal sheets. Press brake forms
predetermined bends by clamping the workpiece between a matching punch and
die.
9. Sheet Bending Machine
The metal sheet bending machines like hand operated trunk folding machine, plate
bending machine and fly press can greatly simplify the metal bending tasks
employed at metal working shops.
10. Hydraulic Press and Power Press
•Hydraulic press and power press
machines have important applications for
metal working in a workshop.
•These are sheet metal forming machines
used for cutting, pressing, bending and
forming sheet metals into diverse shapes
and sizes.