A lathe is a machine used to cut, sand, knurl, drill, and even turn metal parts, usually rotating. Each metalworking lathe is specifically manufactured to make metalwork pieces. Due to the high production accuracy and quality of it in different forms and shapes, most of the machine parts have circular sections and can be produced with a lathe. It is a widely used method in the metal industry include wide range of metals such as alloys, steel, aluminum, copper, and iron.
It is a machine that uses the design given to the controller to cut the work piece with appropriate accuracy and speed and creates the desired shape on the work piece. The work piece is clamped in a spot, it can rotate and it is pressed into a stationary cutting tool.
CNC lathe machines are used for industrial design. It is based on the fact that the work piece is in wheel and rotation mode and the tool is fixed. You are able to design a process that is drawn by means of a map and make a round piece of metal produced accordingly.
There are different types of this machine, such as centering metalworking, in which the metal you want to cut is placed in the center and cut around it, and the other model is the toolroom, and it is possible to produce different types of tools with more precision. There is another model that can repeat the same design several times and faster and it is called turret lathe. With the help of a CNC machine, you can turn metals into pieces you want. From working on precious jewelry and ornaments to working on ordinary metals for modeling, there are things you can do with the capacity of it. So you can use this ability to design and manufacture with a small metal NC machine for these cases and use an industrial one to produce parts and turn them.