Machine tool

What is machine tool.

•A machine tool is a machine for shaping or machining metal or other rigid materials, usually by cutting, grinding, shearing or other forms of deformation.

* Machine tools employ some sort of tool that does the cutting or shaping.

* Machine tools filled a need created by textile machinery during the Industrial Revolution in England in the middle to late 1700s.

Types of machine tool.

Drill press.

* A drilling machine, called a drill press, is used to cut holes into or through metal, wood, or other materials.

Gear shaper.

* A gear shaper is a machine tool for cutting the teeth of internal or external gears.

Hone.

* Honing is a machining process that produces a precision surface on a metal by scrubbing an abrasive stone against it along a controlled path. * Honing is primarily used to improve the geometric form of a surface, but may also improve the surface texture.

Lathe machine.

* A lathe is a machine tool which rotates the work piece on its axis to perform various operations such as cutting, drilling, or deformation.

Planer.

* Planing machine is used for smoothing and surface finishing

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