Mechanism for mechanized movements of carriage along longitudinal axis - Basic Mechanical Engineering

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• Dhriti Sanjay   -Posted on 08 Oct 20
  What is Mechanical Carriage Movement. Explain in detail.
  ( Class :- 9 )
• Sravanthi    -Posted on 12 Nov 15
  - Lathe machine consists of six basic elements such as: Bed, headstock, tailstock, carriage, lead screw and feed drive.
  
  - On a lathe bed, carriage is located between head stock and tail stock which slides along the guide ways. The main functions of carriage are : to hold the cutting tool and to give longitudinal and cross feed to cutting tool.
  
  - Carriage consists of following parts:
  
  1) Saddle: This part slides along the guideways of lathe bed.
  
  2) Apron: This part is used for manual and mechanized movements of carriage along the longitudinal axis.
  
  3) Cross-slide: Cross-slide is part of carriage which provides cross-feed to the cutting tool. It is mounted on the saddle.
  
  4) Compound rest: To facilitate taper turning compound rest is swiveled through any angle in horizontal plane.
  
  5) Tool post: This part is used to hold the cutting tool.
  

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