center lathe and turret lathe- comparison

Difference between center lathe and turret lathe

Sr. No.	Aspects			Center lathe		Turret lathe
1	Nature work	of	production	Primarily used for miscellaneous jobbing, tool room or single operation work.		Adapted    to    quantity production work.
2	Construction difference			It has a tail stock.		It has hexagonal turret. (No tailstock)
3	No. of tools that can be handled at a time			One tool cuts at a time.		Can hold a number of tools at a time; the tools  can  operate  on the job simultaneously.
4	Set up of tools			No such available lathe.	provision is in a center	Tools may be permanently set up in turret in the sequence in which they need be used.

5	Provision of rigidity in the holding of work and tools		No    special         provision available.	Extreme    rigidity permit    multiple combined cuts.	to and
6	Machining    time handling time	and	Consume   more    time comparatively.	Consume    less comparatively.	time
7	Lead screw		Always provided to the center lathe to enable thread   cutting   by   a single point cutting tool.	Thread cutting is generally performed by taps and die heads.
8	Degree of automation		Very simple	Semi-automatic
9	Rate of production		Lower	Higher
10	Labour cost		Higher, because of highly skilled operator required.	Lower, because of after setting the tools and machine the operations can be performed by unskilled or semi-skilled operators.
11	Cost		Higher     than     center lathe.	Comparatively lower.

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