NORTON HEAVY DUTY PLANNER BED LATHE

Planner Bed Lathe are designed for the continuous light and heavy duty jobs and to give prolonged efficient life. These are made in simple, 3-speed Gear Box front side, 3 Speed Gear Box Semi Norton Type front side, Norton Type and all Geared Types, possess exceedingly improved features, both in construction as well as in design. These lathes are suitable for use in most machine and repair shops, technical and apprentice schools, institutions where economy of operation, accuracy and reliability are primary considerations.

BED : It is deep wide and internally reinforced by a new and latest system of webs which enable it to take up heavy trust of tools without vibration and is made of close grained cast iron, mixed with salts to attain requisite hardness and to prevent any possibility of distortion either horizontally or vertically. It is V-Type and accurately hand scrapped. A removable gap piece is fixed with 2 locations pins for perfect alignment. The bed consist of three vees.

THE LEAD SCREW : Is inch calibrated and is made of high resistant alloy steel, it has a large diameter and its thread has a very high degree to Precision.

HEAD STOCK : The flat seat of head stock over bed is perfectly matched by precision hand, scrapping. Its spindle is made from high carbon steel with which rotates on two cylindrical precision split type gun metal bushes of Grade-1 composition both at the front and at the back for smooth running and perfect balancing and thrust of the spindle is taken by heavy duty thrust bearings. The machines are also made by filling Taper Roller Bearings in the head stock.

TAIL STOCK : It is strong, rigid and provided with set-over motion for taoer turning. Its quill is fairly thick and properly graduated.

THE APRON : The Apron is of Double wall Design with automatic interlock to prevent simultaneous engagement of feed shaft and lead screw. All gears and bearings including worm have suitable oiling arrangements.

CARRIAGE : It is of robust design and provided with long carefully scrapped sliding surfaces. The swivelling compound slide is accurately indexed for Taper turning and has a four-way steel turret tool post.

STANDARD Equipments : Face-Plate steady Rest, Follow Rest, Thread Dial Gauge, 2 M.T. Center. Over Head COunter Shafts ( With belt driven lathes only ) and set of 22 changes wheels.