Types of Machine Tools You Need to Install in Your Workshop

A workshop is a place where different kinds of machines and tools are employed to make, finish and repair machines or parts. These are the important requirements without which no workshop can function. Workshops can be found in diverse industrial and commercial establishments. Every workshop has a diverse requirement and depending on where and why the workshop is installed different kinds of equipment are employed in it. However there are some basic machining equipment that are required in most of the workshops. Majority of the workshops where some kind of metal or wood materials are worked upon, tools for tasks like grinding, milling, drilling, cutting, shaping and finishing are most required. Therefore if your workshop is also one of these kinds of commercial or industrial workshop involving metal or woodwork, then opting to install the below mentioned tools will serve your purpose better.

Lathe Machine

To accomplish the jobs of cutting, shaping and fabricating metal sheets in your workshop, nothing can be much better than a lathe. With a lathe in your workshop you could handle a wide range of applications including production of symmetrical parts, screw threads, tapered work, drilled holes, knurled surfaces and crank shafts easily and efficiently with a single one without having to install in number of machines used for each individual task. Moreover most of the tool today come with a variety of rotating speeds and automatic cutting features. Therefore with an advanced lathe machine in your workshop you can accomplish your machining tasks much faster and to a better accuracy. These are available in different forms today like light duty lathe, medium duty lathe and heavy duty lathe. For installment in your workshop you can either go with light or medium duty which will give you efficient functioning for small scale machining requirements in your workshop.

Milling Machine

Milling machine is another variant of tools one could opt as metal cutting device for workshop. It is the best tool for cutting metals to the customized dimensions and shapes especially if the parts are to be cut or shaped to rectangular or uneven dimensions.

Drill Machine

While machining, repairing or making parts in a workshop one may require creating cylindrical holes on the solid materials. A drill machine is for the purpose. With this in your workshop you can very effectively carry out the hole making processes on metals and other solid materials with ease and much accuracy. Various other tasks like tapping, spot facing, reaming, counter sinking and counter boring can also be carried out efficiently with the help of these. It come in various models, customized dimensions of drill head, base plate and capacity and therefore can be possessed to best suit the requirements of your workshop.

Grinding Machine

Grinding machine is a very important tool used in most of the workshops for solid material grinding and shaping applications. This power driven tool can be run on desired speeds to accurately remove the unwanted parts from the work piece so that the desired shape and finish can be achieved. With grinding machine in your workshop, you can easily accomplish your metal shaping goals without much effort. There are various types of grinding machines available in market today. For example there are belt grinding equipments used for debarring and grinding of metals with coated abrasives, bench grinders for roughing and finishing of tool bits, tool & cutter grinding machines used to perform customized and most accurate grinding tasks and much more. Selecting the one with most apt specifications for your workshop will best serve your solid material shaping requirements at your workshop.

The Bottom Line

Mentioned above are the basic device which are found at most of the workshops and best to install at any workshop where metal or other solid material applications are to be executed. But however apart from these there are yet various other forms of tools too available in the market today. Depending on your requirements and work in your workshop, you should decide which tool with what specifications will suit your applications and is the best for installation in your workshop.

Written by Yash Shah

This blog written by Mr. Yash Shah is about machine tools including workshop machinery, wood working machines, sheet metal machinery provided by Bhavya Machine Tools, a leading distributors of machine tools in India.