The workpiece rotates on its own axis, the cutting tool moves along a certain axis and removes the chips. Cylindrical parts are machined on conventional 2-axis lathes. The cutting tool makes the axis movements. These axes are in the direction of the length and diameter of the part. It is possible to do much more extensive work on C and Y axis lathes. This type of lathe can fix the chuck to a certain degree or rotate it with a certain speed.
In this way, the desired shape can be machined on the workpiece. The tools called live tools placed in the turret of the lathe can rotate around their own axis and remove chips from the workpiece. Lathes have many different applications, a further example being multi-spindle automatic lathes.
Our company manufactures subcontracted parts for the market with its own lathe machines.