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Saturday, May 21, 2011

The Major Function Of A Machine Shop

By Maya W. Burne


In a machine shop several machines can be found that are being used to craft plain materials into intricate parts. The most common place to find such a facility is in or around an industrial park, and within the facility itself you will find a wide assortment of complicated machines in all sorts of shapes and sizes. When someone needs a very specific piece that cannot be crafted by hand they hire a shop like this to use their special machines to build the required part to their specifications.

A person who works a machine to manufacture is called a machinist. In order to be a machinist one has to undergo a good deal of rigorous training in both proper safety and the proper operation of the machine they are going to work with. Any machinist who has to work the material through the machine by hand will need some additional training. There are also many machines that require nothing more from the operator than the simple input a series of numbers into a computer. Many shops prefer this kind of machine because it is safer, more precise, and more effective.

The general idea behind machining is that you begin with a hunk of shapeless material and use the best suited machine to reshape it to the required form and dimensions by carving away at its surface. Machining is used to form things from wood, plastic, stone, metal, and more.

Machine shops are responsible for just about every manufactured product we put our hands on. Anything you can dream of from a bicycle to a baseball bat was machined in order to be created. Your home's air conditioner is made up of several intricate pieces. Each of these small parts was carefully formed by a machine in a machine shop.

There is no shortage of variety when it comes to the equipment you can see in these shops or the machining methods they use. Each machine is different depending on what sort of things the shop makes. If you were to visit a machine shop whose major focus is to manufacture steel plates and spacers then you will certainly find a vast range of millers that are used to plane and shape the steel to the clients preferred specs. In any other shop you are likely to find a completely different set of machines that may have a range of functions or very specific ones.

There are a lot of interesting things to see within a machine shop, and many people would probably enjoy a quick peek inside very much. There's little chance that you should be awaiting an invitation to come see, but rest assured that what's happening in there is something you can enjoy whether you see it or not.




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