This course aims to familiarize trainees regarding capabilities and limitations of lathe machines onboard, associated hazards and safety measures, safety measures when working with lathe and most probable works and cases onboard that can be done with the use of lathe.  This course is further supplemented with extensive workshop preparation and performance in using lathe machines.

Who Should Attend this workshop: All Engine Officers, Superintendent Engineers

Learning Objectives

• Lathe Capabilities & Limitations, Types of Lathe, Types of Lathe Onboard Vessels
• Possible Hazards in Working with Lathe – Safety Measures
• Personal Protective Equipment – Prepping Work Area & Machine – Necessary Materials and/or Components Needed to Comprise, Repair, Rectify, Clean by Lathe Machinery
• Cutting Tools & Grinding Machines – Different Types of Conicity, Thread Forms, Grinders, Tool Mounting Depending on Work Conducted
• Demonstration of Operation & Safety Measures Regarding Lathes, Grinding Machinery, Mounting of Tools, Centering
• Practical Exercises on Conicity in Lathe & Rod Cutting – Tool Mounting
• Cleaning & Grinding of Flanges
• Manufacturing of Threads Using Lathe – Metric/US System
• Grinding of Valve Seats Using Lathe of Various Conicities