Manufacturing: Machining

Introduction

Machining Processes

Online Resources

 

Conventional Machine Tools
Lathe	Shaper	Planer	Milling Machine	Drilling & Boring	Grinder	Saw	Press	Cutting Tools

Shaper

The shaper is used primarily to produce flat surfaces. The tool slides against the stationary workpiece and cuts on one stroke, returns to its starting position, and then cuts on the next stroke after a slight lateral displacement. In general, the shaper can produce almost any surface composed of straight-line elements. It uses a single-point tool and is relatively slow, because it depends on reciprocating (alternating forward and return) strokes. For this reason, the shaper is seldom found on a production line. It is, however, valuable for tool and die rooms and for job shops where flexibility is essential and relative slowness is unimportant because few identical pieces are being made.