Vertical turning lathes have a significant drawback: the chips fall onto the workpiece where they are subject to recutting. By inverting the spindle, chip problems are virtually eliminated.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2018-02-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/inverting-spindle-vertical-turret-lathe-can-make-great-lathe-even-better/
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