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Centers are used to accurately position a workpiece about its point or axis between a lathe chuck or head stock spindle and tail stock spindle. Enables the workpiece torotate or revolve and helps to ensure concentric work
Types of Centers
Live Centers
Live (Revolving) Centers: Revolve with their workpiece. They hold ball bearings inside that allow the center to prevent wearing to its ends. Live centers allow more force,higher turning speeds (without separate lubrication) and tighter gripping on work than plain centers, further reducing sideways movement during turning operations.
Standard Point Live Centers:
Offer increased rigidity over extended points, although tool clearance may not be as strong.
Extended Point Live Centers:
Are recommended for operations where by exceptional tool clearance is your top priority.
Bull Nose Live Centers:
Feature a shallower end than do plain centers, enabling the center to hold tubing, pipe or hollow shafts.
Interchangeable inserts Live Center:
Supplied with different interchangeable inserts, which enable variety of applications. Inserts can be easily mounted and later removed with the use of extractor.
Live Center Applications
| CNC Heavy Duty: | CNC lathes |
| Super Accurate: | Grinding |
| Spring Type: | Light/medium-duty work |
| Heavy Duty/ Extra Heavy Duty: | Large parts |
| Triple Bearing: | Medium-duty work |
| Double Bearing: | Light-duty work |
| Quad-Bearing: | Heavy loads |
| Bull Nose: | Parts with large center holes |
Dead (Plain) Centers
Dead (Plain) Centers:
Do not rotate and provide workpiece support at either the fixed or rotating end of a machine. Within the fixed position, dead centers create frictionbetween the workpiece and the center, requiring lubrication to prevent friction welding.
Half Dead Centers:
Are used specifically for facing, as they allow a cutting tool to face the end of the work without bumping into the center. They are best used foradditional wheel clearance when grinding small parts with diameters smaller than that of the dead center. Half dead centers come either with a full carbon steelconstruction or with carbide tips.
