The Turning – What Is It?

After our previous blog post about plastic cold deformation, today we would like to talk about turning. Turning is a machining process in which a cutting tool, typically a non-rotating tool bit, follows a helical tool path while the workpiece rotates. The turning process: how and when is it used? The tool’s axes of movement may follow a straight line or a series of curves or angles, but the movement is essentially linear. Usually, the term turning refers to the […]