The feed box is designed to change the gear ratio when transmitting rotation from the input shaft of the feed box to the lead screw or lead shaft of screw-cutting lathes. A general view of the feed box is shown in Fig. 1.
With the help of the feed box, the relative movements of the cutting tool and the workpiece necessary for efficient and productive work are carried out, ensuring that parts of the desired configuration are obtained with the required accuracy and surface finish.
The feed box allows cutting metric and inch threads, as well as threads of 11 and 19 threads per inch by switching a separate handle without changing the gears of the guitar.
Climatic version of the feed box is UHL4 and 04 (for tropical climate) according to GOST 15150.
It is allowed to use a feed box for machines with the following data:
Maximum allowable torque:
a) on the lead screw coupling, Nm (kGm) - 50 (5);
b) on the running shaft coupling, Nm (kGm) - 20 (2).