Man-Au-Trol Vertical Turret Lathe Service Manual
Service manual for the Bullard Man-Au-Trol 42-inch vertical turret lathe. This comprehensive workshop reference covers operating instructions, maintenance procedures, and repair parts information. The manual documents the fundamental principles of vertical turret lathe design and the automatic operation features developed by Bullard Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It includes detailed guidance on machine setup, operation, and troubleshooting for technicians and shop personnel. Originally published in 1953, this PDF serves as an essential technical reference and parts list for maintaining and servicing this classic industrial lathe.
Table of Contents:
- Adjustment—Clutch and Brake
- Adjustment—Cross Rail Leveling
- Angular Turning Attachment Type "A"
- Angular Turning Attachment Type "B"
- Assembling the Machine
- Attachment—Angular Turning Type "A"
- Attachment—Angular Turning Type "B"
- Capacities—Cutting Coolant Reservoir
- Capacities—Lubrication Oil Reservoir
- Care of Man-Au-Trol Switches
- Chart—Cutting Speed
- Chart—Cutting Speed
- Clean the Machine
- Clutch and Brake Adjustment
- Couplings—Feed, Traverse and Rail Raising Safety
- Cross Rail Leveling Adjustment
- Cross Rail—Raising and Lowering
- Cutting Coolant Reservoir Capacities
- Cutting Coolant System
- Cutting Speed Chart
- Dials—Micrometer
- Detector Setting for Main Head
- Detector Setting for Side Head
- Description—Machine General
- Feed Bracket and Man-Au-Trol Unit
- Foreign Shipment
- Foundation
- Function Drum Set Up for Main Head
- Function Drum Set Up for Side Head
- General Description
- Hand Cranks
- Hand Stock
- How to Order Repair Parts
- How Man-Au-Trol Operates
- Hydraulic (Unloading Valve) System
- Index—Turret
- Installation
- Installation—Preparing for
- Installing the Lubricants
- Important Caution Notes
- Jacking and Rolling on Skids
- Lever—Manual—Automatic Position
- Leveling the Machine
- Lifting with Crane
- Lubrication
- Lubrication—Installing the
- Lubrication Oil Reservoir Capacities
- Lubrication Specifications
- Machine Approx. Net Weights
- Machine—Assembling
- Machine—Cleaning
- Machine—General Description
- Machine—Leveling
- Machine—Starting
- Machine—Wiring
- Main Head—Detector Setting
- Main Head—Shaft
- Manual—Automatic Position Lever
- Manual—Control Lever
- Micrometer Dials and Scales
- Overrunning Clutch—Ram and Turret Head
- Preparing for Installation
- Raising and Lowering the Cross Rail
- Ram Head Overrunning Clutch
- Ram Head—Swiveling
- Ram and Turret Head Overrunning Clutch
- Receiving
- Repair Parts—How to Order
- Repair Parts Section
- Rolling and Jacking on Skids
- Scales
- Set Up—Main Head Function Drum
- Set Up Procedure for Automatic Production
- Set Up—Side Head Function Drum
- Shipment—Damage in
- Shipment—Foreign
- Shipment and Transit
- Side Head—Detector Setting
- Side Head—Shaft
- Specifications—Lubrication
- Speed—Table Change
- Start Side Head and Shut Off Main Head
- Starting the Man-Au-Trol V.T.L
- Suggested Lubrication Maintenance System
- Switches—Care of Man-Au-Trol
- Swiveling the Ram Heads
- Table Speed Change
- Table Speeds Chart
- Testing the Condition of Oils
- Turret Head Overrunning Clutch
- Turret Index
- Weights—Machine Approx. Net
- Wiring the Machine
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Document Details
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- Pages
- 162
- Size
- 41.2 MB
- Category
- Machine Tools