Conventional Machinery · Machine City · Mohali
Browse used manual VTL machines for large-diameter turning. Table/chuck dia 800–2000 mm. Heavy flange, ring & housing work. Indian & imported.
A Manual Vertical Turret Lathe (Manual VTL, also called a vertical lathe or vertical boring mill) is the conventional counterpart to the CNC VTL — the workpiece rotates on a horizontal table and the operator manually controls the turret movement for turning, facing, and boring large-diameter workpieces. Manual VTLs are found in heavy engineering shops, repair workshops, and low-volume large-part production where a CNC VTL's cost cannot be justified. They are particularly valuable for machining large flanges, rings, brake drums, gear blanks, and pump impellers.
The critical specifications are table/chuck diameter (which directly limits maximum workpiece diameter — typically 800 mm to 2,000 mm for industrial VTLs), maximum swing diameter (the largest diameter that physically clears the machine column and ram), and maximum turning height (the tallest part that can be machined in one setup). Spindle RPM range determines the achievable surface cutting speed on large-diameter parts; for workpieces 1,000 mm+ in diameter, very low speeds (under 30 rpm) are needed to maintain a reasonable surface speed. A DRO on a manual VTL significantly improves dimensional accuracy compared to reading the handwheel scales.
Machine City sources manual VTLs from domestic manufacturers (HMT, Rajasthan Machine Tools) and imported machines from Czechoslovakia (Tos Hulín, Morando) and Eastern Europe, which are well-known for their robust construction and long service life.
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Buyer’s Guide
Verify table diameter accommodates your largest workpiece with clamping clearance. Measure table surface runout — more than 0.02 mm indicates bearing wear or a surface that needs re-grinding.
The table bearing is the critical, most expensive component on any VTL. Run the table through all available speeds and listen for rumbling. Check for oil seepage at the table base seal — a sign of bearing deterioration.
Confirm clearance at maximum ram extension accommodates your tallest workpiece. Verify the ram raises and lowers smoothly through full stroke without binding.
Index through all turret stations. Each station should clamp solidly — a loose turret clamp causes chatter and tool deflection on heavy facing cuts.
Check the ram (cross-rail) gibs for play. A ram with lateral play (in the radial direction) produces taper and cylindricity errors when boring. Adjust or replace gibs as needed.
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A DRO on the cross-rail (X) and ram (Z) axes dramatically improves accuracy. Verify scales read correctly and encoders are undamaged — DRO retrofit is possible but adds cost.
Confirm the lowest available RPM setting — for 1,500 mm diameter parts, you need under 20 rpm for any reasonable surface cutting speed. Gearbox integrity at low speed is critical; listen for hunting or chatter.