Abstract:
L Product and its uses
Steadies is a special accessory for lathemachine.
It is used on lathe bed when lengthy
jobs are to be turned, keeping the accuracy of
the turning and also to avoid accentricity due
to say and side pressure during cutting operation.
Each lathe was Us own steady rests suited
to it bed and are manufactured- accordingly.
This item is also exclusively reserved for the
manufacture of small scale sector.
11. Market Potential
The lathe is a mother machine tool required
i all the engineering industries. The demand
for the lathes arises from these engineering
industries. Due to overall development in
lndustrial sector the demand for the item made
in engineering industries is increasing resulting
to the growth of engineering industries. The
estimated annual requirement of lathes at present
is around 10,000 numbers. Apart from
this, there -is a replacement demand of about
]0% and export demand to the developing
countries for this item. Each lathe requires one
steady /folJow rests for short length beds and
more in case of long length beds. Therefore,
a good market potential exists for quality steady
rests for OEM supplies as well as accessory /
replacement market.
