mandrel
Collocations
3ADJ.
enabling, outside
MANDREL + NOUN
itself, requisite
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
The coil springs were manufactured by winding the heated steel strip direct out of the furnace on to a mandrel of the requisite size.
A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.
This socket forms the starting point of the piercing operation, enabling the mandrel to center itself on the work.
When inserted into the staple, the outside of the mandrel should fit the inside of the staple exactly.
verb
To shape with a mandrel.
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3The coil springs were manufactured by winding the heated steel strip direct out of the furnace on to a mandrel of the requisite size.
WiktionaryThis socket forms the starting point of the piercing operation, enabling the mandrel to center itself on the work.
WiktionaryWhen inserted into the staple, the outside of the mandrel should fit the inside of the staple exactly.
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