Mandrel

Definitions

1. 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.
2. 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.

Equivalents

Examples

“The coil springs were manufactured by winding the heated steel strip⟳ direct⟳ out of the furnace on to a mandrel of the requisite size.”

“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.”

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