mandrel
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mandrel
- /ˈmæn.dɹəl/
Where it comes from
From French mandrin, probably from Vulgar Latin *mamphurinum, from Latin mamphur (“a bow drill”), ultimately from Oscan or Ancient Greek μαννοφόρον (mannophóron, “wearing a collar”), from μανά (maná, “collar”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear”); first element cognate with Latin monile (“collar”).
noun mandrels
- 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.
verb mandrels · mandreling · mandrelling · mandreled · mandrelled
- To shape with a mandrel.
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noun object used as an aid for shaping a material
| Español | mandril |
|---|---|
| Português | mandril |
| Deutsch | Dorn, Spreizdorn, Aufweitdorn, Drehstift, Ringriegel |
| Italiano | allargatubi |
| Русский | опра́вка oprávka |
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