MANDREL

Mandrel

A mandrel is one of the following: an object used to shape machined work, a tool component that grips or clamps materials to be machined, a tool component that can be used to grip other moving tool components

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mandrel

Noun

  1. An object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. bending a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
  2. A tool or component of a tool that grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.


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