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Manufacturing
The process of converting raw materials, components or parts into finished goods that meet the expectations and needs of consumers.
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automatic tool changer
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
A device that stores several tools, each in its own pocket or tool holder, and can automatically move the required tool into position. In a milling machine, this device removes ...
internal undercut
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
A feature on the interior of a part that will not allow a mold that contains it to slide away along the parting direction. An internal undercut can be either a protrusion or a ...
build speed
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
In additive fabrication processes, a part is built by adding layers of material upon one another. The build speed refers to how fast the part can be fabricated in this way and ...
axial depth of cut
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
The depth of the tool along its axis in the workpiece as it makes a cut. In turning, a facing operation has an axial depth of cut relative to the workpiece axis. A large axial ...
maximum wall thickness
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
The thickest wall or feature of a part. In molding processes, the maximum wall thickness is used to determine the cooling time because that section will require the most time to ...
parts per operation
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
The number of parts completed in a single operation when the operation acts on multiple parts at once or one part representing many. For example, a painting operation that paints ...
dielectric constant
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
Also called the permittivity and denoted DK, or Er. The ratio of the capacitance of an insulator to the capacitance of a vacuum or dry air (the dielectric constant of a vacuum is ...
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