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Education

The act or process of teaching or learning.

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Rolling

Materials science; Metallurgy

The process of shaping metal by passing it between rolls revolving at the same peripheral speed and in opposite directions. In steel there are a number of different types of ...

Drilling

Materials science; Metallurgy

Drilling is a cutting process that uses a drill bit to cut or enlarge a hole of circular cross-section in solid materials. The drill bit is a rotary cutting tool, often ...

Forming

Materials science; Metallurgy

Forming, or metal forming, is the metalworking process of fashioning metal parts and objects through mechanical deformation; the workpiece is reshaped without adding or removing ...

Cutting

Materials science; Metallurgy

In the context of machining, a cutting tool (or cutter) is any tool that is used to remove material from the workpiece by means of shear deformation. Cutting may be accomplished ...

Turning

Materials science; Metallurgy

A method for removing the surface from a circular piece by bringing the cutting edge of a tool against it while the piece is rotated.

Knurling

Materials science; Metallurgy

Knurling is a process for working metals and other materials by plastic deformation of the surface using knurling tools, such as rolls, serrated rollers, and thread-rolling ...

Drawing

Materials science; Metallurgy

Drawing is a metalworking process which uses tensile forces to stretch metal. It is broken up into two types: sheet metal drawing and wire, bar, and tube drawing. The specific ...