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Industrial machinery

Of or pertaining to machines or parts of machines that are used in an industrial setting.

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chuck

Industrial machinery; Lathe

A clamping device with 3 or 4 jaws threaded onto the spindle nose for holding work in the lathe or for holding drills in the tailstock. Drill chucks, or Jacobs chucks, are used on ...

centerline

Industrial machinery; Lathe

An imaginary line extending from the center of the spindle through the center of the tailstock ram, representing the central axis of the lathe around which the work rotates.

center drill

Industrial machinery; Lathe

1. A short, stubby drill used to form a pilot hole for drilling and a shallow countersunk hole for mounting the end of a workpiece on a center.

center

Industrial machinery; Lathe

A precision ground tapered cylinder with a 60º pointed tip and a Morse Taper shaft. Used in the tailstock to support the end of a long workpiece. May also be used in the headstock ...

carriage handwheel

Industrial machinery; Lathe

A wheel with a handle used to move the carriage by hand by means of a rack and pinion drive.

carriage

Industrial machinery; Lathe

Assembly that moves the toolpost and cutting tool along the ways.

between centers

Industrial machinery; Lathe

1) A dimension representing the maximum length of a workpiece that can be turned between centers. For example, A 7x10 lathe is 10" between centers; a 7x12 lathe is 12" between ...