Industrial manufacturing

Industrial manufacturing

General manufacturing that involves industrial production to transform raw materials into finished goods and products.

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wipe bending

Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing

Wipe bending, also called edge bending, is a sheet metal bending method in which a sheet is held between a wipe die and pressure pad, and a punch presses against the edge of the sheet. The sheet will ...

facing stock

Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing

The amount of material that will be removed from the end of a piece of bar stock by a facing or face milling operation, before the next workpiece is cut. The facing stock is used in determining how ...

workpiece clearance

Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing

The safe distance away from the workpiece at which the cutting tool can switch from the cutting feed rate to a rapid travel rate. This distance traveled before engaging the workpiece, as well as ...

feature count

Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing

An estimate of how many features occur on a part. Any protrusion or depression on the main body of the part can count as a feature, including holes, slots, pockets, pins, ribs, bosses, etc. The ...

cavity

Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing

The enclosed space between two mold halves which forms the shape of the desired part. Often times, molds are designed with more than one cavity, allowing multiple identical parts to be molded in one ...

surface patch

Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing

A portion of a part’s surface that is either flat or smoothly curved. The boundary of a surface patch is a sharp corner or curve, where another surface patch begins. The number of surface patches ...

programming or layout time

Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing

The amount of time (hours) required to program (CNC) or manually layout the instructions for a series of machining operations. This time may include performing calculations, developing the program or ...