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Industrial manufacturing
General manufacturing that involves industrial production to transform raw materials into finished goods and products.
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sheet border
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
The sheet border, or stock border, refers to the space between the edge of a piece of sheet stock and the blanks or parts closest to the edge that will be cut. This border may be different along the ...
ceramic
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
A man-made solid produced by the fusion of inorganic substances. A more specific definition within the slip casting industry is that the term 'ceramics' has come to signify the use of talc-ball clay ...
overflow well
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
A chamber which is attached to the mold cavity that fills with molten metal during injection. The first material to enter the mold is allowed to pass completely through and enter the overflow wells. ...
acetal
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
Acetal resins, whose chemical name is polyoxymethylene, are formed from the polymerization of formaldehyde. Acetals tend to have a high degree of crystallinity, giving them superior strength and ...
cutting feed
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
The distance that the cutting tool or workpiece advances during one revolution of the spindle, measured in inches per revolution (IPR). In some operations the tool feeds into the workpiece and in ...
die life
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
The number of cycles performed during the casting process before the wear on the die is too much for it to be used anymore. If the die life is shorter than the number of cycles needed to produce the ...
workpiece
Manufacturing; Industrial manufacturing
A piece of material that is secured in a fixture and machined into the final part. The workpiece is often cut from a larger piece of stock material and can be a sheet (blank), a standard extruded ...
