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2. Metalworking - Wikipedia

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   A fireman turning a bar of metal on a lathe on the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in 2004. Metalworking is the process of shaping and reshaping metals in order to create useful objects, parts, assemblies, and large scale structures. As a term, it covers a wide and diverse range of processes, skills, and tools for producing objects on every scale ...

3. Machine tool - Wikipedia

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   A metal lathe is an example of a machine tool. A machine tool is a machine for handling or machining metal or other rigid materials, usually by cutting, boring, grinding, shearing, or other forms of deformations. Machine tools employ some sort of tool that does the cutting or shaping. All machine tools have some means of constraining the ...

4. Bandsaw - Wikipedia

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   Larger resaw at a Mekong delta boatyard, fitted with a 150 mm (6") blade. Bandsaw manufactured in 1911. A bandsaw (also written band saw) is a power saw with a long, sharp blade consisting of a continuous band of toothed metal stretched between two or more wheels to cut material. They are used principally in woodworking, metalworking, and ...

5. Water jet cutter - Wikipedia

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   cut material. A water jet cutter, also known as a water jet or waterjet, is an industrial tool capable of cutting a wide variety of materials using an extremely high-pressure jet of water, or a mixture of water and an abrasive substance. The term abrasive jet refers specifically to the use of a mixture of water and an abrasive to cut hard ...

6. Machining - Wikipedia

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   Machining. CNC machine pouring coolant to keep the tool and parts from getting hot. Lathe machine. Machining is a manufacturing process where a desired shape or part is created using the controlled removal of material, most often metal, from a larger piece of raw material by cutting. Machining is a form of subtractive manufacturing, [ 1] which ...

7. Milling (machining) - Wikipedia

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   Milling is the process of machining using rotary cutters to remove material [ 1] by advancing a cutter into a workpiece. This may be done by varying directions [ 2] on one or several axes, cutter head speed, and pressure. [ 3] Milling covers a wide variety of different operations and machines, on scales from small individual parts to large ...