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Drawing is a manufacturing process that uses tensile forces to elongate metal, glass, or plastic. As the material is drawn (pulled), it stretches and becomes thinner, achieving a desired shape and thickness. Drawing is classified into two types: sheet metal drawing and wire, bar, and tube drawing.
Embossing (manufacturing), commercial scale embossing of sheet metal; Image embossing, the process to create highlights or shadows that will replace light/dark boundaries of an image; Leather embossing; Paper embossing, the raising of paper and other non-metal products using specific tools to accomplish the task
Sheet metal is available in flat pieces or coiled strips. The coils are formed by running a continuous sheet of metal through a roll slitter. In most of the world, sheet metal thickness is consistently specified in millimeters. In the U.S., the thickness of sheet metal is commonly specified by a traditional, non-linear measure known as its ...
National Stock/Supply Code for Manufacturers: An older name for "CAGE code". Also FSCM (Federal Stock/Supply Code for Manufacturers). N&T or N/T or NT: normalized and tempered: A form of heat treatment in which the metal is first normalized (stress-relieved) and then tempered. Compare H&T. NTS: not to scale: See also Engineering drawing > Scale.
A billet is a length of metal that has a round or square cross-section, with an area less than 36 in 2 (230 cm 2). Billets are created directly via continuous casting or extrusion or indirectly via hot rolling an ingot or bloom. [1] [2] [4] Billets are further processed via profile rolling and drawing. Final products include bar stock and wire. [3]
The most common form consists of an L-shaped stock with the blade fixed on top bisecting the stock. [4] Another type is made from a single piece of metal with two perpendicular pins which are placed against the edge of the workpiece. [5] [6] Centre squares are also manufactured to be used as a head for a combination square. [7]
Plate, metal sheets thicker than 6 mm or 1 ⁄ 4 in. Open web steel joist While many sections are made by hot or cold rolling , others are made by welding together flat or bent plates (for example, the largest circular hollow sections are made from flat plate bent into a circle and seam-welded).
In metalworking, rolling is a metal forming process in which metal stock is passed through one or more pairs of rolls to reduce the thickness, to make the thickness uniform, and/or to impart a desired mechanical property. The concept is similar to the rolling of dough. Rolling is classified according to the temperature of the metal rolled.