Mandrel

Quick meaning: Mandrel is a noun meaning (transitive) To shape with a mandrel.

Meaning

(transitive) To shape with a mandrel.

More Meanings

1. A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
2. A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.

Example Sentences

When inserted into the staple, the outside of the mandrel should fit the inside of the staple exactly.

This socket forms the starting point of the piercing operation, enabling the mandrel to center itself on the work.

The coil springs were manufactured by winding the heated steel strip direct out of the furnace on to a mandrel of the requisite size.

Word Forms

• mandrels
• mandreling
• mandrelling
• mandreled
• mandrelled

Synonyms for mandrel

Depending on context, synonyms include spindle, arbor, mandril.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include arbor, spindle, mandril, chuck, continent, manderil.

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