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Webster 1913 Edition
Mandrel
Man′drel
,Noun.
[F.
mandrin
, prob. through (assumed) LL. mamphurinum
, fr. L. mamphur
a bow drill.] (Mach.)
(a)
A bar of metal inserted in the work to shape it, or to hold it, as in a lathe, during the process of manufacture; an arbor.
(b)
The live spindle of a turning lathe; the revolving arbor of a circular saw. It is usually driven by a pulley.
[Written also
manderil
and mandril
.] Mandrel lathe
, a lathe with a stout spindle, adapted esp. for chucking, as for forming hollow articles by turning or spinning.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mandrel
MAN'DREL
,Noun.
Definition 2025
mandrel
mandrel
English
Noun
mandrel (plural mandrels)
- 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.
- A tool or component of a tool that grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.
- 1920, Lester Gray French, Machinery, Volume 26, page 491,
- This socket forms the starting point of the piercing operation, enabling the mandrel to center itself on the work.
- 1961, Robert Sprenkle, David Ledet, The Art of Oboe Playing, page 46,
- When inserted into the staple, the outside of the mandrel should fit the inside of the staple exactly.
- 1920, Lester Gray French, Machinery, Volume 26, page 491,
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object used as an aid for shaping a material
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