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mandrel


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mandrel  \Man"drel\,  n.  [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}.] 
 
  {Mandrel  lathe},  a  lathe  with  a  stout  spindle,  adapted  esp. 
  for  chucking,  as  for  forming  hollow  articles  by  turning  or 
  spinning. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mandrel 
  n  :  any  of  various  shafts  that  rotate  or  serve  as  axes  for 
  larger  rotating  parts  [syn:  {spindle},  {mandril},  {arbor}] 




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