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modern [[CNC]] machine can perform most machining operations with
high precision.]] ... hobby. A room, building, or company where
machining is done is called a '''machine shop'''.
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Metalworking ... orrespondingly wide range of skills and the use
of many different types of metalworking processes and their related
[[tool]]s. ... put to other practical uses. Humans over the millennia
learned to work raw metals into objects of art, adornment, practicality,
trade, and engineering.
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Speeds and feeds ... he '''material removal rate''', which is
the volume of workpiece material (metal, wood, plastic, etc.)
that can be removed per time unit. If variables such as cutter
geometry and the rigidity of the machine tool and its tooling
setup could be ideally maximized (and reduced to negl ...
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Bystronic ... r processing sheet metal: Products in the segments
laser cutting, waterjet cutting, bending, handling and automation,
software and control, service and suppo ... ... ng|laser]] and
[[Water jet cutter|waterjet]] cutting as well as [[Bending (metalworking)|bending]].
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Electrical discharge machining ... ge:Electrical-discharge-machine.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Electrical
Discharge Machine]] ... the need for heat treatment to soften
and re-harden them as well as exotic metals such as [[titanium]],
[[hastelloy]], [[kovar]], and [[inconel]].
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Machinability ... uire little power to cut, the resulting surface
has a good finish, and the cutting tool lasts a long time; such
materials are said to be [[free machining]]. ... ... t important.
For example, soft materials like plastics can be difficult to
machine because of their poor thermal conductivity.
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Diamond tool ... rous materials. The segments are composed of
diamond crystals and [[powder metal]] which form the bond, or
'matrix', of the segments. ... abrasive, the material is. The
bond is what decides the rate at which the metallic powders wear
down and expose new diamond crystals at the surface to mai ...
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Screw machine ... & Sharpe]] ''Single Spindle'' screw machine.
Model 2G Sq Base, four-slide machine. 1 1/2 cap or 1 3/4 Air Feed.]]
A '''screw machine''' is a metalworking machine used in the high
volume manufacture of turned components.
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Sheet metal ... [[Chrysler Building]]]][[Image:Gold leaf.JPG|thumb|right|Thin
sheets of [[Metal leaf|gold leaf]]]] ... n pieces of sheet metal
would be considered to be [[Metal leaf|foil]] or [[Metal leaf|leaf]],
and pieces thicker than 1/4 inch or a centimeter can be consi
...
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Lathe (metal) ... via the (typically [[wikt:linear#Adjective|linear]])
movements of various cutting tools, such as [[tool bit]]s and
[[drill bit]]s. ... with great precision. This helps ensure the
components manufactured on the machines can meet the required
tolerances and repeatability.
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Milling cutter ... NC|machining centres]]. They remove material
by their movement within the machine (eg: a ball nose mill) or
directly from the cutters shape (a form tool suc ... ... s. There
is also a choice of coatings, as well as rake angle and number
of cutting surfaces.
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Plasma cutting [[Image:Robotworx-plasma-cutting-robot.jpg|thumb|right|
Plasma Cutting Performed by an industrial robot]] ... hot to melt
the metal being cut and moves sufficiently fast to blow molten
metal away from the cut. Plasma can also be used for [[plasma
arc welding]] and ...
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Tool bit [[Image:Tool Bit Geometry.JPG|thumb|thumb|300px|right|Typical
hand ground cutting tool angles for the lathe.]] ... s needed.
The ground tool bit is held rigidly by a tool holder while it
is cutting.
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Roll slitting ... long and twelve inches in diameter. The roll
is loaded on to the slitting machine by the use of a fork lift
or hoist. ... blades cut the material into narrow strips. Tubes
on the exit side of the machine rewind the cut material.
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Screw-cutting lathe ... e of which omit single-point screw-cutting
capability as irrelevant to the machines' intended purposes (for
example, speed lathes and turret lathes). ... are not screw-cutting
lathes in the sense of employing single-point screw-cutting.
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Tap and die ... cutting the threads in a hole is called "tapping"
the hole. The process of cutting with a die is called "threading"
(or sometimes "chasing", although "chasin ... ...
e remaining parts were encased in a makeshift mold of [[clay]],
and molten metal poured into the mold, so that an identical replacement
could be made on th ...
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Machine tool ... [[1751]] by [[Jacques de Vaucanson]] because
he was the first to mount the cutting instrument on a mechanically
adjustable head, taking it out of the hands o ... ... tions, as
is energy captured through the use of [[waterwheel]]s. However,
machine tools really began to develop after the development of
the [[steam engine] ...
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Machinist ... r kinds of materials, such as plastic or wood products.
The goal of these cutting operations is to produce a part that
conforms to a set of specifications, ... ... gical route using
primarily [[cnc|computer numerically controlled (CNC)]] machines.
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