Glossary Terms

Glossary-terms October 30, 2018

Grinding operation in which the grinding wheel is slowly fed into the workpiece at sufficient depth of cut to accomplish in one pass what o…

Glossary-terms October 30, 2018

crush grinding

Method of producing intricate forms in a part by using a grinding wheel dressed to the shape of the form desired. See grinding.

Glossary-terms October 30, 2018

curtain application

Arrangement of multiple nozzles that apply fluid to a broad cutting area, as is found on a horizontal, post-type band machine or a large ha…

Glossary-terms October 30, 2018

cutoff

Step that prepares a slug, blank or other workpiece for machining or other processing by separating it from the original stock. Performed o…

Glossary-terms October 30, 2018

cutoff blade

Blade mounted on a shank or arbor and held in a milling-machine spindle for simple cutoff tasks.

Glossary-terms October 30, 2018

cutoff wheel

Rotating cutting wheel that cuts bar stock, pipe, etc., to a desired length.

Glossary-terms October 30, 2018

cutter compensation

Feature that allows the operator to compensate for tool diameter, length, deflection and radius during a programmed machining cycle.

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cutting fluid

Liquid used to improve workpiece machinability, enhance tool life, flush out chips and machining debris, and cool the workpiece and tool. T…

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cutting force

Engagement of a tool’s cutting edge with a workpiece generates a cutting force. Such a cutting force combines tangential, feed and radial f…

Glossary-terms October 30, 2018

cutting speed

Tangential velocity on the surface of the tool or workpiece at the cutting interface. The formula for cutting speed (sfm) is tool diameter …

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cutting tool materials

Cutting tool materials include cemented carbides, ceramics, cermets, polycrystalline diamond, polycrystalline cubic boron nitride, some gra…

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High-temperature (1,000° C or higher), atmosphere-controlled process in which a chemical reaction is induced for the purpose of depositing …