centrifugal feeder (rotary feeder)
Utilizes centrifugal force to continuously orient and deliver parts, at a specified feed rate, to an assembly machine.
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centrifuge
Filtering device that uses a spinning bowl and the differences in specific gravities of materials to separate one from another. A centrifug…
ceramics
Cutting tool materials based on aluminum oxide and silicon nitride. Ceramic tools can withstand higher cutting speeds than cemented carbide…
cermets
Cutting tool materials based mostly on titanium carbonitride with nickel and/or cobalt binder. Cermets are characterized by high wear resis…
chamfering
Machining a bevel on a workpiece or tool; improves a tool’s entrance into the cut.
chamfering tool
Cutter or wheel that creates a beveled edge on a tool or workpiece.
Charpy test
Impact test in which a V-notched, keyhole-notched or U-notched specimen, supported at both ends, is struck behind the notch by a striker mo…
chatter
Condition of vibration involving the machine, workpiece and cutting tool. Once this condition arises, it is often self-sustaining until the…
chip
Small piece of material removed from a workpiece by a cutting tool or grinding wheel.
chip clearance
In milling, the groove or space provided in the cutter body that allows chips to be formed by the inserts.
chipbreaker
Groove or other tool geometry that breaks chips into small fragments as they come off the workpiece. Designed to prevent chips from becomin…
chromizing
Surface treatment at elevated temperature, generally carried out in a pack, vapor or salt bath, in which an alloy is formed by the inward d…