vibratory bowl feeder
Hopper/conveyor mechanism utilizing a vibratory motion in conjunction with a spring suspension system designed to deliver parts to an assem…
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Vickers hardness number (HV)
Number related to the applied load and surface area of the permanent impression made by a square-based pyramidal diamond indenter having in…
Vickers hardness test
Indentation hardness test employing a 136° diamond pyramid indenter (Vickers) and variable loads enabling the use of one hardness scale for…
viscosity
Measure of a fluid’s tendency to flow; varies with temperature.
vise
Workholding device that mounts on various machining tables. Designs vary from plain to flanged to swiveling. Multiangle vises, such as the …
vision system
System in which information is extracted from visual sensors to allow machines to react to changes in the manufacturing process.
warm working
Plastically deforming metal above room temperature but below the temperature at which the material undergoes recrystallization.
waterjet cutting
Fine, high-pressure (up to 50,000 psi or greater), high-velocity jet of water directed by a small nozzle to cut material. Velocity of the s…
waviness
The more widely spaced component of the surface texture. Includes all irregularities spaced more widely than the instrument cutoff setting.…
ways
Frame elements that carry the workpiece table or spindles. There are three main types of ways: box, roller and hydrostatic. A box way is th…
wear resistance
Ability of the tool to withstand stresses that cause it to wear during cutting; an attribute linked to alloy composition, base material, th…
web
On a rotating tool, the portion of the tool body that joins the lands. Web is thicker at the shank end, relative to the point end, providin…
