Machine Tool

A machine tool is a machine for handling or machining metal or other rigid materials, usually by cutting, boring, grinding, shearing, or other forms of...

A machine tool builder is a corporation or person that builds machine tools, usually for sale to manufacturers, who use them to manufacture products....

In machining, numerical control, also called computer numerical control (CNC), is the automated control of tools by means of a computer. It is used to...

In the context of machining, a cutting tool or cutter is typically a hardened metal tool that is used to cut, shape, and remove material from a workpiece...

table sizes were 9″ × 49″ (Y and X, respectively) and 10″ × 54″. Machine tapers for tool holding included Morse tapers (on early models) and the R8 taper...

simple tools, only human beings, whose use of stone tools dates back hundreds of millennia, have been observed using tools to make other tools. Early...

Lewis Machine & Tool Company (LMT) is an American armaments company founded by Karl Lewis, in 1980. LMT manufactures weapon systems including a variant...

Arcadia Machine & Tool, commonly abbreviated to AMT, was a firearms manufacturer from Irwindale, California. The company produced several weapons, primarily...

spindle drawbar is a clamping mechanism for toolholders on machine tools. The toolholder or machine taper itself is held by the draw bar and applies force...

The Bullard Machine Tool Company was a large American machine tool builder. It specialized in vertical boring mills and was largely responsible for the...

systems; as well as farm machinery, machine tools and factory automation systems and robots. The English word machine comes through Middle French from Latin...

machines evolved into machining centers: milling machines augmented by automatic tool changers, tool magazines or carousels, CNC capability, coolant systems...

larger piece of raw material by cutting. Machining is a form of subtractive manufacturing, which utilizes machine tools, in contrast to additive manufacturing...

fixtures, dies, molds, machine tools, cutting tools, gauges, and other tools used in manufacturing processes. The main divisions of the tool & die industry include:...

A machine-tool dynamometer is a multi-component dynamometer that is used to measure forces during the use of the machine tool. Empirical calculations...

A machine taper is a system for securing cutting tools or toolholders in the spindle of a machine tool or power tool. A male member of conical form (that...

In machining, an automatic tool changer (ATC) is used in computerized numerical control (CNC) machine tools to improve the production and tool carrying...

Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA) is the apex industry body for the machine tool sector in India. Comprising large-, medium- and small-scale...

Damped machining tools refer to a series of machining tool which are damped to suppress severe vibrations during machining process. The damping method...

use machine tools and cutting tools to make parts, usually of metal or plastic (but sometimes of other materials such as glass or wood). A machine shop...