machining geometry
1Machining — Machine shop redirects here. For the record label, see Machine Shop Recordings. New Guinea in 1943. Mobile Machine Shop truck of the US Army with machinists working on automotive parts. Conventional machining is a form of subtractive… …
2Electrical discharge machining — An electrical discharge machine Electric discharge machining (EDM), sometimes colloquially also referred to as spark machining, spark eroding, burning, die sinking or wire erosion,[1] is a manufacturing process whereby a desired shape is obtained …
3Abrasive machining — is a manufacturing process where material is removed from a workpiece using a multitude of small abrasive particles. Common examples include grinding, honing, and polishing. Abrasive processes are usually expensive, but capable of tighter… …
4Cutting tool (machining) — In the context of machining, a cutting tool (or cutter) is any tool that is used to remove material from the workpiece by means of shear deformation. Cutting may be accomplished by single point or multipoint tools. Single point tools are used in… …
5Photo chemical machining — Photochemical machining (PCM) is a method of fabricating metal components using reactive etchants to corrosively oxidize selected areas of metal. Also known as photo etching or chemical etching, this process emerged in the 1960s as an offshoot of …
6Design for manufacturability for CNC machining — Design for manufacturability (DFM) describes the process of designing or engineering a product in order to facilitate the manufacturing process in order to reduce its manufacturing costs. DFM will allow potential problems to be fixed in the… …
7Metalworking — Machining a bar of metal on a lathe. Metalworking is the process of working with metals to create individual parts, assemblies, or large scale structures. The term covers a wide range of work from large ships and bridges to precise engine parts… …
8Chip formation — The basic chip formation process. Chip formation is part of the process of cutting materials by mechanical means, using tools such as saws, lathes and milling cutters. An understanding of the theory and engineering of this formation is an… …
9Surfware — Infobox Company company name = Surfware, Inc. company type = Private foundation = 1988 location = Camarillo, California, USA key people = Alan Diehl, Founder; Stephen Diehl, President and CEO industry = CAD/CAM Software products = SURFCAM… …
10CNC Software/Mastercam — Mastercam Logo Founded in Massachusetts in 1983,[1] CNC Software, Inc. is one of the oldest developers of PC based computer aided design / computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) software. They are one of the first to introduce CAD/CAM software… …
