material removal
31Endmill — An endmill is a type of milling cutter, a cutting tool used in industrial milling applications. It is distinguished from the drill bit, in its application, geometry, and manufacture. Whereas a drill bit can only cut in the axial direction, a… …
32Tool bit — The term tool bit generally refers to a non rotary cutting tool used in metal lathes, shapers, and planers. Such cutters are also often referred to by the set phrase name of single point cutting tool. The cutting edge is ground to suit a… …
33Electro chemical machining — ECM is a method of removing metal by an electrochemical process. It is used for working extremely hard materials or materials that are difficult to machine using conventional methods. Its use is limited to electrically conductive materials;… …
34Leadscrew — A leadscrew is a screw specialized for the purpose of translating rotational to linear motion. The mechanical advantage of a leadscrew is determined by the screw pitch or lead.A leadscrew nut and screw mate with rubbing surfaces, and consequently …
35Filing (metalworking) — Filing is a material removal process in manufacturing. Similar, depending on use, to both sawing and grinding in effect, it is functionally versatile, but used mostly for finishing operations, namely in deburring operations. Filing operations can …
36Two-photon absorption — (TPA) is the simultaneous absorption of two photons of identical or different frequencies in order to excite a molecule from one state (usually the ground state) to a higher energy electronic state. The energy difference between the involved… …
37Surfware — 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… …
38Crankshaft — For other uses, see Crankshaft (disambiguation). Crankshaft (red), pistons (gray) in their cylinders (blue), and flywheel (black) The crankshaft, sometimes casually abbreviated to crank, is the part of an engine which translates reciprocating… …
39Mining engineering — Surface coal mine with haul truck in foreground Mining engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the practice, the theory, the science, the technology, and application of extracting and processing minerals from a naturally occurring… …
40Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization — MALDI TOF mass spectrometer Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) is a soft ionization technique used in mass spectrometry, allowing the analysis of biomolecules (biopolymers such as DNA, proteins, peptides and sugars) and large… …
