Sekirov Dictionary

mandrel

/ˈmæn.dɹəl/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 5

noun2

•
A round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
- The coil springs were manufactured by winding the heated steel strip direct out of the furnace on to a mandrel of the requisite size. — 1945
•
A tool or component of a tool that guides, grips or clamps something, such as a workpiece to be machined, a machining tool or a part while it is moved.
- This socket forms the starting point of the piercing operation, enabling the mandrel to center itself on the work. — 1920

verb1

To shape with a mandrel.

forms

mandreled · mandrelled · mandreling · mandrelling · mandrels

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