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A hole in a revolving cutter or grinding wheel for mounting it on an arbor.
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POLISHING WHEEL
An abrasive wheel used for polishing.
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PLUNGE GRINDING
[MECHENG] Grinding in which the wheel moves radially toward the work.
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ORGANIC BONDED WHEEL
A grinding wheel in which organic bonds are used to hold the abrasive grains.
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ODOMETER
1. An instrument for measuring distance traversed, as of a vehicle. 2. The indicating gage of such an instrument. 3. A wheel pulled by surveyors to measure distance traveled.
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MAGNESITE WHEEL
A grinding wheel made with magnesium oxychloride as the bonding agent.
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LOADED WHEEL
A grinding wheel that is dull as a result of becoming filled with particles from the material being ground.
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IN-FEED CENTERLESS GRINDING
A metal-cutting process by which a cylindrical workpiece is ground to a prescribed surface smoothness and diameter by the insertion of the workpiece between a grinding wheel and a canted regulating wheel; the rotation of the regulating wheel controls the rotation and feed rate of the workpiece.
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IDLER WHEEL
1. A wheel used to transmit motion or to guide and support something. 2. A roller with a rubber surface used to transfer power by frictional means in a soundrecording or sound-reproducing system.
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HINDLEY SCREW
An endless screw or worm of hourglass shape that fits a part of the circumference of a worm wheel so as to increase the bearing area and thus diminish wear. Also known as hourglass screw; hourglass worm.
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HELICAL-FLOW TURBINE
A steam turbine in which the steam is directed tangentially and radially inward by nozzles against buckets milled in the wheel rim; the steam flows in a helical path, reentering the buckets one or more times. Also known as tangential helical-flow turbine.
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