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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 deformations. Machine tools employ some sort of tool that does the cutting or shaping.

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Machine tool

Nodes125
Edges124
Triples211
Avg. degree1.98
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Machine tool

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related to Bibliography · 82
Machine tool → Alchemy, American Tool Builders, Baltimore, Boston, Bradley, Bridgeport, Burgmaster, Burgmaster's, Cambridge, Cautionary Tale, Change, Collection, Connecticut, Economic Research, England, English, Extensively, Foundations, From Industry, Growth
related to Further reading · 56
Machine tool → American Society, American System, Available, Baltimore, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, CNC, Colvin, David, England, Extensively, Floud, Forces, Foreword, Fred, From, HathiTrust, Hounshell, Industrial Automation, Industry
related to history · 20
Machine tool → Age, BC, Boulton's, But, Clockmakers, During, Egypt, Enlightenment, Europe, For, Forerunners, Historians, However, In, Leonardo, Middle Ages, Others, Roe, Vinci, Watt's
related to Automatic control · 13
Machine tool → Before, CNC, Early, For, In, Machine, NC, Previously, Soon, Such, The, These, World War II
related to Machine tool manufacturing industry · 7
Machine tool → China, Gardner Research, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, The
related to Nomenclature and key concepts, interrelated · 7
Machine tool → Early, Economic Research, In, Many, National Bureau, NBER, This
related to Examples · 6
Machine tool → Broaching, CNC, Examples, MachineScrew, MTMs, ShaperBandsaw SawsPlanerStewart
see also · 6
Machine tool → ASME, Category, Machine, Machining, Tool Standards, WaysTypes
related to Drive power sources · 4
Machine tool → David Wilkinson Machine, Factories, Human, Many
related to External links · 3
Machine tool → History, Machine Tools, Milestones

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Machine toolis amachine for handling or machining metal or other rigid materials0.90text
CNC rotary tablesinstance ofThis coupling is the industry standard for high-accuracy positioning in components0.80text
tool turretsinstance ofThis coupling is the industry standard for high-accuracy positioning in components0.80text
Leonardo da Vinci helped expand humans' technological milieu toward the preconditions for industrial machine toolsinstance ofClockmakers of the Middle Ages and renaissance men0.80text
machine waysinstance ofguiding surfaces0.80text
nutsinstance ofAn important early example of something now taken for granted was the standardization of screw fasteners0.80text
boltsinstance ofAn important early example of something now taken for granted was the standardization of screw fasteners0.80text
Machine toolrelated to Automatic controlMachine0.60section
Machine toolrelated to Automatic controlEarly0.60section
Machine toolrelated to Automatic controlSoon0.60section
Machine toolrelated to Automatic controlWorld War II0.60section
Machine toolrelated to Automatic controlNC0.60section

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