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Tooling & Workholding 60 terms

Tooling & Workholding

Cutters, holders, presetting, fixtures, clamping, workpiece setup, and supporting hardware.

Ball End Mill

Tool with a spherical tip, suitable for surface machining.

Blank

Raw material form before machining.

Boring Tool

Tool used for enlarging or finishing holes.

BT Toolholder

Common taper shank standard with high compatibility.

Bull Nose End Mill

Tool with a rounded tip for strength and surface quality.

CAPTO Toolholder

Modular coupling toolholder system.

Carbide Tool

Tool made of cemented carbide.

Center

Center device used to support the end of a workpiece.

Center Drill

Short drill used for hole spotting and centering.

Chuck

Rotating clamping device for holding workpieces.

Clamp Plate

Fixture element that fixes a workpiece by pressing.

Clamping

Action of fixing a workpiece on the machine.

Clamping Force

Force required to hold the workpiece.

Clamping Mechanism

Mechanism assembly that performs clamping action.

Coated Tool

Tool with wear-resistant coating on its surface for longer life.

Dowel Pin

Pin used for precise positioning.

Drill Bit

Tool used for drilling holes.

End Mill

General-purpose cutter for face and side milling.

ER Collet

Common spring collet size series.

External Coolant Tool

Coolant is sprayed from outside the tool.

Face Mill

Milling cutter used for large-area planar machining.

Fixture

Device used to locate and clamp workpieces.

Fixture Body

Main structural component of a fixture.

Four-Jaw Chuck

Chuck with independent four-jaw clamping.

Hard Jaw

Hardened standard chuck jaw; wear-resistant but less adaptable.

High-Speed Steel Tool

General-purpose tool made of high-speed steel.

HSK Toolholder

Hollow shank taper suited for high-speed, high-rigidity machining.

Indexable Tool

Tool that reuses the tool body by changing inserts.

Insert

Replaceable cutting insert.

Jaw

Clamping jaw used by a chuck or fixture.

Magnetic Fixture

Fixture that holds workpieces by magnetic force.

Pallet

Exchangeable platform that carries the workpiece.

Pallet Change

Operation of exchanging pallets on the machine.

Positioning

Determining the workpiece position on the machine.

Quick-Change Fixture

Fixture system designed for fast replacement.

Quick-Change Toolholder

Toolholder system for rapid tool change.

Reamer

Tool for finishing hole diameter and hole quality.

Slab Mill

Disc-shaped cutter commonly used for slots and shoulder machining.

Slitting Saw

Thin disc cutter used for slotting and cut-off operations.

Soft Jaw

Jaw that can be machined to fit the workpiece.

Spring Collet

Collet that clamps tools through elastic deformation.

Tailstock

Component on a lathe used to support the workpiece.

Tap

Tool used to machine internal threads.

Thread Mill

Tool for milling threads.

Three-Jaw Chuck

Chuck with synchronized three-jaw clamping.

Through-Coolant Tool

Tool that delivers coolant through internal channels.

Tool Bar

Support component connecting insert and toolholder.

Tool Magazine

Device that stores tools and enables automatic tool changes.

Tool Number

Tool identification number referenced in the program.

Tool Position

Position number of a tool in the magazine or turret.

Toolholder

Component that holds the tool and connects to the spindle.

Tooling Plate

Base plate for mounting fixtures and workpieces.

Tooling Positioning

Positioning scheme implemented by tooling.

V-Block

Fixture block used to locate cylindrical parts.

Vacuum Fixture

Fixture that holds workpieces by vacuum suction.

Vise

Common device for clamping workpieces.

Workholding Datum

Datum plane or point used for positioning during setup.

Workpiece

Part or material being machined.

Workpiece Holding

Method for securely holding a workpiece.

Workpiece Setup

Process of mounting and fixing a workpiece.